Donald Trump has said that he does not “need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”.
In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”.
"It’s the only thing that can stop me,” Trump said, adding: “I’m not looking to hurt people.” He went on to concede “I do” in regards to whether his administration needed to adhere to international law, but said: “It depends on what your definition of international law is.”
Trump, who spoke to the newspaper as his administration looks into “a range of options” in attempts of gaining control of Greenland, also emphasized the importance of ownership.
“Ownership is very important,” Trump said, adding: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success. I think that ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do with, you’re talking about a lease or a treaty. Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document.”
Huh.
Sounds like how kings work.
Power can be constrained by prison cells and handcuffs.
Nobody with the power to do that has the spine to. A well-placed bullet is more likely to constrain him than that.
And this is only first week of the year…
No, they will continue to get worse until everything collapses before they can get better.
It will peak late 2026 when the midterms are cancelled.
John Roberts: yep, checks out!
He’s right. Without the Constitution, there’s nothing holding him back.
That’s the entire problem, our government has ignored the Constitution for so long, they can’t suddenly decide that it’s now relevant and should be adhered to. They made it into a joke decades ago.
The only thing stopping Trump is a no longer relevant piece of paper.
Jesus christ, how much blackmail does this asshole have? is he blackmailing half the worlds billionaires? How many names are really in the epstien files?
I think you misunderstand his relationship with billionaires. Trump is an asset to billionaires. They have never had it as good as they have it under his administration. Removal of all regulation over their industries, dismantling of federal oversight and complete legal tax exemptions.
And all for what they consider pocket change as bribes to him.
It’s disturbing how apparant this all is. Backed by all of these assholes from the very start, and now he’s going down the line chopping every last thing that held them back as though he’s splitting logs in a pile. AI regulations, gone. Any kind of oversight, gone. Okay, who next. Chevron! Thanks for your support. I knew you were smart. Everything beneath Venezuela is yours. Fuck 'em.
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oh my god someone put a bullet in this government, you need to fucking do something american citizens
Someone almost put a bullet through his skull but missed sadly
But somehow his ear magically regrew in less than a week
have you not seen his hands? man has exceptional healing capabilities!
He’s just saying out loud what has always been true.
Well… that’s not reassuring.
L’etat, c’est moi.
Listen hear me out…
Can we just have a newsletter of “trump says” instead of reporting every fucking thing his geriatric mind spews 3 times a day? While it is important to be aware of the context of the crazy; at this point it isn’t real news ffs! he’s basically weekend at bernies at this point.
TIL that Pedophile morality is between nuclear war and destruction of humanity and peace.
Well on the upside, every single jackass who used to stop me and wanna argue politics doesn’t even look me in the eye anymore.
I’d love to drink that bottle of champagne in my fridge soon
Antisocial Personality Disorder with Narcissistic traits.
Jesus fuck. We have the worst kind of mental illness in a dude with power, drunk on that power.
Says a lot about those who voted for him too.
What’s crazy isn’t the headline, it’s his rationale. “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success.” You are going to begin a conflict with allies (every day less so, but still) because of Trump’s personal feelings and psychological needs. Only a dictator and those that enable dictators would be ok with this.
The fact that he thinks this way isn’t the truly bad part - it’s that nobody in the government is willing to oppose his mad whims, no matter how dangerous and stupid.
Point, although they are opposing, but they are opposing by the same rule of law that he is both ignoring and rewriting at the same time. I wonder when they are going to realize they are being stringed along into a manner of opposition that is much easier for the Trump administration to deal with than any actually effective opposition.
I should amend that to “Nobody in the government with the power to do so.”
