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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2019.On staff following orders, Trump says: 'Nobody disobeys me'
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Kobe White Bar Owner
Spoken like a true DICtator!
Strangerland
He’s essentially a dictator now. There is a report that has exposed him as having done criminal actions, but he’s stocked the justice department with Barr, who we now can see refuses to act in for the people of America as he is supposed to do in the position he is in, and instead has absolute loyalty to Trump. This means Trump can now do literally whatever he wants, as he knows Barr will never prosecute him. That, my friends, is absolute power. The same power Chavez, Mao, Lenin and Stalin and all those other socialist leaders have/had over their nations.
Laguna
This is growing increasingly pathetic.
u_s__reamer
Even if the self-deluded, wannabe dictator Don has never heard of the words hubris-nemesis, he will one day when he inevitably succumbs to the nemesis of power, a harsh reality that is already waiting in the wings to come and bite him on his backside.
West sea
Trump: Nobody disobeys me...They just QUIT!
SimondB
That's a brilliant picture of the president. But who is that strange dude with the pink tie standing next to him?
Chip Star
Mueller did not clear Trump of obstruction, Mueller punted to Congress because of a DOJ policy of not indicting a sitting president.
Jack Jay
He often says apparent jokes in public. Bad habit, but it's sad that some people cannot tell difference between jokes and serious statements.
Strangerland
If that were true (and let's be honest, you and I both know it's not), it would make him inept. Qualified presidents don't make "jokes" that can be misconstrued, because such comments result in people questioning them, and become impediments to their ability to preside. So even though you're trying to defend him, you'd really just be pointing out his ineptitude.
But we all know that he's not making "jokes". Don't be silly by thinking you would be able to successfully push that narrative.
Nadège
The best
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Trump is an intelligent human. It is normal to ask the proper question before sending president orders in USA. Each individual carry a state weight responsability. This does not mean opposition. It means doing your job as an elite citizen and doing your part as a team player.
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NadAge.
SuperLib
Another empty statement from the empty suit president.
nandakandamanda
Struggling to think of any previous president who might have thought, let alone spoken, such words.
theFu
"President" should be capitalized. I don't care who is in office.
Like him or not, he meets the required qualifications to be President. He is alive over 35 yrs old, and born on US soil. Pretty low barrier, I agree.
I can show respect for the office, even when the man doesn't deserve that same level of respect.
Jimizo
A very incompetent man and a dishonest one.
serendipitous1
Even the Easter Bunny next to him could do a better job as POTUS.
serendipitous1
Hang on, it might be Mike Pence in the bunny suit so I take back my comment!
lincolnman
Great picture - two clowns; one white, one orange...
Well, that statement makes it clear why he and Kim Jong Un are "in love"...
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-45696420/trump-on-kim-jong-un-we-fell-in-love
That makes two (Putin and Kim), next we'll have love for the Ayatollah, Al Assad, and Mugabe...
Dictators and Tyrants all express admiration for each other...
PTownsend
By now only the hardest core of Trump's true believers know when there's an article with the word 'Trump' and it's followed by 'said' that yet another lie comes next.
Trump's a dishonest businessman, an even more dishonest politician. He's got a proven liar in Sarah 'slip of the tongue' Sanders reinforcing his lies, which are believed only by some among the 35% who back him. The other group supporting him, his fellow elite, the nation's .01%, don't care if he lies: he's keeping them in control.
CrazyJoe
“Nobody disobeys me,” Trump
Oh yeah, THAT doesn't at all sound anything like a dictator would say.
Trump makes it so hard to NOT want to impeach him, if for no other reason just to remind him he works for us, not the other way around.
lincolnman
Sure Donnie - no one except your handpicked staff - the ones you gave instructions on to commit a felony on your behalf - those folks have read the penal code and know what a crime is.
Of course in your defense, the penal code would be a tough read for someone with the understanding of a fifth grader...
The Deep State and the "Resistance" is all Republican!
David Varnes
Right, Tumpy... and King Kong ain't got nuthin' on you, right?
Deadforgood
That's not what the Meuller report said...lol
Even the GOP is starting to think impeachment might be better than slowly being choked out. His children disobey him, his advisors disobey him, and then quit when he gives them this talk. The people that obey him, are in jail.
Serrano
I like the John Lennon glasses on the rabbit.
Asked on Monday whether he was concerned about the threat of impeachment on allegations of obstruction of justice as some Democrats have called for
Any Democratic or RINO member of Congress aside from Tulsi Gabbard interested in passing new laws? Or improving the economy, perhaps? Maybe handling the immigration crisis?
SuperLib
I'm starting to think that what really carries Trump is the fact that the media focuses 90% on dumb things he says and 10% on the fact he accomplishes nothing. We need to change that around.
By this point, we all know that he is clueless, corrupt, and suffers from narcissistic personality disorder. Continuing to talk about that isn't going to move the needle.
With each attention grabbing headline he hides the fact that he's mostly a useless President and by the time the election rolls around he will have nothing to show for it.
Serrano
he accomplishes nothing
You've got Trump confused with the do-nothing Congress, Super.
starpunk
So said Nero, Caligula, Mussolini, Peron, Caetano, Ceacescu, Gadhafi - and there's others. Dictators like these guys - and Trump are always paranoid and with good reason. They are ROTTEN to the core.
wtfjapan
But who is that strange dude with the pink tie standing next to him?
next "chief of staff"
Strangerland
I can respect your position, and I do think that there should be a modicum of respect for the office of the president, as there used to be.
Unfortunately however, the Republicans dropped respect to the office of president during the Obama years, as did Trump, from the sidelines, with all his birtherism. Then Trump came in, and through his own actions has disgraced the office of president. So we're dealing with a president who has no respect for the office, combined with Democrats angry at the disrespect shown to the office for eight years, making for a hard situation to rectify. How do you respect the office when the man in the office doesn't?
sunfunbun
Oh, man, this guy is a delusional lunatic. Mentally unhinged. He makes me laugh, but it's a nervous one, as proof of his fascist, right wing, dictatorial, authoritarian and ultranationalist ways continue.
Strangerland
Well, Lyndsey Graham has stated he won't hold any votes on anything the president has not already cleared.
So the do-nothing senate is doing nothing, because they're following the direction of the do-nothing president. They've abandoned the responsibilities of the senate, and are making the separation of powers, the checks and balances, a moot point by doing so. The Democratic house is not doing nothing, they are doing lots. It's the senate that is the problem.
Strangerland
Isn't that John Oliver's gay rabbit?
sunfunbun
Is this a rhetorical question? We know Trump is an idiot.
Realization
"to a level never seen before."
Yes right you are!!!!!!!!
Insane Wayne
He doesn't DO ANYTHING !!!!!!!!!
How can anybody disobey him. He is useless.
nandakandamanda
No, that’s harsh! The rabbit seems to be obeying him.
Goodlucktoyou
He can’t fire unemployed, retired, homeless, incarcerated, illegals, solo parents, his family, so at least not everybody has shake and tremble whenever he walks in the room.
Toasted Heretic
Donnie Darko and Frank the rabbit haven't aged well.
TigersTokyoDome
Trump's staff saved his neck by disobeying his orders. Otherwise the impeachment process would now be underway.
Trump would be impeached if his staff had acted on his orders to sack Mueller. In the US obstruction of a criminal investigation by a president results in impeachment.
1glenn
The question is not whether his staff ever works to thwart his insanity, the question is, does he ever tell the truth?
lincolnman
OK Trumpers, help us feeble minded non-Trumpers understand your Oracle...
Trump directed McGahn to instruct Rosenstein to fire Mueller, which is a clear obstruction of justice offense...
McGahn refused to carry out this felonious order, saving Trump from an indictment/impeachment on obstruction...
Yet today Trump trashes McGahn...
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tweets-don-mcgahn-mueller-report-2019-4
So McGahn's decision to not comply with Trump's direction saved the Trump Presidency, but Trump insults him for doing that...
Explain that to us...
Brian Wheway
"Nobody disobeys me" what an arrogant statement from an arrogant man.
Chip Star
All of his wives and all of his children?
An intelligent lawyer that was a senator and Secretary of State. You don't really think being elected says anything about that person's intelligence, do you? Bush II, Rick Perry, and Trumpmare just a few prime examples that getting elected doesn't mean one is intelligent.
serendipitous1
Trump is too stupid to realise that members of his current and former staff have disobeyed his orders already. He still can't believe it.
Jimizo
Exactly.
Trump has been shown to be seriously incompetent and dishonest.
He’s just not cut out for this.
YuriOtani
The American Republic has become the American Empire under Leader Trump. Once he has finished filling the US courts with his followers, there will be zero opposition to his power.
Serrano
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, on Friday said Congress should begin the process of removing Trump from office.
I hope the House Dems vote to impeach Trump. It will guarantee they lose the House.
YuriOtani
No one was able to stop Trump of course the Trump loved and cherished his base but sadly there was no one to teach it right from wrong. So Trump never realized that everyone disliked him. Soon Trump had exhausted everyone's patience.
mmwkdw
The Easter Bunny's expression says it all... "Oh!...."
MeanRingo
As an outsider who's able to laugh at the whole Trump presidency (at least so far), I really must say, I can't wait for the day when the Democrats do EXACTLY the same thing. Oh how the Republicans will cry foul, but now that he's blazed the trail, others will surely follow.