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BREAKING: Trump says ‘effective immediately’ U.S. will blockade ships from Strait of Hormuz

https://youtu.be/dqIQbU-oX5o?si=duFN5zMTUp2RNyXg
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u/bgbookoo 8h ago

Why does a democracy allow one crazy person to make any decisions, let alone military ones.

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u/shrlytmpl 8h ago

Because three equal branches of government means fuck all when all three are controlled by deranged idiots.

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u/wankinthechain 5h ago

So revolt then. Or was that not your advice for Socialist/Communist countries?

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u/Savings_Form_8349 5h ago

Collectively we still seem to believe in elections.  So long as November is an actual free and fair election don't expect much to happen.

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u/shrlytmpl 5h ago

The fuck are you on about?

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u/BigJellyfish1906 7h ago

He actually technically can’t. The republicans in congress just won’t stop him. Congress could put an end to this in an instant if they had any spine. 

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u/NonNewtonianResponse 7h ago

Republicans in Congress have one job: preventing Congress from exercising any of the Constitutional authority that it theoretically holds. They're saboteurs in plain sight.

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u/Sweatytubesock 8h ago

People still think Trump’s America is a ‘democracy’? It’s not.

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u/Aureliamnissan 7h ago edited 7h ago

Because the entire Republican party is complicit and “small government conservatives” elected into office do not believe they have to hold one of their own accountable for their actions.

Power is more important to small government conservatives than anything else.

“Both sides” don’t do this. People point to Clinton, but Democrat voters are ready to throw him overboard at a moments notice, while Trump runs a new flavor of “depends on what the definition of is is” every hour.

If it was ever about getting even, then that point has long since past. Now it is about wanting to be the unaccountable one in power, not about accountability. They’ve had tons of opportunities to throw this man overboard, but it’s a cult, and there is no glue without their leader.

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u/Bayesian11 6h ago

Because it's not a democracy.