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MadameButterfly

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60. i think if you say something as president it has more ramifications than just anyone saying it

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 09:30 PM

Oct 15

If you actually have the power to do the illegal thing its a threat.

A bomb threat isn't planting a bomb, but the threat is illegal. The threat has consequences.
A credible threat to New Yorkers for voting a certain way, or to Mamdani himself, is taking away their freedom of speech.
Influencing the result of an election by threatening illegal action, is surely as illegal as the bomb threats that kept people away from the polls on election day. If those who made the bomb threats were discovered, they would have been prosecuted.

He thinks he can tell everyone what to do or take away money and rights they are due. The blackmail will never end until he is stopped.

No giving in in advance.

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When did it become legal for any president to say he would withold [View all] malaise Oct 15 OP

Nothing Trump does is legal. No one will stop him. Irish_Dem Oct 15 #1

Saying that he would withhold funds is constitutionally protected speech. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 #2

Good morning malaise Oct 15 #3

Even "doing" essentially became legal the day the SC ruled he could not be criminally prosecuted for any official action thesquanderer Oct 15 #14

Scary Indeed malaise Oct 15 #22

i think if you say something as president it has more ramifications than just anyone saying it MadameButterfly Oct 15 #60

He has SCOTUS-granted immunity Dave says Oct 15 #45

He has to send the Federal funds to Argentina. tetedur Oct 15 #4

He sure doesn't! pazzyanne Oct 15 #8

It's not legal liberalgunwilltravel Oct 15 #5

Who will prosecute them, Merrick Garland? gab13by13 Oct 15 #6

Taking those classified documents wasn't legal LuvLoogie Oct 15 #10

Trump will pardon Miller and Vought before he leaves office (if he ever does). Unless... thesquanderer Oct 15 #16

They'll probably wish for "legal" prosecution. rubbersole Oct 15 #26

If we still had shunning, I posit these people would have banished pariahs long ago. yellow dahlia Oct 15 #47

It doesn't have to be the state liberalgunwilltravel Oct 15 #41

Dump is the most deranged evil partisan POTUS ever LymphocyteLover Oct 15 #7

WIBDI Morbius Oct 15 #9

Does anyone remember... GiqueCee Oct 15 #11

I'm guessing Russell Vought was taking notes at the time FakeNoose Oct 15 #19

And financed by the Koch Network. rubbersole Oct 15 #30

Nailed it. nt GiqueCee Oct 15 #40

When his terrorist friends in SCROTUS gave him almost unlimited power. Wonder Why Oct 15 #12

He's not a legal president, he's a dictator. spanone Oct 15 #13

TSF will press the bounds of law... returnee Oct 15 #15

What does legality have to do with it? BlueTsunami2018 Oct 15 #17

if anybody paid atttention to what he said last time , he is doing exactly what he said he was going to do AllaN01Bear Oct 15 #18

Yes he told everyone malaise Oct 15 #20

It didn't. nt Susan Calvin Oct 15 #21

When the Supreme Court told him he could do what he wants without consequence. Happy Hoosier Oct 15 #23

Hmm.. Rule of law vs the lawless? But if the government does nothing against the lawless? LiberalArkie Oct 15 #24

Indeed malaise Oct 15 #25

Founders didn't want political parties for this very reason. Kid Berwyn Oct 15 #27

The sad truth and not just in the USA malaise Oct 15 #28

EPSTEIN! Kid Berwyn Oct 15 #31

I can't wait for this one to blow open malaise Oct 15 #32

More to come! The late blackmailer's "work" reached around the world. Kid Berwyn Oct 15 #34

Oh My! malaise Oct 15 #35

They won't need a little blue pill for all to see the truth stand up. Kid Berwyn Oct 15 #36

ROFL malaise Oct 15 #37

you're reminiscing... myohmy2 Oct 15 #29

This is like so many other things in the era of the Donny the Menace: we will find out that there was never a... Ol Janx Spirit Oct 15 #33

... Catherine Vincent Oct 15 #38

He will be stopped n/t malaise Oct 15 #39

Since roberts and 5 other SC Justices crawled up trump ass. republianmushroom Oct 15 #42

It is unlawful impoundment -- and even after rulings declare the acts unlawful... pat_k Oct 15 #43

THIS malaise Oct 15 #44

I think too often they are listening to the "strategists" yellow dahlia Oct 15 #48

Simple statements, stated over and over and over, are desperately needed. pat_k Oct 15 #52

Over and over again I see Chris Murphy delivering a succinct and simple, yellow dahlia Oct 15 #54

Ariella Elm's daily wins posts have help me keep hope alive enough to pat_k Oct 15 #55

Thanks for that message. yellow dahlia Oct 15 #57

+many leftstreet Oct 15 #51

The Republicans in Congress have handed over the power of the purse, yellow dahlia Oct 15 #46

When the SCOTUS said he can do whatever the hell he wants. Sogo Oct 15 #49

He can SAY whatever he wants, came with First Amendment. elleng Oct 15 #50

AND threaten Argentina if they don't vote accordingly vapor2 Oct 15 #53

When our elected officials and our voters decided not to show up and let them do it oldmanlynn Oct 15 #56

The 6 sitting piles of shit on the SC gave him carte blanche to do whatever the fuck he wants wolfie001 Oct 15 #58

my guess Skittles Oct 15 #59

It's legal to SAY nearly anything, and Trump does---- but it's not legal for him to actually DO it! Jack Valentino Oct 15 #61

Also threatening voters in Argentina . SICK POS vapor2 Oct 15 #62