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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Except of course he can't. Takes 2/3 of Congress.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

What's this "2/3 of Congress" punchline that I keep hearing? Seems like you can put anything on the books and then do whatever you want as long as you have enough silent enablers.

[–] Tarambor@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He can't declare war without Congress approval yet here we are.....

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No but he can run a limited special operation for 150 days without congressional approval. Putting troops on the ground would put it legally questionable but scale hasn't been tested yet.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

scale hasn't been tested yet.

Hasn't been tested? Wow! The cognitive dissonance never disappoints.

It sometimes feels like you deserve the pedo in chief.

The land of checks of balances but checks note with in-built excuses for every diversion to do whatever the fuck you want.

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 6 points 22 hours ago

Response is correct, but kinda toxic.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world -1 points 17 hours ago

And sometimes it feels like European countries denizens forget they had in large part monarchies with routinely horrible leaders and I dunno serfdom.

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately while technically correct this has been shown time and time again he doesn't care.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

He will stop making payments until he dies

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Or 5/9 of the Supreme Court.