Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
The FIFA peace prize clearly went to his head
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Technically illegal, but because we no longer have a functioning Legislative branch, legality is moot.
Don't forget the judicial branch, though! Importantly, they won't do anything either!
And also we don't give a shit about the UN
Fun fact: the American Servicemembers Protection Act is an actual American law that says, if the International Criminal Court ever tries an American for war crimes...
We will invade the fucking Netherlands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act
Can the Nederlands invoke article 5 of NATO of they get invaded, then? ^/s^
Plus judge John Roberts gave Trump total immunity, so he is above the law, more alike a King than a democratic elected leader.
After Cromwell's intervention, British kings have far less power than what the corrupt Robers court gave to Trump.
chuck schumer won't call it illegal
This will bring ICC charges.
How poetic would it be that Jack Smith goes back to working for the ICC where he locked up war lords, only to lock up Trump.
I'm going to huff that hopium, leave me be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act
The war that would instantly result is pre-authorized by Congress.
As if Congress has anything to do with deciding whether we go to war!
The retaliatory war would be more legal than the illegal war that started it
International law recognizes an absolute and inalienable right of nations to defend themselves.
The US is not a member of the ICC and has rules specifically disallowing US members from being brought under charges by the ICC.
Fucking stupid, right?
And the US is currently sanctioning ICC judges in ways that destroy their personal lives.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-judge-icc-trump-1.7613704
Fuck right off!?!?!
Oh yeah I knew this but I'd love to see the standoff between Netherlands and the 119+ other signatories versus the USA having arrested Trump. Granted, I think he'd have to be out of office and a Democratic president in charge to look the other way, but I'm not when sure another republican president would do much for him.
Ah well it's a pipedream anyway.
Well, that leaves the ICC off the list of possible solutions. On to the next one.
2026 has been a long year.
Anything the US president does is legal, the supreme court says so
I've seen Taco Bell burritos that are more supreme than this court.
Anything a MORON does is legal, the supreme court says so.
FIFY
Like trump has held back on doing ANYTHING because it's illegal and unwise.
I won the fifa peace prize. Anything I do is the action of a peace prize winner.
Shocked. Shocked! That could describe damn near everything he does.
Bet this gets Epstein out of the headlines, and all he had to do was kidnap the duly elected leader of a foreign nation and start yet another war for oil. That's obviously a master class in political subtlety.
We should have known this was imminent after Trump's new years' resolution was "peace on earth." With his demented brain, and his pathological need to say the opposite of what he's doing, that statement might as well have been a declaration of war on the world.
When you will do something? Come on, man, a pedophile is running the White House. I believed the USA people had more balls.
But my problem isn't your country but I don't want this pedophile extending his child molesters' nets over all the countries
A "libertarian" (trumpist Argentine) deputy was a CP fan and was arrested. Javier Milei could be perfectly a pedophile too like Trump.
Trump is a thug and turned US goverment into a glorified mafia
bro, since he ended 8 wars, he has to start 8 wars just to balance things out
/s
Trump has his Poland. Will the U.S. and the rest of the world wake up? Doubtful.
Why would they sell? US bonds are welfare for rich people; it's a guaranteed solid ROI that underwrites their riskier investments.
I think it would take a crash of the global financial system to fundamentally change the logic of the bond market. We haven't seen a crash that devastating since WWII.
Remember Americans.
This was inevitable.
Both sides and all that.
You can sleep soundly knowing you did the right thing last election.
Remember planet Earth
America is blatantly controlled by money
BoTh SiDeS and all that
They don't even hide it
Sleep tight
p.s. I am playing with editing apologies