I know I said it and all that. I just don't know if I have to do it
this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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Oh shit, our Senators are TWEETING!!!!
Fuck you Raskin, do your fucking job.
No, like, he literally doesn't know what that means.
If you can't name all fifty states, you shouldn't be president...
But why go with that when IF YOU ARE A FUCKING FELON YOU SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT.
"To the best of my ability"
so technically not a lie.
(to clairify, because people on the internet tend to be bad at subtlety: I'm calling trump an incompetent moron with the above text. Actively and intentionally destroying the US IS defending it to the best of his ability, because he's an incompetent moron. Remember, this is a guy who bankrupted a casino more than once.)
You won't believe this 1 crazy trick to do whatever you want while the US president.
Just like with laws, oaths mean absolutely nothing if they're not enforced.
"to the best of my ability."
Well, I'd almost argue he's following to the letter.
Don't give him the village idiot pass. Stupidity implies some of the damage he's done is without intent; he's just accidentally raping the constitution.
Whether or not he is an idiot (and I mean... he is) we should treat him as though every single thing he's done is calculated and intentional. He is an enemy to the United States.
...and on the topic of oaths, every single person in the military swore an oath to defend the constitution from domestic enemies like Trump, so if anyone in the armed forces is reading this, could y'all get off your ass and do your job, please?
Founders when they realize they left out the part where the president understands what the constitution is.
"It's ok, only land owners can vote and if you have money that means you're A Smart Person™©® and will not vote for some absolute joke of a person who's so obviously corrupt it hurts to even think about. Yup that about nails it. Slap on some signatures and call this baby a government, done and done!"
Especially since he's an absolute dipshit, the best of his ability is extremely poor.
Ah, but you see it specifically says to 'preserve, protect, and defend' which could be interpreted as perpetuate the existence of the constitution, not necessarily execute the laws enumerated by the constitution. To that point, the oath doesn't distinguish between the constitution: paper document and the constitution: the law. So really, legally, he's upholding his oath. Maliciously.
probably thinks that peaceful, respectful Declaration of Independence is the constitution
He took the oath, as did every member of Congress, and every member of our military.
I suspect we're going to find out how much the oath is worth.
Members of the USPS, being in the Executive Branch, take the exact same oath. (source: relative in USPS)
To be fair, there’s only one way to hold him accountable and the people that can won’t.
We need another Luigi, is that what I'm hearing?
Or someone from Butler with better aim
One Luigi won't cut at this point. That would make things worse.
Not if the pope's ghost has anything to say about it!
Infinite Luigis upon DC
Oh there's more than one way. But only one real legal method sure.
Prove it.
Fanta Führer doesn't give a fuck about our Constitution...
Love this nickname :)
My favorites are:
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Tyrannical Tangerine
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Mango Mussolini
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Pumpkin Pol Pot
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Crimes Oompa Loompa
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Skidmark Stalin
This is awesome!
I'm totally stealing some of these if you don't mind
Please distribute them ~~liberally~~ left-ally
Thanks! I actually saw it on here a few days ago and decided that it was definitely a keeper.
You think he cares about oaths?
To Americans in the audience, what do all the clowns that voted for this say right now?
They still gargling his mushroom?
US has been okay with war criminals, as their presidents, so what's another fascist?
oh it's a problem now because it's turning on its own people? hmm… who woulda guessed unchecked power turns authoritarian?
yes. Yes they are.
I'm guessing that Fox News isn't covering this so they probably don't even know he said it.
I have 1 MAGA "friend" and it's only because we have to work together. He truly believes everything Trump has done is wonderful, even as he has to pick up a 2nd job to afford daily expenses.
How do they respond to the notion that maybe they wouldn't need the 2nd job if the economy was where it was when Biden left his office?
I’ve worked with a lot of Americans over the years- and I can confidently say that the one common thing uniting every one of them is that they’re pants-pissingly terrified to admit they may have been wrong about something.
Brown people are getting deported. That's all that matters.
they don't know this is happening
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Less than ideal, but as luck would have it the French have already crafted a marvelous invention to solve these kinds of problems.
This is where you go to learn about the constitution, Mr. President. Just place your head in the learning hole.
If I ever open a school I will definitely be calling it the learning hole.
He gets to claim he's too stupid to understand what those words mean in that order
Oath clearly refers to the physical document. Doesn't say a thing about the words scribbled on it. That's why he's got it framed in the oval office: so he can keep close eye on it and make sure no one crumples it up.
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The incorrect assumption is that he has taken a vow or oath in good faith or with intention to follow through.
Ooof, I somehow glossed over the words "Office of" at first and that sentence gets a whole other meaning 😳
Didn’t trump legally argue during his first term that he doesn’t have to “uphold” the constitution because the specific word “uphold” was not in the oath?
He's the most sovereign citizen
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