r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • 8d ago

Soft Paywall The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn’t “Signalgate” | The national-security chat debacle certainly merits attention. But the Trump administration is now blatantly disappearing students and others who are in the country legally.

https://newrepublic.com/article/193291/trump-disappearing-students-rumeysa-ozturk-rubio-biggest-scandal
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u/poop-dolla 8d ago

They could. They just won’t.

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u/Ferelar New Jersey 8d ago

Yeah, this is the thing. If Congress actually cared about making this stop they have a great number of tools. And if Trump still ignores those, then it's an absolutely justified removal from office by any means necessary. But if they never even care to attempt to stop it, nothing goes smoothly.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 8d ago

It makes you wonder if they aren't setting up something bigger that's consuming all of their time

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u/zernoc56 8d ago

Like what? What could possibly be bigger than to stop Trump and Elon carving up the country and selling the parts like a damn chop-shop?

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u/otoko_no_hito 7d ago

Just you wait until they start to float around the idea of a third term...

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u/zernoc56 7d ago

Only way that fat asshole is making it to a third term is by necromancy, so in the long term I’m worried about who the asshole to replace him is going to be.

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u/otoko_no_hito 6d ago

I must admit even I thought it would be a long shot, then not even 24 hours after my comment we got this...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/03/30/no-trump-wont-likely-get-to-run-for-a-third-term-heres-why/

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u/zernoc56 6d ago

I’m talking about him living that long. I’m frankly shocked he’s lived as long as he has with his diet and level of exercise.

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u/poop-dolla 8d ago

Like what?