• NABDad@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    I don’t care about the Whitehouse. I don’t care about The Kennedy Center. I don’t care about the arch or the reflecting pool.

    Assuming there’s anything left at the end of his term, the first thing we should do is pass an amendment establishing that no one is above the law. If a president breaks the law, he should have justice.

    Maybe that will make some kind of difference. Nothing less than Trump and his co-conspirators rotting in prison will save the U.S.

    Maybe it isn’t worth saving. I used to think we were on a path to some day live up to our hype. However, I don’t see it anymore.

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      24 days ago

      He’s not (supposed to be) above the law now. The problem is the system and those who should hold him to it are equally corrupt so stuff like impeachment goes nowhere

      You’d need a way to charge, prosecute, and penalize a sitting president even even the deck is stacked with his cronies, and one that couldn’t be used to drown a future non-shitty president in bogus charges

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        23 days ago

        Arrest the conservatives on the SC, send them to guantanemo, and appoint 5 new justices. Let the new justices reverse the disastrous rulings of the current SC.

        Conservatives can cry, they made this bed.

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    23 days ago

    IMO there’s one silver lining to this shambolic administration; Trump has set the precedence to act first and then the courts have to stop him. If I was a Democrat president in 2028, I’d arrest him, his kids, his accomplices, take all his assets and properties, etc.

    And if you think this is extreme and the moral high ground should be taken, you’re going to be surprised if the following Republican president won’t do the same as Trump.

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      23 days ago

      If there are no consequences, the Republicans will find someone even worse to do even worse things the next time around, no doubt.

      Just look at what they’ve done since Nixon. Nixon had no real consequences (though the cons have been salty about him resigning, and are endlessly butthurt that he had to even endure any shaming), which led to Ronnie Raygun - up until donnie anyway, the most criminal administration in history, as measured by the number of indictments. Ronnie Raygun’s assault, oops, “revolution”, on our country then culminated in motherfucking Iran/Contra.

      Next was W and Cheney and then donnie. The Republicans learn nothing, don’t moderate themselves at all and unless they are checked, all they learn is that they can get away with nearly anything.

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    23 days ago

    Honestly I say just abandon the damned thing at this point. Convert the Whitehouse to a museum, tear up whatever Trump put in and construct a new facility elsewhere. If a president or two gets hacked in the meantime eh who gives a fuck. Politicians are worth less than the average person, he’s even an inbred cousin fucker since at least they probably do something more productive than most politicians on average.

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    24 days ago

    No. Let’s not. Remodel it to make it functional, but don’t tear it down and rebuild it. That would be a horrible precedent and it would just continue happening over and over, because a lot of politicians are petty assholes.

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      24 days ago

      How else are we going to get all the Russian and Israeli spy tech out? Honestly just set fire to it all and try again

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        24 days ago

        Honestly just set fire to it all

        Given how much he’s pissed off Canada, they might be willing to oblige again.

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    24 days ago

    I’m old enough to remember when they tore down the berlin wall. I was pretty young but I recall seeing it on mtv. And regular people getting in on the action with sledge hammers and whatever.

    I hope they just let us have a go at that fucking arch. Or after it’s knocked down then let us have a go at it.

    Could do it for charity. $50 for 5 min with a sledge hammer. Proceeds go to ice murder victims families.

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    24 days ago

    Yeah there’s no getting that smell out of there.

    I say to restore relationships we let the Canadians, British, and Dutch burn it to the ground again. Then say fuck the Alamo and give Texas back to Mexico.

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      24 days ago

      It’ll take a lot more than us burning your house to the ground again for us to ever forgive America for what it’s become.

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    24 days ago

    I love how much larger it is compared to the rest of the whitehouse. I’m not American but it needs to tore down, along with everything he ever touched.

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    24 days ago

    I say we keep it and rename it to “The DJT Presidential Hall of Shame”. Turn it into a history museum for all the presidential buffoonery that has occurred for all administrations. Entire damn Whitehouse.

    President can live under the stupid new arch.

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    24 days ago

    Probably an unpopular opinion, but the time to stop Trump was BEFORE he tore anything down.

    It’s too late now, the only thing that should be done is some kind of restoration so the East Wing doesn’t look like a bomb crater.

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      23 days ago

      I would invite all real patriots to show up to be able to celebrate and watch it…crack open some beers and set off fireworks, spark up a j, etc…

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    23 days ago

    I am worry that he dont want to step down in 2028, and he is just making the renovation of “his” house as he want to be there for the very long time… Like his friend Putin. During the calls he explained to Trump how to do that step by step

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    24 days ago

    Step 1: Get elected as POTUS.
    Step 2: Move into the White House.
    Step 3: Immediately burn the whole place down.
    Step 4: Stand atop the ruins waving the Canadian flag. Get gunned down by an angry mob. Go out in a blaze of confusing glory.

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    24 days ago

    This is a time for healing and unity. If we prosecuted this president for the actions he took in office, the other side will do it worse in the future. Let’s focus on the future inside of the massive corruption this president has done. Here kids under 6 in schools can have free lunches again.