The Trump administration is twisting U.S. military code to take revenge against Democrats who reminded troops to follow the law.
“All lawful—all orders—lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members. You can’t have a functioning military if there is disorder and chaos within the ranks,” Leavitt told reporters outside the White House on Monday. “And that’s what these Democrat members were encouraging. It’s very clear. And not a single one of them since they’ve been pressed by the media … can point to a single illegal order that this administration has given down because it does not exist."
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1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 263d
The only thing keeping me going at this point is that these people will hopefully be rotting in jail someday
jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 263d
Trump is rotting in public view
morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 262d
Not the same thing, at all.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 263d
First, nothing he does as president can be illegal. Then none of his orders can be illegal. Next he will have to tell people nothing they do under orders from him can be illegal. Then nothing they do on behalf of him can be illegal. Then nothing they do in support of him can be illegal.
This is what a narcissist's complete inability to ever do wrong looks like when they have to project it across the system they control to keep getting their way. Complete corruption of the system by one person's massive ego. NPD is a mental illness that should bar people from positions of power or authority over anything.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 261d
The ruling was he couldn't be punished for doing illegal things as president. They're still illegal and can be reversed after the fact, assuming they are reversible.
E.g someone illegally fired can get their job back or compensation, but Trump is immune from prosecution for doing it.
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 262d
That sounds like something somebody giving illegal orders would say.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 24 pts · 262d
"Dumbasses in the White House ignorantly claim they are above the law."
The orange clown's usage of national guardsmen to clap back against recent protests was deemed illegal. Multiple times. We're not fucking blind.
CAWright@infosec.pub · 14 pts · 263d
Ahh, the spoiled rich kid defense. Change the rules so you can win every game.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
Zugyuk@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 262d
Judges hate this one trick
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 261d
didn't judges created that one trick? when the supreme court determined that whatever the president does is legal.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 262d
Whitehouse declares pi equals 3
DeadDigger@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 262d
Well to be honest it's close enough, at least in earth terms
bluemoon@piefed.social · 1 pts · 261d
this is all the people supporting this lethal farce showing support.
after trump goes the same supporting cast are still happy, just as they are happy now.