Trump 'Doesn't Speak With Precision,' Justice Department Tells Judge
The Justice Department argued that Trump’s public statements about the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case didn’t reflect the government’s actual position.
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Jonathan Guynn, a Justice Department attorney, responded: “President Trump is a master messenger in many ways, but he also doesn’t speak with precision about things sometimes. And I think that this might be one of those situations where perhaps his comments were based on what he was recalling may have been the state of play previously.”
Xinis was not convinced. “Isn’t it basic, isn’t it black letter law that the Executive Branch must speak with one voice?” she asked.
“Right now, the administration is not speaking with one voice, and I’m not here to credit one versus the other,” she added. “If I can’t get that one voice — and you don’t give me details […] I don’t know what to do with that.
Later on, Guynn said, “I can’t even necessarily comment on some of the statements that President Trump has made.”
Sorry, fucking wut??? The comments of the actual President (sic) of the US are not reflective of the "government's" actual position...???
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Then WTAF is he even there for? Why conducting "interviews" (phone or in-person) with foreign leaders? Why speaking to the press "formally"? Why conducting "government" business with "authority" of (what's left) of the Executive Branch?
FFS. The mental gyrations these MAGAts go through to get what they want are so fantastical and convoluted as to be entirely unfathomable. Not surprising, given their untenable position(s). But certainly unfathomable.
( and, yes, I know he truly doesn't "speak with precision", he's a rambling idiotic buffoon, but that reality is being used purely to the MAGAts own benefit here and that is utterly and completely unconcionable )
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Then WTAF is he even there for?
He knows how to win over uneducated idiots because he's one of them.
They don't use words to convey meaning or to express thought. Their words are chaff that they emit as one of many tactics to get what they want. So there's no reason to reason with them. It's not a debate, it's a power grab.
Sure but you all let him. Be pissy all you want every day. But if this was the right talking about Biden. They wouldn't just be online. They would have 10 brand new American owned company's selling stickers and books and social media influencers dedicated to just this one issue until every one understood what a tool he is. The left just bitch online but do nothing effective
Ya hear that everyone? Cancel the protests! We just gotta buy some bumper stickers and t-shirts, and Trump will be done for! Thank goodness Melvin figured it out, we'd be in real trouble otherwise!
I mean they're in power, again, getting away with all kinds of crazy stuff because they have a ton of support
While we do the same thing we've done every 3 years. But this time will be different everyone. This time.
We're sending kids and elderly people into a situation that these authorities control, they trained for, we didn't. We're doing what they want us to do. It's fucking insanity that nobody sees this. We're just doing things wildly because that's what we do guys, we do protest and then...... Something? What is that something guys, what is it?
A protest would be great if people were actually organized and figured out counter measures. Instead it's a chance to bust skulls, grow their budget, grab more power. In a few weeks the protesters will be bored and go home. The right will be far more powerful and have far more content to spread against the left. Content that further brings the average person to their side. We're going to contribute to them amassing so much more and we don't even know what the fucking thing is we want out of this.
Look, I don't completely disagree with you. IMO the only thing that's going to stop the fascists (without taking us into full blown war) is a general strike. And it's frustrating to see nothing but planned demonstrations, schedule to a specific day, and only for that day. A protest with a scheduled end time is a protest that's planned its own failure.
But that's not what's happening in LA, and that's why the fascists are trying to put it down so hard. This thing is finally, organically, taking on a life of its own. Will it last? Does it have staying power? Who knows, but why discourage it? Why be cynical and reduce the chance that this time is different even further? You're literally the problem you just complained about.
All of that said, I genuinely understand why you're cynical. All I can really say is that you gotta be the change you want to see in the world. I hate using a canned phrase like that but in this case it's deeply true.
I'm cynical because I think the left needs a big wake up call. We all talk about being critical thinkers and intelligent and they're dumb and we're smart. But we have lost everything the past few decades. I don't just mean politically. The Internet was seized by the right. All these channels. Influencers. They Sid Meier "Civ 6" culture bombed us while we were fucking around with our tech tree.
I don't see how a protest does anything. They can ratchet up the aggression far quicker then we can. I fully believe the people yelling the loudest right now will be the first to go home when the risk increases.
I'm hoping people do get mad at me. But then realize they're also cynical and doing the same shit with everything going on around them. We need to be more critical and we all need to be more cynical because maybe that might motivate change.
There is better ways. Fight through culture. It's insane to think we're winning against armed trained thugs. We need to do what they did. They pay for these bots and influencers. We need to do it organically. Lemmy should be a generator of this stuff. Instead we're posting about beans and Ed Sheeran. Like I found a clip with Sam Seder the other day that was cool. Thought maybe I'd post it here. There's no fucking where to post that content. I can post headlines.
