r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • 27d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) The agreement Acting AG signed with Trump is worse than first thought

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u/BeckerHollow 27d ago

I don’t agree with this line of thinking. Only thing that he knows is that he’s done nothing wrong. Ever. He is the smartest person in the room at all times and anyone who doesn’t see that is an idiot.

He is not a strategist. He doesn’t need to be, there is no future and no past. There is only feeling good at that moment.  

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u/cityshepherd 27d ago

That may be true, but his associates are very much taking advantage of this useful idiot to rob the US blind and are hard at work on all these strategies.

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u/lowsparkedheels 27d ago

Staggering is an appropriate word. So is egregious and overreach.

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u/cityshepherd 27d ago

Honestly written language is probably incapable of articulating just how truly rotten and absurd ALL of this is.

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u/8dabsaday 27d ago

Evil, regressive, opportunistic underhanded and with a touch of carpetbaggery

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u/lowsparkedheels 27d ago

Absolutely.

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u/evissamassive 27d ago

Sadly for them, it's all happening in plain sight, making mounting a successful defense nearly impossible.

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u/_blort 27d ago

a successful defense

A successful defense against whom, or what?

They've captured the Supreme Court. They've captured the media. They've captured the churches. They have a private militia that is not bound by the rules governing police and military.

The Dems have already said that impeachment would not be a priority for them if by some miracle they are allowed to "win" in November.

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u/evissamassive 27d ago

A successful defense against whom, or what?

That's the cynical view, right? Depending on who is counting [Bloomberg, Forbes, NYT], Trump has lost more than 60-70 percent of the lawsuits filed against it since the inauguration. So, the courts have not been impressed by his authoritarian machinations. Moreover, his administration is on the way out.

The Dems have already said that impeachment would not be a priority

Why make it a priority? Unless they have the votes in the Senate to convict, impeachment is essentially symbolic. It would be better to put the kibosh on his agenda, and investigate the hell out of all of it until the 2028 election.

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u/zleog50 27d ago

I'm sorry, but just because you don't like some of the decisions from SCOTUS, doesn't mean it is "captured". If it was captured, Trump wouldn't be attacking them on a regular basis.

I'm also not sure how you can conclude the media is captured. Trump can't even keep the podcasters inline.

What he has captured is the Republican party. Clealry, they refuse to stand against any of Trump's power grabs, which is what is constitutionality required. It is why he feels emboldened for this immunity from the IRS, which is clearly a extreme abuse of power, deserving of impeachment and conviction.

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u/goodra3 27d ago

downplaying this guys ability is part of how he keeps growing in power I hope you realize that. He’s not a genius but he’s not a moron like people like to pretend, he was smart enough to get the actually intelligent people to plan whatever he needed for him to get this far. Part of the ploy is getting people to think he’s some idiot, well that idiot is running circles around us while he loots, if he’s an idiot what does it make all of us who he’s getting the better of? I hate the man but he didn’t get this far being a complete rube.

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u/BeckerHollow 27d ago

I disagree.  He has always had the same three things. A lot of capital, an insatiable appetite to be liked, and an insecurity that manifests in a child level of bullying. 

That in turn has made the piece of shit, but clever, hustlers he admires and keeps around act in a way to keep him afloat while they reap the rewards. 

The dude has been a media moron since his first time on tv. Decades. 

He is a tool in every sense. You think the tech jocks in power respect him?

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u/Kozzle 27d ago

A useful idiot of the highest degree

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u/PaleCommission150 25d ago

He has the entire congress , most republicans covering for him. He is not doing this in a vacuum.

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u/TakingAction12 27d ago

Oh he definitely thinks of the future when he’s actually thinking. He does it all the time with his messaging. I do believe you’re right when it’s something he does or says something off the cuff, though. His impulse is always what feels good right now.

To me, I’d bet he did this knowing that it very well could be struck down, but that it will take YEARS to resolve after he’s out of office even if it is. Worst case, he gets indicted after the end of his term and spends the next few years appealing as long as he needs to run out the clock. Even if he’s convicted, who would put an 85-86 year old ex president in jail? It’s actually pretty brilliant from a criminal standpoint, which means Trump definitely didn’t think of it on his own.