All those “illegal alien”, “drug smugglers” now gonna be legal non-white citizens … Hahaha!

  • wuffah@lemmy.world
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    According to the Constitution, Trump cannot legally declare Venezuela the 51st state without congressional approval or Venezuela’s consent.

    There’s that pesky concept again that Trump doesn’t seem to understand, or have, or know about.

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      “Trump cannot” (and “GOP cannot”) is the down-beat in the song of life. It doesn’t seem to matter what the law says for right-wingers when they’re in power. They will do what they please in the absence of adequate resistance.

      Edit: in this case, though, I doubt it’s more than another distraction from the Epstein files

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      without congressional approval or Venezuela’s consent.

      I assume they mean and? Even in a world where Venezuela did agree, you still need Congressional approval.

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      there’s that pesky concept that this clown ignores laws and norms, and has 2 additional branches of goverment who are dedicated to nothing more than sycophancy to him.

      The US government is currently run by calvinball rules.

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      Well he has been able to do a shit ton without out congressional approval that he wasn’t supposed to, no wonder he thinks he get do it without Venezuela’s consent as well.