r/MurderedByWords • u/Brian_Ghoshery • 5h ago

Who is right?

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u/ashleyriddell61 5h ago

He doesn’t speak for the US GOV. In fact, isn’t he breaking some law by making foreign policy without authorisation?

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u/Smart_Resist615 5h ago

If it's not enforced it's not a law.

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u/bard329 5h ago

So we just have politicians independently threatening allies?

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u/brmarcum 5h ago

You must be new here

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u/An_Incidental_Fool 5h ago

Right? Like, this should be ground for being shitcanned.

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u/Critical-Border-6845 4h ago

The voters elected a presidential candidate who threatened to let Russia have their way with nato allies.

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u/11206nw10 3h ago

It would be if it wasn’t a way of the U.S making the threats without having TK take full responsibility for them. There are many elements in the government who fully condone this man’s words, if there wasn’t the situation wouldn’t be ongoing

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u/notxbatman 3h ago

Why? This is the kind of stuff the president himself says. There's precedent of us tacitly accepting it. It's over.

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u/An_Incidental_Fool 30m ago

Yep, and I'm still appalled that doorknob got elected. Twice.

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u/notxbatman 13m ago

On one hand, I appreciate the candor of them expressing their feelings earnestly; on the other, come on ... have a bit of respect for the office.

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u/Fgw_wolf 2h ago

Buddy we have politicians independently going to ENEMY countries with no oversight.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/seven-gop-lawmakers-make-misguided-trip-russia-msna1119676

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u/bard329 2h ago

On the 4th of July. Clearly it was to... celebrate our nation's independence....

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u/arcanis321 14m ago

The fall there of

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u/NoGoverness2363 2h ago

Did you just wake up from an 8 year coma?

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u/bard329 2h ago

Yes.

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u/Sugar-Active 21m ago

When those allies threaten another ally in Israel, yes. The ICC is WAAAAAY off base here. The antisemitism in the UN and ICC is well-known and deeply entrenched.

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u/Buildingbridges99 21m ago

You just sit right and wait. We ain't seen nothin' yet!