Trump Pauses Military Aid to Ukraine After Clash With Zelenskiy
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Take a look on Zillow.
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This isn't quite right. Trump didn't really modify laws. That isn't even something he can claim to do since he is the head of the Executive branch, not the Legislative one. He issued executive orders, many of which were illegal, and he had some cronies who enacted some of them anyway - others did not enact some of these. He did rescind many policies, but he can't just make laws go away on his own. There are literally hundreds of court cases currently challenging these executive orders - seeing as how the judiciary is the primary check on the executive branch, that is the system working to check presidential power.
However, I am not a liberal, I am a socialist and do not think this is working well - there are many problems here. The highest levels of the judiciary have been largely captured by far-right judges, many of whom are specifically aligned with Trump's goals and support the unitary executive theory. Also, this method of checking presidential power is extremely slow. For every illegal action Trump's administration takes, a court case has to be crafted, filed, heard, and adjudicated. Every one. And invariably, some will not reach the correct outcome and others will never actually be taken to court - there are just too many.
Basically, the administration is using the fact that they control every branch of government to dismantle or capture core government agencies and to provide cover for various illegal actions - forcing them through if only temporarily for various political and structural ends. A soft coup, basically. So yeah, the fact that something like this is possible is proof of the flaws inherent in this system of government.
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That may be because Trump doesn't know about it. May stop anytime, just like "cyberwar".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2er34w0jgdo -
So they don't formally exist and the entire political game is just about whether you choose the good or the bad representatives, and all knowledge and legislation about institutions is liable to be simply ignored without penalty
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That's a lot of words to say that I'm right in practice even if not in principle lmao.
I'm a commie too, BTW. You're way too charitable to the US institutions IMO.
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It is for Congress to decide such matters. It says so right in our constitution, but our Legislative branch has been ceding their ability to check Executive overreach for decades. Now, with a complicit Congress as the majority, they will never challenge Trump on anything he does, no matter how unconstitutional or illegal it might be. Same goes for the Judiciary as well, chock full of partisan hacks who bend and twist their interpretation of the language of the constitution to cherry pick a favorable ruling for anything that Trump does.
Basically, our system of checks and balances that are meant to keep one aspect of the government from becoming too powerful has been completely subsumed by ideologues who prefer monarchy to democracy. The executive now essentially has unchecked authority and is in full control of the government apparatus.
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Are they wearing a Russian military uniform? Then they are an enemy combatant.
It's really not that hard, dude.
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So the record currently stands at...
Zelensky - Let's try a deal, we just need security guarantees
Trump - Why are you so Disrespectful?
Zelensky - Let's try a deal, we just need security guarantees
Trump - Putin is a victim we're undoing sanctions
Zelensky - Let's try a deal, we just need security guarantees
Trump - Why won't Zelensky do a deal?
Zelensky - Let's try a deal, we just need security guarantees
Trump - We're stopping Aid.
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The president was always able to stop aid under certain conditions. Trump is just going to certify that one of those conditions exist no matter how ridiculous it is.
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And they don't care because the White House is occupied by someone on their team. This country fucking sickens me.
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And very seriously listen and write down his commands and say of course sir then just not do it. For years and report back to him that he is hailed as the best president ever for his orders, and let him live his fantasy, we can even hold parades and stuff and the fun thing is that people would actually genuinely be glad when he comes because they know it's going to be a festival and their job is just to pretend to be awed by his senile ramblings, which honestly sounds so much fun
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This just proves that american gloating over their "checks and balances" was bullshit all along. US will never live this down.
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I kinda wonder what people in the 3 letter agencies are thinking right now. I would hope that enough of these agencies actually view Trump as a fundamental threat to democracy, because he actually is. People have warned for this to happen, for a while now, even though many are surprised at the speed at which it happens. But still, you would kind of hope for some of these agencies to actually stand for the constitution, instead of for the ruling party and his current president.
The US is so much more than just the current political ruling class. It's sad that there seems at least, to be so little visible opposition to their efforts to derail the US geopolitical power and to overthrow the system of law and order. One who the Republicans should hold deep, and definitely the people who pledge their allegiance to the constitution. I wonder if it would have gone different if someone like Saunders or Obama would have tried a similar play.
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I think the counterpoint is that when something like Kent state happened, the government backed down. The question will be if they're willing to use live rounds in the future and not back down (not that less lethal munitions are much better, but it is different).
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How many English speakers are there in the world. Are they considered English? Don't be stupid.
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Except that whole thing about Dems being just as bad, which is like 90% of tankie arguments about the US.
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Fleeing is an option.
Do you honestly believe that Russia was going to have mass executions if Ukraine gave up without a fight?
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Trump treats white people like Obama treated Arabs.
