The former president has made clear once again that he believes the office should have absolute power

The D.C. Federal Court of Appeals is expected to hand down a decision on Donald Trump’s claim to “absolute” presidential immunity any day now, and the former president is upping his public pressure campaign for a favorable decision.

Early Thursday morning, Trump took to Truth Social to rant about the exemption he believes a president — or former president — should have from prosecution over crimes committed while in office. “EVEN EVENTS THAT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD,” Trump wrote.

The former president argued that without total blanket immunity, the chief executive would be stripped of the “authority and decisiveness” necessary to carry out their duties in office. “Sometimes you just have to live with ‘great but slightly imperfect,’” he wrote in the all-caps post.

  • moshtradamus666@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Is he never going to suffer any kind of consequences for being so dirty and dishonest? As a non-American I’m really impressed by what is going on.

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      10 months ago

      It’ll just drag on until he eventually succumbs to his decades-long suicide by cheeseburger.

      Then the DOJ put out a statement exclaiming “ah shucks, we were like this close to a conviction. We’re just as frustrated as you are!”

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      10 months ago

      Old American guy here. We’re not used to this sort of thing. All very new.

      My wife is a Filipina my age. She doesn’t see the big deal. She’s seen some shit.