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highplainsdem

(60,021 posts) Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:17 PM Mar 2025

Trump is now saying he DIDN'T sign the proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act - "Other people handled it."

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Trump is now saying he DIDN'T sign the proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act - "Other people handled it." (Original Post) highplainsdem Mar 2025 OP

I didn't do it. Not me. I'm not guilty of anything. Everybody else is. Can't blame me. Solly Mack Mar 2025 #1

Other people don't have the authority to do it; only him. patphil Mar 2025 #2

Bad polling brings out the chickenshit. C_U_L8R Mar 2025 #3

Somebody used autopen to sign his name and he had no idea what was being signed? tanyev Mar 2025 #4

Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? Who runs this shitshow? Where does the buck stop? Deuxcents Mar 2025 #5

Hmm . . . I thought autopen stuff was invalid Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #6

Isn't POTUS the only person who can invoke the Act? Raven123 Mar 2025 #7

Santa Claus did it. And he used the autopen dalton99a Mar 2025 #8

He wants it both ways: He says he has all the power but other people are always to blame. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #9

Exactly, Rubio should speak with Michael Cohen. nt cliffside Mar 2025 #12

I knew we would eventually get there. Nt BootinUp Mar 2025 #10

The buck does not even slow down there. ThoughtCriminal Mar 2025 #11

Yup, it just goes flying by. Raven Mar 2025 #14

oopsie ... too late ! dweller Mar 2025 #13

"It was the auto pen." sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #15

Autopen now controlled by ai. yellowcanine Mar 2025 #19

"I take no responsibility." Disaffected Mar 2025 #16

Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua douglas9 Mar 2025 #17

He will let all his sons take the fall malaise Mar 2025 #18

Solly Mack

(96,355 posts)

1. I didn't do it. Not me. I'm not guilty of anything. Everybody else is. Can't blame me.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:21 PM

Mar 2025

patphil

(8,733 posts)

2. Other people don't have the authority to do it; only him.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:21 PM

Mar 2025

C_U_L8R

(48,881 posts)

3. Bad polling brings out the chickenshit.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:22 PM

Mar 2025

Trump is so predictable.

tanyev

(48,666 posts)

4. Somebody used autopen to sign his name and he had no idea what was being signed?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:23 PM

Mar 2025

Deuxcents

(25,522 posts)

5. Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? Who runs this shitshow? Where does the buck stop?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:25 PM

Mar 2025

Ms. Toad

(38,306 posts)

6. Hmm . . . I thought autopen stuff was invalid

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:25 PM

Mar 2025

Didn't he just say that all Biden's pardons were void because they were signed by autopen and Biden didn't even know about it?

Raven123

(7,549 posts)

7. Isn't POTUS the only person who can invoke the Act?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:25 PM

Mar 2025

dalton99a

(92,127 posts)

8. Santa Claus did it. And he used the autopen

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:27 PM

Mar 2025

Irish_Dem

(79,837 posts)

9. He wants it both ways: He says he has all the power but other people are always to blame.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:28 PM

Mar 2025

cliffside

(1,580 posts)

12. Exactly, Rubio should speak with Michael Cohen. nt

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:43 PM

Mar 2025

BootinUp

(50,956 posts)

10. I knew we would eventually get there. Nt

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:29 PM

Mar 2025

ThoughtCriminal

(14,706 posts)

11. The buck does not even slow down there.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:38 PM

Mar 2025

Sheesh

Raven

(14,275 posts)

14. Yup, it just goes flying by.

Reply to ThoughtCriminal (Reply #11)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:53 PM

Mar 2025

dweller

(27,844 posts)

13. oopsie ... too late !

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:49 PM

Mar 2025

You get the blame , Krasnov

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sinkingfeeling

(57,229 posts)

15. "It was the auto pen."

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 07:12 PM

Mar 2025

yellowcanine

(36,719 posts)

19. Autopen now controlled by ai.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #15)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 05:58 AM

Mar 2025

We are fucked.

Disaffected

(6,161 posts)

16. "I take no responsibility."

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 07:31 PM

Mar 2025

Trump once said....

douglas9

(5,517 posts)

17. Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 05:52 AM

Mar 2025

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

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As President of the United States and Commander in Chief, it is my solemn duty to protect the American people from the devastating effects of this invasion. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Alien Enemies Act, 50 U.S.C. 21 et seq., hereby proclaim and direct as follows:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/

malaise

(292,831 posts)

18. He will let all his sons take the fall

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 05:56 AM

Mar 2025

As usual
It wasn’t me.

He doesn’t know a thing about Project 25 either

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