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[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Oh man, I sure do hope some random fucking country doesn't kidnap the new President of Venezuela.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago

Fine. I declare myself god. Checkmate.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Well I'm G∞D, checkermate.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

I declare myself as One-above-god, checkmate on you, loser!

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

When this era of terror is over, I hope we have Nuremberg style trials for all these wastes of humans. From the white house to the lawmakers who sat idly by and let this country falter, to the ice agents "just following orders". And I hope we dismantle everything trump. No courts. No mercy. Globally. Cancel every contract they have given themselves and their friends. Corrupt judges out. End this Christian fascism. Every Trump aligned son of a bitch and bitch delta with

[-] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

You are dreaming. USA did this TWICE. There is no turning back from this. The People of the USA seems to forget a lot in 4 years. So who will the next trump be, once the egg prices goes up again? USA will never be trusted again. They are in catagory with Russia and china.

[-] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

There had to be a World War for Nuremberg to happen. What my fear is instead of World War there will be a World Civil war.

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[-] Chivera@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

If he's the president of Venezuela then let's open up the border to them. Let them come in they're American now.

[-] worhui@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

This is actually a good argument .

The president of the USA can not be head of state of a different country. So they are either Americans or Donald trump accidentally abdicated the presidency.

[-] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Is there anything explicitly forbidding it? I can't say I recall anything specific about it, but I admit I could be just forgetting a constitutional clause or something.

[-] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

He cannot "accept ... [an] Office ... from any ... foreign State." I suppose he might argue that "accepting" and "seizing by force" are not the same thing.

Or Congress could pass an act to allow it.

Edit: Or, more realistically, someone will complain to the Supreme Court and they'll find a reason to avoid ruling on the issue and Sotomayor will write an angry dissent but nothing will change.

[-] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Argue? Why would he argue? He says it, it happens, nobody has a choice but to accept it, the legal system is defunct. We are living in upside down clown world now. The clown has his own Gestapo and nukes. Fucker needs to be taken out like week old fish in the bin.

[-] worhui@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It is supposed to be covered in the emoluments clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Emoluments_Clause

It actually could be OK but congress will have to vote on it to allow it.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

LOL the emoluments clause means nothing to Trump et al. He’s so bribed. It’s beyond fathom.

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[-] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 14 points 1 week ago

It is often said that to truly be president of a place you must walk among the people unguarded to show that you’re in charge and not a big wuss

[-] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

But he doesn’t even do that in America!

[-] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago

Dang that must suck to be a fake president of 2 places

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

The lines between Hitler and Trump are becoming less and less blurred

[-] MyOpinion@lemmy.myserv.one 14 points 1 week ago

It is almost like he told everyone that he was going to be a dictator on day one.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Technically he claimed that it would be ONLY on day one, but nobody ever actually believed that.

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

“Day one” was Groundhog Day.

[-] nulluser@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I think you mean more blurred, not less.

A less blurred line would be more distinct, providing a stronger, more obvious separation between the two.

A more blurred line is fuzzier, making it more difficult to tell where one ends and the other starts.

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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

It's not like he's invading countries and throwing minorities into camps....

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[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 week ago

We better do NOTHING AT ALL about This! Not even a SLIGHTLY Stern Letter!

-World Leaders Apparently! And Democrats!

[-] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

You want them to write a letter each time he farts on social media?

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[-] saimen@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

He’s spiraling into a singularity of narcissistic terror over [Jeffrey] Epstein, and decompensating with performative dictatoring

Couldn't have said it better.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

I'm not convinced he cares that much about Epstein. As far as not liking anything that makes him look bad, sure. But he's sending out armed thugs to murder Americans and getting away with it. Why should he care about being outed as a pedophile?

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

There must be something that he considers embarrassing, so obviously not pedophilia.

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[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

He’s over Epstein. He decided fuck it, he’s going for total power so that whatever is said about Epstein he can just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

[-] verdi@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

America was always a nazi shithole, we just didn't care because they made our elite rich and it was only brown people who were getting fucked over it.

Welcome to reality my frieds, a portion of us have been here for a long time. Kissinger should have been the only canary needed to see it, yet, here we are...

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[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Basically looking for a third world war.

[-] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That is his plan to stay in power and avoid midterms.

[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

What's happening with Epstien files

[-] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No lie, he is distracting from this story about him murdering a litter of puppies and having a wooden tent stake KICKED deep inside of his anus by a boy he was raping, after having another child shot in the head in front of the boy.

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[-] MyOpinion@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 1 week ago

I declare him a traitorous orange turd.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Text of the Foreign Emoluments Clause, U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8.

“No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

[-] gustofwind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

"relax, you have the donald syndrome, he's just speaking metaphorically"

[-] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

As if we forget Epstein this easily

[-] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Hey maybe wars of aggression and intentions to annex allies are just as bad as the child sex trafficking we all know he did.

[-] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Guys, I'm starting to think this Trump fella is up to no good.

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I recognize Delcy Rodriguez as the legal President of Venezuela. Seriously!

Should go for a victory parade so his new subjects can show how happy they are under his rule. Lincoln Continental convertibles get great ratings, I hear.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The grim reaper needs to send Trump a good night call.

[-] cabillaud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 3 points 1 week ago

The USA would be 100x better and 100x funnier if it was run by actual clowns

Imagine all the silly stuff they could get up to if there was just 100 clowns in the senate building

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