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kpete

(72,005 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:39 AM Jan 2021

Potus now saying: If i can't get a pardon - no one else should get one, either

This is a key moment in my new opera The Tears of Don Jr

On World News Tonight, Jonathan Karl reporting on how Trump took the advice that a self-pardon would not be good for him: "...the attitude seems to be, if I can't get a pardon, then nobody else should get one, either."

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Potus now saying: If i can't get a pardon - no one else should get one, either (Original Post) kpete Jan 2021 OP
Works for me! nt DonaldsRump Jan 2021 #1
Ah-Hahaha! Me too! 🤣 TheBlackAdder Jan 2021 #33
Kinda late for that . . . Iliyah Jan 2021 #2
Sounds just like him........ my biggest worry is that secondwind Jan 2021 #3
Pelosi and the JCS have that covered nt Celerity Jan 2021 #13
There was an article posted here Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #15
Please proceed. tinrobot Jan 2021 #4
"This is a key moment in my new opera The Tears of Don Jr" Leghorn21 Jan 2021 #5
Sounds good to me still_one Jan 2021 #6
Either trump doesn't trust Pence would give him one, duforsure Jan 2021 #7
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ilsa Jan 2021 #8
Lol, so is he going to refund the money he was paid for the previous pardons? Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2021 #9
LOL! Whew! Trump standard operating procedure. nt Kahuna Jan 2021 #10
Um, ok. AirmensMom Jan 2021 #11
That's my question too. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2021 #26
They expected Trump to be grateful. C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #12
Good , then maybe he won't pardon mass murderer, Robert Bales octoberlib Jan 2021 #14
He will DEFINITELY attempt to self-pardon. Happy Hoosier Jan 2021 #16
He's been told that will trigger immediate prosecutions to get the case to SCOTUS. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #20
Hey, if you're right, great... Happy Hoosier Jan 2021 #22
I know, right? lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #24
I Tend To Agree, I Think He Will Still Try It Skraxx Jan 2021 #30
There's some irony in here somewhere. ....nt Jarqui Jan 2021 #17
Good. LisaL Jan 2021 #18
Perfect. Fuck them all. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #19
trump "took advise?" Merlot Jan 2021 #21
Good. GoCubsGo Jan 2021 #23
Perfectly in keeping with the mind of a pathological narcissist. Domestic abuse murders Mike 03 Jan 2021 #25
Perfect! Hope he sticks with that position. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2021 #27
Um. Kay - at long last sumtin to get behind!1 UTUSN Jan 2021 #28
On par for him. Good news, nevertheless. Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #29
uhh.... ok Roland99 Jan 2021 #31
Ha! In Hindsight, an Entirely Predictable Reaction! Skraxx Jan 2021 #32
Sounds good to me. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2021 #34

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
3. Sounds just like him........ my biggest worry is that
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:45 AM
Jan 2021

if all else fails for him, he will say "what the fuckl" and push the BUTTON.

Turin_C3PO

(14,016 posts)
15. There was an article posted here
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:55 AM
Jan 2021

a few days ago that said Pelosi talked to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure they wouldn’t obey orders to push the button from an unstable President. Hopefully they took it to heart and won’t listen to that piece of shit should he go further off the deep end.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
7. Either trump doesn't trust Pence would give him one,
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:46 AM
Jan 2021

Or Pence has told him he wouldn't grant him one if he resigns. Was the capital attack putting Pence and his wife and daughter in the Capital building at extreme risk a threat from trump?

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
8. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:47 AM
Jan 2021

Those treasonous bastards are gonna have to do their time and pay their fines.

I really hope the murderer of 16 Afghani civilians has to stay put as well.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
9. Lol, so is he going to refund the money he was paid for the previous pardons?
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:49 AM
Jan 2021

And unpardon them? He's such a belligerently ignorant fool he probably thinks he can.

Happy Hoosier

(7,347 posts)
16. He will DEFINITELY attempt to self-pardon.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:57 AM
Jan 2021

I can't see him doing otherwise. Can you? And it must be challenged.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
20. He's been told that will trigger immediate prosecutions to get the case to SCOTUS.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 10:26 AM
Jan 2021

I think they got through to him.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
25. Perfectly in keeping with the mind of a pathological narcissist. Domestic abuse murders
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 10:52 AM
Jan 2021

are so often predicated by this kind of thinking: If I can't have her, nobody can have her.

And it makes people like this so dangerous, to the extreme of treating an entire nation this way, as when Hitler signed the so called Nero Decree ordering subordinates to destroy Germany as the allies closed in, and commenting that Germans didn't deserve to survive the war because they had let Hitler down (by this time Hitler had decided he would commit suicide if the Red Army advanced on Berlin, so it represented a death wish for all of Germany).

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