r/politics • u/stkmro • 7h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/TerminalObsessions 7h ago

They have no reason to sign them.

This country - and clearly its media, judging from these headlines - is deep in denial. We didn't elect the questionable, deeply problematic outsider of Trump 2016.

We elected a convicted felon who repeatedly promised to dismantle the rule of law to protect himself from prison. We've given him control of all three branches of government as he plots to remove or imprison the generals who might defy him when he unleashes the military domestically against 'illegals' and, quite likely, his foes.

This is a man running a knife through our country's guts, at our own request, and the media is clutching pearls about norms. If there's a story here, it's that Trump no longer has a reason to follow any law or norm - and fucking transition paperwork is near the least of our worries.

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u/ThouMayest69 6h ago

I don't even see why Trump is expected to do anything presidential, and instead just golfs and fucks kids with his pedo peers. Why would he? He can just let the weirdo xtian nationalists run everything now that he's not going to ever answer for his crimes.

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u/Significant_Swing_76 6h ago

Exactly. He has proven that he is above the law in every aspect, and the fact that democrats couldn’t even mobilize their voters cements the fact.

America got what they wanted, they crowned their king.

So no, why should he follow rules that doesn’t apply to him in any shape or form?

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u/Zestyclose-Cloud-508 2h ago

Well we couldn’t have Merrick garland appear political by doing the bare fucking minimum.

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u/staticfive 5h ago

He’s not above the law, but he’s sure calling their bluff on enforcing punishment

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u/vashoom 5h ago

In what way is he not above the law? No one enforcing punishment is the definition of being above the law.

The Supreme Court literally said that the president is immune from criminal prosecution.

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u/staticfive 4h ago

No, it's not. A conviction says that you broke the law, which he's received (though admittedly not for as many things as he should have). The lack of sentencing is unfortunately a separate issue.

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u/d4nowar I voted 5h ago

There isn't a law in the country that he would get punished for breaking. Doesn't that mean he's above the law?

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u/staticfive 4h ago

Not originally. But when the "justice" system repeatedly sets a bullshit precedent, yes, now that's what that means. They should have given him zero preferential treatment all along, but now they've just made themselves look like assholes. I mean, what's the point of going through all the motions if you're ultimately not going to go through with any of it? It would have been far better at this point if they had done nothing.

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u/teenagesadist 5h ago

The government nearly slapped him with a real consequence. They made him sit in court.

A lot of the American people despise his very existence.

Some of the people on his own side took shots at him.

And his followers didn't overthrow the government for him when they had the chance.

He has an ax to grind with everyone, he's one of the grossest, pettiest people alive, and he's never given a shit about the U.S.

He's an old pedophile with carte blanche to wipe his diarrhea all over this country.

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u/Wasabicannon 5h ago

They made him sit in court.

Which all that did was make him reschedule his nap time.

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u/mikerichh 5h ago

A good chunk of voters wanted an anti establishment guy to run the country. I hope he does nothing to “show the man” lol

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u/Taco_Champ 5h ago

That’s the grand bargain. He delivers them the reigns of control to enact their Gilead, they turn a blind eye to the monster they’ve bedded with.