The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[Angrboda]

One of the Republican leaders, I forget who, was asked to name the three branches of government. He replied the executive, the House, and the Senate.

[The Grand Nudger]

Guess it's better than Don John and Trump.

[Fireball]

Well, in all fairness, the SCOTUS is in the chump's pocket, so it makes a twisted sort of sense.

[Angrboda]

The Thai government on Saturday disputed President Trump’s announcement that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to a cease-fire, as its prime minister pledged to continue military action and the standoff between the two countries intensified.

There was confusion overnight in Thailand and Cambodia after Mr. Trump said on Friday that both sides had agreed to a cease-fire “effective this evening,” hours after the Thai prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, told reporters that he had laid out his government’s position to Mr. Trump. But Mr. Anutin did not mention a cease-fire, and Thailand’s foreign ministry later confirmed that there was no such truce.

“Thailand will continue to perform military actions until we feel no more harm and threats to our land and people,” Mr. Anutin said in a Facebook post on Saturday. “I want to make it clear.”

Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Manet, said he had spoken with Mr. Trump “to find ways to have a cease-fire” and return to the peace deal that was brokered by the president in October in Malaysia. He did not say that a cease-fire had been reached.

The statements from both Thailand and Cambodia indicate that any halt in the fighting, which has entered its sixth day, is not imminent. The clashes this week have killed at least 20 people and displaced more than half a million.

Thailand Rejects Trump’s Claim That It Reached a Cease-Fire With Cambodia

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Very kind.

Boru

"Damned by faint praise", lol. Those mooks probably can't tell you which article covers which branch.

Trump is on video from his first term telling a reporter, ‘Have you heard about Article II? Nobody talks about Article II. It lets me do whatever I want.’

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

Reminder, never stand behind Trump.

[Ravenshire]

^I don’t think that theory holds water. When the Constitution refers to the federal government, the term ‘United States’ is used. When referring to the individual states, the phrase becomes ‘the several States’.

But it’ll be interesting to see what the current SCOTUS thinks about it.

Boru

The SCrOTUS will likely think exactly what they're told to think.

[Ravenshire]

^I don’t think that theory holds water. When the Constitution refers to the federal government, the term ‘United States’ is used. When referring to the individual states, the phrase becomes ‘the several States’.

I wish our President and his staff understood our Constitution as clearly as you do.

How much they understand is irrelevant compared to how much they care what it says.

[Fireball]

^ Correct on both counts.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I wish our President and his staff understood our Constitution as clearly as you do.

How much they understand is irrelevant compared to how much they care what it says.

A fair point. It may be that they're relying upon the public to not know a goddamned thing about the document, and thus what they can get away with.