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[–] [email protected] 51 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

IANAL, but perhaps he should appeal under the claim that apparently all the court documents look as though they are written in Liberian. Hardly a fair trial.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 hours ago

What do books have to do with anything??

[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 41 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

I'm appalled it's not on Duolingo yet!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I didn't understand this reference.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 12 hours ago

Trump recently met with the president of Liberia, and complimented him on his good English speaking skills. English is the national language of Liberia.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Trump complimented the president of Liberia on the president's good English. Liberia is an English-speaking country

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago

I'm fully convinced of the existence of parallel universe. I don't think I could go on knowing this is the definitive one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What does Liberia have against Trump?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They don't like his language

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago

Oh! Was it the Liberian guy that Trump complimented on his good English when that's an English speaking country? Okay, I'm slow. Funny!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Let’s see what Alibaba product he’ll promote this time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Tacky 'golden' rapist kit.

Balaclava with 'golden' thread around the holes.
Pair of 'real' faux leather gloves with your initials sewn on to the back in the same golden 😏😏 thread.
Chloroform bottle with a plastic gold coloured cap (alternatively just buy his shitty perfume, it's the same fucking thing)
1 weapon of choice: knife, bat, rope. Whichever you choose will be lightly wafted with some gold spray paint from a rattle can.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Surprised this crusty old twatwaffle doesn't just EO that he didn't do it. Why the fuck not at this point. There are no spines in Congress or scotus, they'll let him do it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Executive orders can only instruct the Executive Branch to take some sort of action. While the Department of Justice is a part of the Executive Branch, it consists of the government's lawyers, not of the government's judges. The judicial branch is outside the purview of the Executive Branch, and so out of reach of a Trump EO.

Now, would he still try? Of course he would. But it would have the same legal weight as Michael Scott yelling "I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Eh, "executive order," "royal decree" -- same difference, at this point!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't federal court. You can't EO around it, then, right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

He can do it, but it won't matter. EOs directed at something outside of the Executive Branch are basically just announcements.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

They are still getting followed.

His shit about trans women in women’s sports got Lia Thomas’s records stripped from her, and I doubt any school is going to allow trans women to play anything in the future.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

That judge better be on a plane.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago

"Time to quintuple down," said the dirtbag.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 17 hours ago

Only time his name makes me smile is when he has been once again slapped down by a court of law. Gives me butterflies almost.

[–] [email protected] 121 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

This guy loses more than wins, so that makes him a loser.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Trump loco - loses or chickens out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Trump Always Chickens Out Or Loses

Tacool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Suffering from success

[–] [email protected] 77 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 62 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

*loser rapist felon con-man

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

*stupid dumbshit goddamn motherfucker

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago

I'd add fascist to this list, but I see you already included loser.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

And he's not even a good golfer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Well, he's famous for his foot-wedge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I feel like the number of loser rapist felon conmen good dads is really small

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Well, Trump talked about dating his daughter while she sat on his lap, so he's not gonna land in the overlap of that venn diagram anyway.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 16 hours ago

also he's fucking fat and stupid and I hate him.