• Smuuthbrane
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    5 days ago

    The pardon is already being written. And I’d wager he’d have no qualms about running either.

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        4 days ago

        He cant rule by decrees either, but he does. Stop believing your system is not entirely compromised. They are simply above the law, and they are not going to topple themselves.

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          4 days ago

          I’m under no delusions that Trump won’t immediately pardon him and send the army in if need be. The constitution is toilet paper, it’s time to break the country up

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          I’m outside USA don’t worry. And I agree that we’re relying too much on how much ink on paper will stop armed police. However, the authority of a US State and its independence over the federal government is quite significant. It’s a million dollars per Wisconsin voter significant.

          Ask yourself why a guy with a botched penis job who is the de facto ruler of the government is spending so much on a Supreme Court seat on the state level. That’s how scared they are.

          And more to your comment, because of the federated state model in the US, I think certain US citizens are actually more protected from Trump than a bunch of international countries.