My question is how could he?
What happens if President Trump abuses power? - CNN
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The Professor asks what can be done if Trump abuses his power. I just can't imagine how he could? Will Federal Agents and contractors be able to monitor us at all hours? Yes, and they've been doing it for more than a decade. Can Trump order people kidnapped from nations around the globe and have them detained indefinitely? Yep. That is Rendition and it's also been going on.
That's the problem. There is almost nothing he can do short of declaring himself King that is an abuse of power beyond anything anyone else has done. Send Drones armed with missiles and bombs into nations without permission? No sweat. We've been doing that for a really long time. Perhaps he can manipulate the media. Wow that would be a first.
That is what is so funny. After fifteen years of justifying abuses and violations of Civil Rights now all of a sudden the danger of Trump abusing the power is terrifying.
It isn't the fear of his abusing the power. It's the fear that he will have the power. Power that no President should have ever had. Power that should have been opposed for the last fifteen years. Perhaps now the notion of limits on that kind of power will get some serious discussion.
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I think he will make a lot of effort to abuse his power. He is doing so already by not completely divesting himself of his national and international business interests. He's not going to want to lose a dollar from his businesses by being president. He will abuse his power regarding his business interests. That's just the start. He's going to be one of the most, if not the most, corrupt president we've ever had.
Ok seriously? The last President who left Washington broke was Truman. Everyone else left rich. So let's be honest here shall we? Trump doesn't own weapons manufacturing plants so the chances of his starting a war or pressuring the military to buy his weapons is nil. What does he own? Trump Towers here and there. Some golf courses. Stuff like that. So he could suggest that a delegation from the State Department stay in a Trump Tower while negotiating a trade agreement. So what? What is the difference if they stay there as opposed to a Hilton so Paris can donate money to the Clinton's?
Perhaps he can use insider information to play the market. Well Congress does that all the damned time since the law they passed on me and thee doesn't apply to them.
So he doesn't divest. So the bad part there is instead of screwing up the nation since according to the Democratic side Trump is a blithering idiot he will screw up his own company. But how much can he really do? He could turn the White House into the most boring reality show in history.
What you've missed here is all the corruption you are so worried about has been happening and is happening right now. You act like Washington is where good and honorable folk head to work. Like every elected official is Mr. Smith.
In reality Trump isn't going to have time to spend on the business. He is going to be lucky to get six hours of sleep a night. Most nights he will get less. Everyone is going to have something for his attention and his schedule is going to be packed for every minute of the day.
He might get a note about the biz now and then but mostly he is going to have meetings, briefings, and then discussions so he can issue those directives he has to.
He just isn't going to have time to figure out how to get the Ambassador to hold all gatherings at the Trump Golf course and resort.
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