President Donald Trump said, \

Doesn’t even know the presidential oath he pledged.

You proud now MAGAts? Does this make you proud?

  • carrion0409@lemm.ee
    18·
    2 hours ago

    All I can do is laugh at this point. This regime is so buffoonish and so open with their intentions that I genuinely wonder how people fell for this shit and continue to believe it. Are we really this fucking dumb ?

    • Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world
      101·
      1 hour ago

      Yeah, we sit around and laugh about how stupid he is while he ignores the law and constitution to the detriment of the freedom of citizens and immigrants alike.

      We are literally that stupid.

      • carrion0409@lemm.ee
        4·
        58 minutes ago

        I want an extensive study done on the brains of maga supporters when this is over. I need to know what is going on up there that makes them act the way they do.

        • LePoisson@lemmy.world
          2·
          28 minutes ago

          Same thing that’s been going on for millenia now. Humans being humans, look around the globe and through history. This is not new and we are not special.

          Sucks though.

  • Sunflier@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    3 hours ago

    I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

    -President Trump, just this year.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    80·
    5 hours ago

    You proud now MAGAts? Does this make you proud?

    They don’t care. All they care about is their in-group is strong and the out-group is punished. They’re shitty people.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
    41·
    3 hours ago

    He is performing plausible deniability. Without saying directly yes or no, he is still open to the idea of not upholding the constitution. It is like saying “I can neither confirm nor deny.”

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
    12·
    4 hours ago

    What does it take to get this guy out of office? Genuine question. We impeached this guy like twice but it didn’t go through

  • GuyFawkes@midwest.socialEnglish
    222·
    6 hours ago

    I’ve got it! Let’s wring our hands about this while we continue to do nothing. Wait until it’s too late, and THEN start to fight back. That’ll show ‘em!

  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
    96·
    8 hours ago

    Pressed whether his administration is following the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which says no person “shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,” Trump said he wasn’t sure.

    “I don’t know. It seems – it might say that, but if you’re talking about that, then we’d have to have a million or 2 million or 3 million trials,” he said. “We have thousands of people that are some murderers and some drug dealers and some of the worst people on Earth.”

    It might say that? Might? This isn’t something that is debatable you hippopotamic dung heap. That’s what it fucking says.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    134·
    8 hours ago

    “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

    This is the oath he had to make when he took office.

        • D_C@lemm.ee
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Lies!
          His hands are far too tiny for his fingers to cross.

          • rayyy@lemmy.world
            1·
            3 minutes ago

            he didn’t even place a hand on the Bible.

            Fact!. For all his claims of being a “Christian”, he couldn’t be bothered.

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
            112·
            7 hours ago

            Pretty crazy that it’s sworn in the Bible when the state is supposed to be separated from the church

            • Mooncheeze@lemmy.world
              15·
              7 hours ago

              I’m pretty sure each person chooses a document/book to swear on that is core to them. So most people in the US would choose the Bible because they identify as Christian, but if a Jewish person or Muslim person was sworn in they could choose the Torah or Quran. And a non-religuous person could choose anything that they could convinceably argue is important/core to their values.

              Disclaimer: I did no research right now to confirm this but that’s what I remember.

                • Dragomus@lemmy.world
                  4·
                  6 hours ago

                  I did not know this … it is both awesome and interesting.

                  I think the act of being sworn in should also be on one’s passport, give it more weight that if you break the oath you lose the citizenship.

            • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              2·
              4 hours ago

              The separation of church and state is exactly why the president can be sworn in on a bible. Barring a member of office from swearing in on a religious text would specifically violate their first amendment right to practice religion. Importantly, the state doesn’t require them to use a bible, and it also doesn’t prevent them from doing so.

              That’s the whole point of separation of church and state. If the state required a religious text, that would be establishing a national religion. And if the state prevented it, that would be infringing on peoples’ right to practice religion.

              It doesn’t need to be a religious text at all. It simply needs to be something that is important to the person being sworn in. Technically, you could be sworn in on a copy of the constitution itself, or some handwritten letters from your mother, or a stack of hentai comics.

              • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                2 hours ago

                Coming from a place where we practice laïcity, it’s a weird way to separate the State and religion to say that people can swear allegiance on a religious book.

            • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
              5·
              6 hours ago

              It’s actually not mandatory that a Bible, or any religious text be used for swearing in a president. There’s nothing stating that a Jewish president couldn’t use the Torah or a Muslim president couldn’t use the Koran. We’ve just only had Christian presidents so far, though not all of them have used bibles for the ceremony.

              Separation from church and state only pretty much states that congress can make no laws favoring one religion over another or make any laws prohibiting the practice of one’s religion. To prohibit a president from swearing in on a religious text of their choice would, in and of itself, be a first amendment violation. Saying they have to, would also be a violation. The strict separation of church from the state, freedom from religion or the “wall of separation,” is something people have argued for, but isn’t actually laid out in the constitution.

          • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
            3·
            6 hours ago

            Probably

            A. Pissed it wasn’t one from his merch store

            B. Afraid that if he touched a real Bible, he’d burst into flames.

    • blattrules@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      The “best of his ability” part is troubling because I have zero faith in his ability to do anything except turn our country into a cesspool.

      • gamer@lemm.ee
        2·
        4 hours ago

        Although all it would take is one phone call to release Kilmar, Trump never learned how to use a phone. Checkmate, libtards.

    • nkat2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      31·
      8 hours ago

      Yes. In fact, you couldn’t be more correct about the matter.

      I would describe his response to the question as fully preposterous.

        • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
          13·
          7 hours ago

          If Biden said that the headline would be “Sleepy Dementia Joe Biden Doesn’t Remember Oath of Office He Took Three Months Ago”. It would be brought up in every segment on every news station for weeks. Trump says it and the news is like “That’s kinda weird… Anyways, wonder what Elon is doing…”

        • grue@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 hours ago

          I would describe it as treason; specifically, giving aid and comfort to a domestic enemy (himself).

    • takeda@lemm.ee
      14·
      8 hours ago

      The only time when “love and unity” isn’t the correct answer he uses it.

  • Zimroxo@lemm.eeEnglish
    32·
    8 hours ago

    If this comment doesn’t make the case for impeachment idk what does

    Upholding the constitution is the most basic part of the job.

    If he “doesn’t know” if he can do that he is unfit for the position and should be removed immediately. Not even counting all the other violations of the constitution his administration has committed in just the first 100 days alone

    • Maiq@lemy.lol
      5·
      6 hours ago

      You swear on it when you take the Oath Of Office.

      "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

      However,

      The Constitution provides no standards for determining whether a President has violated their oath. The fact that other branches interpret the Constitution, and may do do inconsistently with the President, creates difficulties in determining whether the oath has been violated. Just as some Presidents have suggested that the oath may require them to disregard laws when doing so is necessary to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, some lawmakers have argued that the President’s oath requires them to execute all laws, regardless of whether the President believes them to be constitutional.

The Supreme Court has not addressed these competing views, and the oath and its surrounding text do not suggest that questions about violations of the oath were intended for judicial resolution. The Court has held that the President is generally immune from civil or criminal liability for official actions taken while in office, which may impede judicial resolution of questions relating to a President’s violation of their oath arising during the President’s tenure. The Constitution’s justiciability requirements are another potential obstacle to resolution in federal court.

Impeachment provides a vehicle by which Congress may adjudicate a President’s alleged violation of their oath. Articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson charged the President with being unmindful of the high duties of his office and of his oath of office. Draft articles of impeachment to be used against President Richard Nixon alleged that President Nixon violated his oath, though he resigned before these articles were adopted.  Articles of impeachment adopted in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton charged the President with violating his constitutional oath, as did articles of impeachment adopted in both impeachments of President Donald Trump.

The political process provides another check on the President’s violation of their oath. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton suggested in various contexts that political accountability might help ensure the President’s fidelity to their office. In his second inaugural speech, George Washington observed that violating his oath would invite the upbraidings of all who are now witnesses of the present solemn ceremony.

      https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C8-1-5/ALDE_00013936/

      • reddwarf@feddit.nl
        2·
        3 hours ago

        “to the best of my ability”

        Should you wonder how the SC will argue when they need to rule on trump regarding anything done unconstitutional, here’s their out and logic they will use. They will determine that trump acted “to the best of my his ability”