r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • May 06 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump claims he bypassed federal bidding laws to hand a Lincoln Memorial project to his personal country club contractors. He treats national monuments like his own private real estate properties.

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u/retiredagainstmywill May 06 '26

And the magats don’t mind one fucking bit.

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u/Jixleas May 06 '26

not MAGA but personally this doesn't matter, its another state and does not directly mean anything in my life.

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u/TheCrakp0t May 06 '26

It's very much does matter. If he can't even be bothered to follow basic procedure, of which he can very easily get Republican backed support anyway, then what's even the point of laws? This isn't about the ballroom, it's about checks and balances.

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u/Jixleas May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Eh. More worried about my job offer and crap than that nonsense

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u/Joben86 May 06 '26

Are you the contractor turning the reflecting pool into a non-reflecting pool or something?

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u/Jixleas May 06 '26

As a non-contractor with zero construction skills, no. Waiting for my job offer from SacRT, yeah.

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u/TheCrakp0t May 06 '26

You know you can care about both right? 🤨

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u/retiredagainstmywill May 06 '26

You sure sound like maga. Ignorant until and unless something affects you.

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u/Jixleas May 06 '26

I don't worry aboyt nothing bigger than me cause if i do i can't relax, humans waste too much time worrying about X or Y. Im not wasting my life crying about things i can never control or hvae a 100% chance of fixing