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Trumps attorneys believe he can order seal team 6 to kill his political rivals subject only to the legislature

Schatz said: "I do not think that the American public and even the American political community is sufficiently alarmed...I just want to emphasize one essential point, now they are lawyering this up.

"There was a point where he was individually acting in an irresponsible way and essentially engaging in stochastic terrorism but it is much different when the official position of Trump's lawyers is going to be that he could order a murder of his political rivals using Seal Team 6 and that would be up to the legislature to determine whether or not it was criminal."

Appearing visibly frustrated Schatz continued: "It's a new Rubicon we've passed and I think the American public has to wake up to the fact that look, it's very exhausting to follow Trump, certainly if you're not a political person...but American democracy is at stake and this is a new turn for him where he's taking the official position that he gets to do whatever he wants."

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Trumps attorneys believe he can order seal team 6 to kill his political rivals subject only to the legislature
That's actually just a wild alarmist false allegation by the Hawaii Senator back in January, in answer to a judge's question. Neither Trump nor anyone in his legal team ever mentioned assassination or Seal Team Six. Ever. The judge introduced that.

Context is key.
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That's actually just a wild alarmist false allegation by the Hawaii Senator back in January, in answer to a judge's question. Neither Trump nor anyone in his legal team ever mentioned assassination or Seal Team Six. Ever. The judge introduced that.

Context is key.
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exactly, thats the point of this thread and my post, this senator (& crazy libs) claim Trump and his attorneys can (and will?) do this
 

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Hitler took office and started talking about annexing Austria. After all Austria was a weak imposter neighbor that really belonged with Germany. I am not calling Trump Hitler, be since when did MAGA become about American imperialism? America First does not mean the conquest of other nations. This talk about Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico is silly and dangerous. Taking over these nations and territories will not make American great again. It will make America an aggressor, like Germany before World War II. If you want Democrats to stop calling Trump Hitler and MAGA fascists, then stop talking like Hitler and the fascists.

It is also a distraction. We voted for Trump to fix what is broken in America first. We don't want Canada and their problems, or cultural differences. We don't want Greenland. We can work something out with Denmark to buy their rare earth minerals and keep China from cornering the markets. In fact, Denmark already passed its own laws prohibiting China from taking over their rare earth mineral operations.

I do think we need to approach Panama about the agreement we had about who runs the canal. But talk of using force or coercion at this point is bluster and unbecoming of a super power.

I voted for Trump 3 times, but not for this nonsense. Let's get back to the big issues facing America. Canada and Green are not on the list.
 

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Creeper, love most of your stuff but don't agree with you on the above.

I don't want anything to do with annexing Canada (we'd just be importing millions of fucktarded liberals). But Greenland and the Panama Canal do have value for us. Trump isnt going to "war" with anyone over either of these issues, but he will publicly posture and pressure those countries into doing the right things. Panama Canal never should have been given away. Greenland has massive strategic value and probably a lot of resources that would help our country, and their people don't want to remain under the rule of Denmark.

There's far more good in policies around this than stuff compared to Ukraine, Iran and funding of terrorists in general etc etc
 

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Hitler took office and started talking about annexing Austria. After all Austria was a weak imposter neighbor that really belonged with Germany. I am not calling Trump Hitler, be since when did MAGA become about American imperialism? America First does not mean the conquest of other nations. This talk about Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico is silly and dangerous. Taking over these nations and territories will not make American great again. It will make America an aggressor, like Germany before World War II. If you want Democrats to stop calling Trump Hitler and MAGA fascists, then stop talking like Hitler and the fascists.

It is also a distraction. We voted for Trump to fix what is broken in America first. We don't want Canada and their problems, or cultural differences. We don't want Greenland. We can work something out with Denmark to buy their rare earth minerals and keep China from cornering the markets. In fact, Denmark already passed its own laws prohibiting China from taking over their rare earth mineral operations.

I do think we need to approach Panama about the agreement we had about who runs the canal. But talk of using force or coercion at this point is bluster and unbecoming of a super power.

I voted for Trump 3 times, but not for this nonsense. Let's get back to the big issues facing America. Canada and Green are not on the list.

I'm usually on board with you amigo but I think you're making a leap here but if the US ends up rolling troops into either location like Hitler did, I'll issue you a mea culpa

I think the world has serious issues with China who is trying to taking over ports and strategic locations all over the world while the US does nothing. The world needs to start putting a stop to China's crap from stealing IP, spying, police stations in the US (& elsewhere) to police Chinese expatriates and visitors, to all their belt and road initiative scams that overwhelming the country they are supposedly helping with debt knowing they'll default and have no way to stop China from foreclosing on a port, etc

Charlie Kirk just went to Greenland with DT Jr, here's his take:

 

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I'm usually on board with you amigo but I think you're making a leap here but if the US ends up rolling troops into either location like Hitler did, I'll issue you a mea culpa
I think only the TDS nutters would ever believe that to any degree but my deal is and I think Creepers is as well is WHY THE FUCK TALK ABOUT IT it's not strategic to read the fuckin cards in your hand to the other players at the table. It's just stupid shit to be saying and none of it was part of his campaign.

He's lacking focus on the very real problems he ran on solving. And giving fodder to the domestic enemies of our country.
 

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I think only the TDS nutters would ever believe that to any degree but my deal is and I think Creepers is as well is WHY THE FUCK TALK ABOUT IT it's not strategic to read the fuckin cards in your hand to the other players at the table. It's just stupid shit to be saying and none of it was part of his campaign.

He's lacking focus on the very real problems he ran on solving. And giving fodder to the domestic enemies of our country.

fair point, he does run his mouth too much.. I think he and his staff should have been more secretive about what they planned to do as its enabled Bidens admin add road blocks before they scurry off

There's also merit to talking in a huge, over-reaching way (as he's prone to do) so that he can get them to concede to a far more reasonable scenario which was the intent all along...kind of like asking for a ridiculous salary as an agent for an NFL player knowing you're going to have to negotiate, so you have to start high

Is Trump that savvy or just talking shit?
 
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