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Demovictory9

(32,475 posts)
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 01:58 AM Jul 2019

Here's Trump Screaming in Front of a Plane About How He Has Unlimited Power

https://splinternews.com/heres-trump-screaming-in-front-of-a-plane-about-how-he-1836314919

Following a week of ignominious policy defeats and not-altogether shocking Cabinet departures, President Donald Trump would like the American public to know that he still thinks he possesses virtually limitless constitutional power.

Speaking about Special Counsel Robert Mueller with reporters outside the White House on Friday, Trump insisted his near-omnipotence derives from “a thing called Article II”—presumably meaning the section of the Constitution on presidential authority (given that this is Trump, though, he might also be talking about the second article he read on InfoWars this morning)

“Nobody ever mentions Article II,” Trump continued. “It gives me all of these rights at a level that nobody has ever seen before.”

In fact, Article II gives him “rights” at exactly the same level as every other president for the past 200+ years. But, that’s really beside the point here. I would bet all the money in my wallet right now ($17 and a coupon to Cold Stone Creamery) that Trump has no idea what’s actually in Article II, which is chock full of very clearly enumerated limits to his power, as well as the basis by which he can be removed from office through impeachment.

start at 46:07 at video below:

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Here's Trump Screaming in Front of a Plane About How He Has Unlimited Power (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jul 2019 OP
His lips formed like that looks like a hornblower. sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #1
oh, sure. a hornblower. *that's* what it looks like... anarch Jul 2019 #8
I'm with you. Not only does he have a butthole on two ends of his body, Arkansas Granny Jul 2019 #9
he does have all the power til somebody comes along to challenge him on that nt msongs Jul 2019 #2
True, the paper Constitution doesn't seem to limit his power. Only Congress... Beartracks Jul 2019 #5
Pay Wall. n/t Liberal In Texas Jul 2019 #3
oh yeah, Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #4
"at a level that nobody has ever seen before"?? Beartracks Jul 2019 #6
Section 4 of Article 3. safeinOhio Jul 2019 #7
I'm all powerful becuz I have great genes, studied hitler's speeches, Mc Mike Jul 2019 #10
stupid fuck thinks he's king. spanone Jul 2019 #11

anarch

(6,535 posts)
8. oh, sure. a hornblower. *that's* what it looks like...
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 05:37 AM
Jul 2019

(I've been thinking "butthole" all this time....)

Arkansas Granny

(31,530 posts)
9. I'm with you. Not only does he have a butthole on two ends of his body,
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 07:03 AM
Jul 2019

they both produce the same substance.

Beartracks

(12,821 posts)
5. True, the paper Constitution doesn't seem to limit his power. Only Congress...
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 03:36 AM
Jul 2019

... can do that by implementing the words on that paper.

Othetwise, the Constitution is just another Strongly Worded Letter...

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Beartracks

(12,821 posts)
6. "at a level that nobody has ever seen before"??
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 03:41 AM
Jul 2019

Does he think the Constitution is a new document, drafted especially by his loving subjects to give him all his fantasy powers, and hand delivered to his palace by Frederick Douglass?

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Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)
10. I'm all powerful becuz I have great genes, studied hitler's speeches,
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 10:05 AM
Jul 2019

am inbred up the wazoo, and my daddy bought me my button.

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