Sounds like great incentive for Zuck to do everything in his power to make sure Trump doesn’t get reelected.
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Bold to assume supporting anyone but trump is legal (under the trumpian definition of legality).
Why? Is he breaking the law?
Last time I checked, the executive didn’t decide about indictments or sentences. But I guess that’s all going to change if Dementia Don wins.
Guantanamo Bay has entered the conversation.
The argument there was that they were POWs captured on the battlefield, and thus under the purview of the CinC.
There is no way to make that argument regarding Zuckerberg.
The supreme court has ruled 6-3 that Zuck belongs in Gitmo because Chewbacca is a wookie and there are no wookies on Endor.
Not POWs, but enemy combatants, which they made up to avoid responsibilities to POWs.
Yeah I was kind of curious as to how this story would be spun into a negative story against Trump. Anyone who does something illegal should be sentenced appropriately. Maybe “the president can’t set the sentence” will be the tack with this one?
Yeah, how can the potential next head of state threatening a specific individual with an arbitrary sentence of life imprisonment for some vague charge like “doing anything illegal” possibly be spun into a negative story?
The Democrats will find a way!
I think it’s Trump trying to find a way. In specific, find a way to do something outside of his presidential powers.
He wanted to “lock her up” with Hillary too. Were you one of the people chanting that? Have you noticed she hasn’t been locked up yet even though he had four years to do it?
Have you noticed she hasn’t been locked up yet even though he had four years to do it?
I’ll just leave that there. It makes the point I would have made pretty succinctly.
The point that he makes threats about imprisoning people and can’t follow through because it’s not within his abilities?
Not quite, but you’re pretty warm!
You do realize that when Trump says “anything illegal” he really means “anything I don’t like”, right?
Also, surely you think that Trump should be sentenced appropriately for violating federal law at Arlington cemetery?
The logical line of “when the guy I don’t like says anything, he really means what I say he means” is pretty errant and toxic. I cringe when the right does it too, “you can tell a Democrat is lying because they’ve opened their mouth”. It’s stupid and ridiculous.
IDK what happened for sure at the cemetery, I’d need some footage and to read up on the pertaining law a little before I make a judgement on that.
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The US Army releasing a statement that a) what Trump and his campaign did there was illegal and b) that they physically attacked the person who tried to stop them from breaking the law isn’t good enough for you?
Why would it be? Does the government tell the truth all the time?
Everything bad that’s said about Trump is a lie, right? He’s basically Yahweh.
Have you heard of the separation of powers?
Yes
If a life sentence is appropriate for interfering with an election, I look forward to Trump’s impending life sentence.
Because anyone who does something illegal should be sentenced appropriately, right?
Fair enough. The “perfect phone call” was actually pretty bad, it’s the one case against him that I think probably has a lot of merit. I was thinking at the time that it was probably illegal.
Illegal? Like marking legitimate news stories that criticize Trump as spam to scare away voters from reading them?
Haha he is probably referring to acquiescing to government requests to censor stories that could help Trump in an election. Which doesn’t make the most sense because Zuckerberg himself says that he regrets doing that in the past and won’t do it in the future. Maybe he wants to make sure?
So like this then? https://lemmy.world/post/19224767
Sort of? They’re similar but this is in reference to Zuckerberg admitting he colluded with the government to temporarily censor a negative story about Hunter Biden.
Are you saying he colluded with the government to interfere in the 2020 election?
Yes. And so did Zuckerberg. Did you not hear what he said? He admitted to it this week.
i’d really enjoy seeing him try
It would be cool with me if both Zuckerberg and Donald went to jail for the rest of their lives.
Anything illegal in this case = anything trump dislikes.
Full petty dictator mode.
I’d actually prefer the justice system abide by the law and current sentencing guidelines. But like yes, obviously he should be prosecuted if he breaks the law just like…anyone else you might name.
If it would be a life sentence, then Zuckerburg might as well assassinate him.
(note: this is hypothetical, I’m not advocating Trump’s assassination, I much prefer he win less than 40% of the popular vote and less than 200 EVs, and that he runs again for President in 2028, 2032, and 2036)
IDK I do not want to see Trump running in 2028, 2032, 2036. I may be voting for him for his policies, but I am growing weary of his rhetoric and antics and am ready to move past him and get to whatever the future of the GOP is going to be. Especially if it’s not MAGA.
You’re a fucking fascist then
Nuh uh, I’m waiting for marriage
What kind of policies are you refering to? Im curious
Lower taxes, increasing oil production, stronger negotiations with world powers, securing the border, etc.
Trump already had 4 years of presidency. How did he perform on all those merits that you just said?
Pretty well except for exploding inflation and the deficit through the COVID-19 stimulus checks, and the relatively slow construction and repair of border wall
Could you define pretty well? Make it concrete and then source all of it to support pretty well? And will it trump (yes bad word joke) the exceptions you mentioned?
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