r/somethingiswrong2024 • u/Naptasticly • Feb 19 '25

News Trump basically just declared himself king

He just signed an executive order that says only himself and the AG can interpret laws.

Here’s a link to a post with the video of the signing and explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/legal/s/QY9gOREdYQ

Edit: post containing video was deleted. Here’s a new source: https://www.reddit.com/r/somethingiswrong2024/s/mmm3dNDjFC

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u/mistermediocregaming Feb 19 '25

These might look like power moves but they feel like moves of desperation

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u/Aggravating-Tank-172 Feb 19 '25

It might be both. They’re trying to see what sticks.

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u/taez555 Feb 19 '25

He’s swiping right on everything.

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u/klutzikaze Feb 19 '25

Ew

Can you imagine how he'd slide into DMs? I'm the best lover. Many people are saying it. My hands look small because I'm actually so big down there.

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u/PriestessRedspyder Feb 19 '25

🤮🤮🤮🟠💩

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u/coconutpiecrust Feb 19 '25

Yes, this is it, I think. 

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u/TheSirBeefCake Feb 19 '25

They know all these BS cuts President Musk is doing is causing a slew of legitimate lawsuits, so he signs this, and basically the laws will be interpreted depending on Trumps mood that day or who paid him off. Which we know he'll declare everything he did bigly legal and all is good!!!

You can't reason with these people. When you back them into a corner, they just make a crazier new 'rules that give them ample wiggle room.

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u/h0tBeef Feb 19 '25

Someone needs to enforce the fucking laws & constitution.

As frustrating as it is that they keep changing the rules, the other side continues to allow it, and usually doesn’t undo the new rules completely when they occasionally stumble into a victory

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u/viviolay Feb 19 '25

This feels pretty clear cut case of “protecting the constitution” for anyone who swore an oath to

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u/Pantsy- Feb 19 '25

Nah, democrats will fawn and giggle while the Constitution is dismantled piece by piece. I mean, WHY bother or try to drive a narrative or save the country? Right? /s

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u/viviolay Feb 19 '25

Something something “but they’re not the majority what do you expect” “They’re powerless“ even tho republican minorities get things done or blocked. Something something.

- Standard Democrat loyalist.

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u/TNninjaD Feb 19 '25

Democrats are not to blame.

Republicans are.

There are new lawsuits every single say from Democrats BUT Republican judges keep ruling against them because of "standing."

Maybe stop blaming the Democrats for problems that the GOP caused.

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u/h0tBeef Feb 19 '25

I’m not saying they’re solely to blame, but they damn sure played a part

Are the republicans literally fascists? Yes

Are the democrats fascist enablers?

The failed and ill conceived Pied Piper strategy is what legitimately platformed Trump in the first place. That is directly the democrats’ doing

Then they spent the past 8 years fighting harder against the progressive wing of their own party than the literal fascists across the aisle, while simultaneously trying to compromise and collaborate with the fascist party, even when the fascists were out of power.

The democrats made no effort to safeguard democracy, or even attempt to fix the clearly broken system while they were in power, and didn’t even consider running a viable candidate in 2024 until it was far too late to do so.

Yes, the republicans are worse, but their willing enablers posses no moral high ground

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u/xeroxsmm Feb 19 '25

What do you mean the other side continues to allow it? The other side is not in charge, and they don’t have the privilege of “allowing” things to happen. You say it like Trump asks the other side for permission.

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u/h0tBeef Feb 19 '25

They should have learned how to obstruct at some point over the past 20 years

Also, they got us into this mess in the first place with their stupid fucking pied piper strategy, which if you’re not familiar, was when the DNC helped Trump win the republican nomination in 2016 because they thought that Trump would make Hillary Clinton’s platform more appealing without having to change their platform (make concessions to the progressive wing).

This whole thing is happening right now because they made the decision long ago that the possibility of sliding into fascism was more palatable than the possibility of having to materially improve the lives of working class people in order to win their votes.

I voted for Kamala btw, but we need a new fucking party

Neither of these parties are competent leaders, and neither of them represent the interests of working people.

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u/DisastrousHyena3534 Feb 19 '25

This is a terrible take. Republicans have the WH & both chambers. How are Dems the ones “allowing” this?

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u/h0tBeef Feb 19 '25

Well, they’ve been being obstructed for the past 20 years, you’d think they would have learned a thing or two about how to obstruct.

They also allowed it to get to this point, we shouldn’t be in this situation in the first place.

The democrats are literally the ones who legitimized Trump as a political candidate in the first place, as part of their dogshit strategy to win the election without offering any change whatsoever.

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u/jennsant Feb 19 '25

Wrong- this is all on the selfish republicans!!

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u/h0tBeef Feb 19 '25

I agree that the republicans are worse, but how can you not see the democrats culpability in this?

Explain this

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u/jennsant Feb 19 '25

Oh, I can see that the Democrats are doing what they always do. Waiting too long to jump on things and trying to show too much decorum which is not the way you act towards an evil human like Donald.

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u/h0tBeef Feb 19 '25

They actively helped him win the nomination in 2016

They did this because Hillary wasn’t popular enough to beat an average republican, and the DNC’s solution wasn’t to hold a fair primary to nominate popular candidate who could win, it was instead to make sure the other option was a fascist lunatic in the hope that Hillary would look better by comparison.

And here we are

We need a people’s party

Neither of the major political parties are satisfactory, and they are both malicious towards the public in their own way.

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u/jennsant Feb 19 '25

This is so shitty on so many levels. 🤬

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u/Temporary_Alfalfa_37 Feb 19 '25

I think Musk is shooting for something bigger than president. Like emperor. And he's been doing all of this stuff to "help" Trump in order to put himself in position to strike when the time is right. Could be soon at the rate things are going.

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u/Holiday_Airport_8833 Feb 19 '25

Grimes reveals that she saw herself in Lady Jessica and her son X A A-Xii in Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s ‘DUNE’: “I just know X is going to have to go through all this really f*cked-up shit that sort of mirrors Paul-type stuff. I was just crying my eyes out.”

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u/postinganxiety Feb 19 '25

She’s no Bene Gesserit

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u/klutzikaze Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

Musk turns on everyone who he works with. He gets what he wants and then turns off the charisma mask. Look at how he tweets and how he talks from a stage.

What people think is autistic masking is narcissistic masking.

ETA I think Musk wants all those precious metals and once trump gets him those whether from Ukraine or Greenland he'll cut trump loose and focus on building a fleet of rockets. He probably watched The Martian and thinks he and his edge lords could survive on Mars with just potatoes and alpha vibes.

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u/Upbeat_Grape3078 Feb 19 '25

He's shooting for CEO of the technocratic network-states as per the writings of Curtis Yarvin (pseudonym "Mencius Moldbug")

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u/Jolly-Proof Feb 19 '25

I hope you’re right, because I’m feeling pretty fucking scared right now. I know that’s their game plan, but it sure is working on me!

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u/smashcach3 Feb 19 '25

Just remember (to you and anyone in the same boat), you cannot let fear turn into inaction! Keep sharing, keep boycotting, keep protesting. You can be afraid, but you can never do nothing.

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u/Altruistic-Deal-4257 Feb 19 '25

They are. NO fucking way this sticks. Please don’t forget, a huge, HUGE chunk of these “executive orders” are nothing more than words.

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u/tulipkitteh Feb 19 '25

Honestly, I doubt that judges would be happy to relinquish all their political power.

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u/Dunkerdoody Feb 19 '25

That’s a good point if they have no power they have no perks. What would be the point if Clarence can’t fly on p. j.’s with his charming wife.

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u/procrastablasta Feb 19 '25

altho... GOP congress is relinquishing their power

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u/mcfrenziemcfree Feb 19 '25

Problem is, even if the judiciary fights it, who will enforce their rulings?

The courts have no power of their own - all law enforcement is under the executive.

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u/WhatABeautifulMess Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

A bunch of them don’t even say anything beyond telling people to look into* XYZ.

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u/Objective_Water_1583 Feb 19 '25

That possibly I hope