Congratulations conservatives, you got your King. The Constitution is dead.

[pmv]

I'm trying to remember in which Asian country it is that 'insulting the king' is a crime. On one hand, this sounds entirely on brand for Trump, on the other, will it be too on-the-nose even for Trump fanatics? It falls nicely into the "rules for thee not for me" principle of conservatism though.

Thailand’s lese majesty laws explained in 30 seconds

Criticism of the monarchy is punishable with between three and 15 years in prison. It is one of the most severe laws of its kind in the world

www.theguardian.com

Fortunately I know almost nothing about Thailand, so have no motivation to say anything bad about any part of it. I think I'll try and remain ignorant, just to be on the safe side.

 

[Viper1j]

I'm trying to remember in which Asian country it is that 'insulting the king' is a crime. On one hand, this sounds entirely on brand for Trump, on the other, will it be too on-the-nose even for Trump fanatics? It falls nicely into the "rules for thee not for me" principle of conservatism though.

Thailand

 

[kt]

Maybe?
My kids went to private school through 8th grade because the public schools in my area sucked.

So, now you're down to receiving hand outs?

 

[MrSquished]

So, now you're down to receiving hand outs?

His entire red state suburban/rural existence is subsidized by urban areas and blue states. He is a fucking leech.

 

[Viper1j]

I wonder what those red state cousin fuckers would do if NY and Ca staged a tax protest, and the states simply refused to send in their tribute to Trump? 🤔

 

[Greenman]

So, now you're down to receiving hand outs?

What handouts? I paid my taxes that supported the public schools. Then I paid again for a better school. I'm not seeing the handout.

 

[HomerJS]

Those of you who claimed we had TDS when we warned he will establish a fascist state and declare himself king.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1892295984928993698

 

[brycejones]

What handouts? I paid my taxes that supported the public schools. Then I paid again for a better school. I'm not seeing the handout.

The irony of someone who lives in Mississippi (one of the biggest taker states) claiming they don't depend on handouts is fucking hilarious.

 

[Kaido]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890831570535055759

Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

www.whitehouse.gov

in order to improve the administration of the executive branch and to increase regulatory officials’ accountability to the American people, it shall be the policy of the executive branch to ensure Presidential supervision and control of the entire executive branch

 

[pmv]

When is he going to sign an executive order making the Presidency an hereditary position?

 

[nakedfrog]

"We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be."

Welp.

 

[Kaido]

When is he going to sign an executive order making the Presidency an hereditary position?

President Trump floats running for a third term

Tennessee Republican proposes amendment to allow Trump to serve third term

53 Percent Say Trump Would Win Third Term according to Rasmussen Poll

 

[VRAMdemon]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890831570535055759

Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

www.whitehouse.gov

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A factor (which might penetrate even Thomas and Alito’s thick skulls) is that were SCOTUS render itself moot by endorsing the Dictator Dons arguments, the spigot of lovely, lovely grift and gift is likely to close. Not all of the proto-oligarchs are dumb enough to keep shoveling gifts at people who can’t do them any subservient service.

Which doesn’t mean I have any great expectation that the Federalist Society lapdogs won’t roll over and play dead, but it’s at least a slight possibility.

 

[VRAMdemon]

Trump in 2020 after he lost the election:

A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution”. Our great Founders did not want, and would not condone, False & Fraudulent Elections!”

We’ve already seen that the Senate has abdicated its duty, advice and consent role, basically giving Trump loyalists in pretty much every department in the Executive Branch. He’s not stopping there. He is going to order his Secretaries to clean house several strata below the Sec-level. He’s going layers deep into the bureaucracy, and the Courts are very unlikely to stop him. He will have loyalists embedded throughout the entire Executive Branch bureaucracy - not just at the top, but layers deep. He will fundamentally change the cultures of how these Departments and agencies function. Most notably, that includes the DoD and the DoJ.

Andrew Jackson upon losing a Supreme Court decision disallowing removal of native tribes.

"John Marshall has made his decision,: now let him enforce it"

We are at a crossroads

 

[hal2kilo]

Those of you who claimed we had TDS when we warned he will establish a fascist state and declare himself king.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1892295984928993698

So the state rights of the old guard is now dead. Long live the king!

 

[nakedfrog]

I mean here I thought we had a Constitution because we didn't like having a king. It was sort of a whole "thing", you know?

 

[hal2kilo]

I mean here I thought we had a Constitution because we didn't like having a king. It was sort of a whole "thing", you know?

I'm really wondering what kind of education people are getting anymore.

 

[Brainonska511]

I mean here I thought we had a Constitution because we didn't like having a king. It was sort of a whole "thing", you know?

I don't recall there being a law against regicide...

 

[VRAMdemon]

I mean here I thought we had a Constitution because we didn't like having a king. It was sort of a whole "thing", you know?

The best written constitution isn’t helpful if everyone decides to ignore it.

This is all that matters.

Precisely what a Constitution says doesn’t mean a thing.

What matters is whether the powers that be and a critical mass of the population agree the Constitution matters. Trump is putting Democracy on it's death bed and people are celebrating the loss.

 

[DZero]

When is he going to sign an executive order making the Presidency an hereditary position?

The moment he pulls that, a coup happens.

 

[sandorski]

The moment he pulls that, a coup happens.

Why then and are you sure about that? Seems rather iffy given how much has already been tolerated.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

The moment he pulls that, a coup happens.

Trump has already pulled a coup

 

[Jaskalas]

God King Cheeto is musing over claiming Washington DC as his own fiefdom, a fortress from which to rule the Empire.

Trump Says Fed Gov't Should 'Take Over' D.C.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump complained about crime and homelessness in the district, saying, “I think we should take over Washington, D.C. — make it safe.” He added, “I think that we should govern District of Columbia.”​

 

[DZero]

Trump has already pulled a coup

A coup won't happen that easily. even in the US will realize that. Is likely that is just a start and maybe next will be the Civil War I am expecting... So it might end into Yugoslavia then.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

A coup won't happen that easily. even in the US will realize that. Is likely that is just a start and maybe next will be the Civil War I am expecting... So it might end into Yugoslavia then.

His impounding is already a coup. His shutting down government agencies is already a coup. DOGE is already a coup. You do not live in a democracy, that shit is over.