[Politics] Donald Trump, US President

Curious Orange said:

That isn't inconceivable, someone was talking to The Times Radio the other day who suggested that Vance thought Comrade Trump was a moron.

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BBassic said:

Could you imagine if it had been the Democrats?

The outrage from the Republicans would have been colossal, so gigantic it would have collapsed in on itself creating a black hole of MAGA rage that consumed all of them right down to their very molecules leaving an asteroid field of red baseball caps that smelt faintly of sweat and stupidity.

As it is though? Nah, a hoax. It's not that deep. Don't worry about it.

Bellends.

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Algernon said:

Each single passing day, as more information is made public, that deluded self-harming shit show of an administration happily chips away and destroys the trust and goodwill earned by generations of good men.

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bhafc99 said:

…and women.

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bhafc99 said:

…and women.

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Withdean South Stand said:

The succession planning in the US is very clear. Realistically, you'd need to impeach dozens of people to come across anyone sane.

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Flounce said:

25% tariffs on European cars will please all the Americans who love their Mercs, Land Rovers, Astons and BMWs.

I imagine there will be a rush for these cars before 02 April

I hope Europe does the same for Teslas too, about the only American shoddy cars that sell in Europe.

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Flounce said:

25% tariffs on European cars will please all the Americans who love their Mercs, Land Rovers, Astons and BMWs.

I imagine there will be a rush for these cars before 02 April

I hope Europe does the same for Teslas too, about the only American shoddy cars that sell in Europe.

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Triggaaar said:

It would be madness if Europe didn't do the same for Teslas. Tariffs work both ways.

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Zeberdi said:

Articles of Impeachment (which starts in the HoR) can‘t be drawn up unless there are specific charges of wrongs such as ‘treason and high misdemeanours’, ‘violating his oath of office’ and bribery. Unfortunately aPresident can’t be impeached for being unpopular or shitty at his job.

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• Deporting Immigrants: Trump ordered the deportation of immigrants from Venezuela who he alleged are members of the Tren de Aragua gang, even though they haven't been charged with violating any U.S. laws. Trump cited the 1798 Alien Enemies Act as the basis for the deportation. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered Trump to stop the deportations because that law applies only to citizens of countries with which the U.S. is at war. The U.S. is not at war with Venezuela.
  
  
• Elon Musk: Trump has allowed Elon Musk to exercise the powers of an officer of the United States without having nominated him as one and without having the Senate confirm him. In a 68-page ruling U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang stated that Musk's closing USAID likely violated the U.S. Constitution in multiple ways because Trump has allowed a private citizen to exercise the powers of an officer of the United States, which he is not.
  
  
• USAID: In the same ruling, Chuang stated that another violation of the Constitution is allowing Trump and his co-president to dismantle USAID. He ruled that even an officer of the United States (which Musk is not) can't do that. Only Congress can create and terminate U.S. agencies. In an earlier ruling, a different federal judge, Amir Ali, said cutting funds to USAID violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
  
  
• Trans Soldiers: Trump has banned transgender soldiers from the military because he finds them disgusting. Or, at least, his base does. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes disagreed, and said the ban violates the Fourteen Amendment's equal protection clause.
  
  
• Birthright Citizenship: U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee in Washington State, has ruled that denying citizenship to anyone born in the U.S., other than children of foreign diplomats, tramples on the Constitution. Judge Joseph Laplante in New Hampshire made exactly the same ruling.
  
  
• Refugees: Trump withheld funding from the U.S. Refugee Assistance Program because he doesn't want any refugees coming to the U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead eviscerated that decision because Trump has no authority to refuse to spend money Congress has appropriated. There is even a specific law, The Impoundment Control Act of 1974, that says that if the president doesn't want to spend money Congress has appropriated, he can ask Congress if it is OK to refrain from spending it, but Congress has the final say. Trump didn't even try to follow the law.
  
  
• Firing Federal Employees: Elon Musk, with Trump's blessing, has been firing federal employees right and left, despite the Pendleton Act, which specifies the procedures that must be followed for firing a civil servant for malfeasance. Some of them have gone to court to challenge their firings. Other federal employees are protected by other laws. When Trump fired Susan Tsui Grundmann from the Federal Labor Relations Board in violation of the law creating the agency, she sued. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled that Trump had unambiguously broken the law. In another case, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled that the Cathy Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board could only be fired for malfeasance, and Trump didn't even allege that she had done anything wrong.
  
  
• Funding Freeze: Trump has repeatedly tried to impound funds for spending he didn't like. U.S. District Judge John McConnell ruled that Trump had no authority to do that. In another case, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan made an identical ruling.
  
  
• DEI: In one of his XOs, Trump required federal contractors to certify that they do not have any DEI programs. U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson ruled that this violates the contractors' First Amendment rights. Worse yet, Trump banned DEI on all the contracts the contractor had, including those not related to the government in any way.
  
  
• Websites: Trump ordered all federal agencies to scrub their websites of all mentions of gender identity. A group of doctors sued, saying they relied on some of those websites for giving patients information and for research purposes. Judge John Bates ruled that the order was illegal because it violated the Administrative Procedures Act.
  
  
• Transgender Prisoners: Yet another XO required moving three male-to-female transgender prisoners from female to male prisons. They sued. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Trump exceeded his authority on that and didn't follow required procedures.
  
  
• Research Grants: All federal research grants and contracts provide overhead expenses for the hosting institution. For example, all grantees require office/lab space, computers, HR personnel to manage hires, accountants to verify expenses, and much more, The overhead is to cover these indirect costs not covered in the grants themselves. Trump does not like scientific research at all, so he unilaterally ignored all the previously signed contracts and decimated the overhead. There were lawsuits, naturally, and U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley wrote a 76-page opinion stating that no, the president cannot simply invalidate contracts the government has signed because he doesn't like them.

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JBizzle said:

Absolutely, I'm sure the sales of Dodge RAMs and Chevvies to Europe will be sorely hit. All 4 of them

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nicko31 said:

The Model Y is actually built in Berlin. Maybe Europe needs to hit US tech firms

All these tariffs are going to drive up inflation in the US for sure

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Titanic said:

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