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Trump Demands Total Presidential Immunity -- Even for Acts That 'Cross the Line'
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"Aww, surely he didn't mean it exactly like he said it. We must give him the benefit of the doubt since he is a rich and respectable person who wouldn't say something like that."
"No, please. Do not give me the benefit of the doubt. I mean it - I WILL literally kill you if I get elected again."
"That could mean anything, surely he wouldn't imply that he would kill us if he got elected. He must have misspoken or meant something else."
The issue is, Trump never means what he says. Lying is like breathing for him. So no one should believe what he literally says. He can't actually follow through on a plan to do anything, even if he wants to.
You should believe that he wants to do what he says though. He may accidentally do something worse and not fix it. Like the trade war with China that accomplished nothing. Or the millions of unnecessary pandemic deaths. Trump isn't dangerous because of what he will do, but because of what other people will do while he fails to act in the interests of the country.
Remember that time he ordered the assassination of an Iranian commander, on Iraqi (allied) soil, while that commander was there attending a peace conference with Iraq?
I'm definitely voting for the leopards again this year. I mean, last time they ate the faces of people just like me, some of whom I didn't like very much to begin with. But ultimately, I was mostly unharmed last time. Surely that will continue to be the case, and the leopards will only way the faces of other people,and not me.