• MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Prove to me that he’s not already a king. He suffers zero consequences and solely controls every aspect of the federal government. He is what a 6 year old thinks the president is.

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      2 days ago

      Oh he is effectively a king (the real burger king), I just wish news articles would call him out without resorting to headlines like this.

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        They never will. Media companies want to get in on the grift and get their cut. Every lawsuit that went to trial has been a blow to that shitheel of a human, but companies keep bendin nthe fucking knee and settling at best.

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      The U.S. Supreme Court somehow handed down a major ruling that stops him from deploying National Guard to American cities… and he’s abiding by it. Is that what a king would do?

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        He’s sending cbp and ice instead. The guard was just a stop gap while the pardoned the future ice recruits. Which scotus allowed until ice was staffed up.

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        The same Supreme Court that gave him license to do whatever he wants without any legal repercussions as long as he calls it presidential affairs?

        That’s a king. He’s a king.

        As an aside by doing this the Supreme Court effectively retroactively exonerated Nixon. The US is a joke.

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          You’re conveniently glossing over the fact that kings don’t adhere to any court rulings.

          You know what this is? You just want to feel justified in your nihilism. If he already has absolute control as a king, then nothing can be done and we all might as well give up, right?

          Wrong. The regime hasn’t fully concentrated power, they aren’t invulnerable, and anyone who pretends otherwise is fucking complicit.

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          without any legal repercussions

          He can’t be indicted. That’s not really the same as “without any legal repercussions”. The Supreme Court can stop him, and has on a few occasions. He doesn’t have to be a literal monarch, he’s a fascist pedophile which represents the worst our species has to offer. That’s plenty reason to be rid of him.