COMMUNITY United States Politics Thread: Trump's Second Term

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[TheNightKing]

Shouldn’t it be illegal for a president to use tariffs in a matter unrelated to trade?

 

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Shouldn’t it be illegal for a president to use tariffs in a matter unrelated to trade?

The MAGA Supreme Court has given him pass… When they decide that case last year or earlier this year. When they said a president can essentially do whatever they want as long as they’re doing under the guise of it’s an official ‘presidential act’…

 

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Nah for real though... these people need to be studied in labs...

Despite being ‘broken,’ an ICE detainee from Diamond Bar believes Trump is ‘doing the right thing’

Immigration officials say Arpineh Masihi is facing the consequences for breaking the law. But even from a federal prison, she’ll ‘vote Trump all the way.’

www.pasadenastarnews.com

The whole article is comedy. I had to triple-check to make sure it wasn't one of them parody sites.

Most of them dont, They're just assholes who refuse to admit they're wrong. I mean you can see it on here too for some topics.

So much funny ironic things in this article tho. Non-white immigrant thats acts like theyre white americans & racist against other immigrants will never not be crazy.

Crazy part for me is shes the immigrant that illegally here that was committing crimes, that theyre screaming we should deport. She tried to lie about it, but the facts made her look worse. And at the same time acting like shes American and racist against Mexicans lol

Masihi, 39, who came from Iran with her family at age 2, is now being held indefinitely at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Victorville — scared and confused, but still a staunch supporter of Trump and his immigration policies.

“Of course I am,” Masihi said by phone on Thursday, speaking from the facility during a call with her husband, who let a reporter speak to her. “I vote Trump all the way. I’ll never take it back. He did the right thing … He’s doing the right thing. I would never take it back. And a lot of people hate me in here for that.”

Most of the people she has encountered in what she described as the “humongous” facility where she’s being detained, don’t speak English and, Masihi observed, are “all from the border.”
Masihi herself is of Armenian descent, but she and her family fled Iran when she was two, in the late 1980s, ultimately finding their way to California.

Then them trying to lie and downplay what shit did like reporters cant look it up lol. I bet theyre lying about meeting with immigration authorities cuz she was supposed to self deport over a decade ago.

Masihi said she committed what both she and her husband describe as a petty crime more than 17 years ago, before Sahakyan met her, involving what he indicated was a check-fraud incident of less than $200. As a result, Masihi lost her Green Card and has been unable to clear the incident from her record.

He said the couple has regularly met with legal counsel and Masihi has kept up regular contact with immigration authorities throughout the years. Most recently she met with them in April, where she was assured everything was fine and would ultimately be resolved.

The Department of Homeland Security, however, presented a different picture, describing Masihi as “a criminal illegal alien from Iran.”

“She was convicted of burglary and sentenced to two years in prison in 2008,” a senior DHS official stated on Saturday, July 5. “Following her criminal conviction, she was placed into immigration proceedings.”

“A judge issued her a final order of removal on June 24, 2009,” the official said via email. “She had more than 15 years to self-deport and leave the U.S.”

A background check confirmed the burglary, plus some lesser offenses, some which have since been dismissed.
Sahakyan acknowledged “something” in 2008 but “we couldn’t find a charge like that,” adding that she came to the U.S. legally as a refugee.

Masihi said the process could have been handled much better on the part of ICE.
“They could have let me go,” she said, after 48 hours, and perhaps ordered an ankle monitor following the posting of a bond.

While Sahakyan has not changed his allegiance to Trump, he explained how this incident has brought him great sympathy for families that are going through similar events, especially those with no money to get help.

Fortunately, because the family is able to afford what Sahakyan said is about $50 a day in reverse-charge phone calls, Masihi is able to speak with her husband and kids every hour or two.

Like I said earlier, they're just racist assholes with no empathy & turn into Karens anytime they might have to be held accountable for their actions.

 

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[RandomOne]

Shouldn’t it be illegal for a president to use tariffs in a matter unrelated to trade?

He's been using extortion to lure countries to 'come to the table' that likely wouldn't happen if he wasn't using aggressive tariffs

Don't know about legal but it definitely seems highly unethical for a president but ethics is out the door with this president

 

[TheNightKing]

He's been using extortion to lure countries to 'come to the table' that likely wouldn't happen if he wasn't using aggressive tariffs

Don't know about legal but it definitely seems highly unethical for a president but ethics is out the door with this president

Yeah but it’s one thing to say “if you don’t cut your tariffs and trade barriers we’re going to tariff you” and a whole other thing to say “if you don’t stop investigating a citizen of your country we’re going to tariff you.”

Bolsanaro must have something on him or has enriched him in some way for him to do something like this.

 

[RandomOne]

Yeah but it’s one thing to say “if you don’t cut your tariffs and trade barriers we’re going to tariff you” and a whole other thing to say “if you don’t stop investigating a citizen of your country we’re going to tariff you.”

Bolsanaro must have something on him or has enriched him in some way for him to do something like this.

It's more like

*increase/add tariffs

*other nation does same

*trump says nation is talking to make a deal

*both agree to lower

*trump says deal was made

Though the last 3 don't actually happen as much as he says they do

 

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He’s doing all the same shit he said he would do on the campaign trail…

 

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[The Lonious Monk]

The MAGA Supreme Court has given him pass… When they decide that case last year or earlier this year. When they said a president can essentially do whatever they want as long as they’re doing under the guise of it’s an official ‘presidential act’…

That's not completely true. They said he can't be criminally charged for an action he takes as an official presidential act. That doesn't mean he should be allowed to just do crazy shit. That's what checks and balances are all about. Congress has just decided that it doesn't want to use its power and the Supreme Court is intent on using its power for evil.

 

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