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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 points 27 minutes ago (1 children)

Although it should have ruined his eligibility to be elected.

Failing that, his party should have kept him off the ballot.

Failing that, it should have ruined his ability to campaign.

Failing that it should have meant he was deemed a poor candidate and received few votes.

Yet here we are with rapists, crooks and fearmongers in control of government with the safeguards removed.

[–] radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 minutes ago

The system has failed. The founding fathers are rolling in their graves.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 73 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Remember last time he stole a ton of documents and he kept them at Mar-a-lago?

Or when he asked for info on US intelligence and all of a sudden Russia caught and vanished a bunch of US spies?

If those didn't instantly disqualify him, nothing else will.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 35 points 3 hours ago

I'm not sure which is scarier...

A US agency that doesn't tell their boss everything;

or POTUS that justifies not telling the civilian leadership everything becaus that POTUS would sell out the agents and assets that allow it to operate.

This, folks, is how the Deep State gets formed.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Seeing as how the President is still a position that nominally serves the people, honestly we should be told as a nation whether he's a security threat in our agencies' assessments.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 46 minutes ago

We have been told, repeatedly.

Do you need to be told at this point?