Enfant Terrible is tweeting that he has powers that he really doesn't have

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

“The President has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case.” A.G. Barr This doesn’t mean that I do not have, as President, the legal right to do so, I do, but I have so far chosen not to!

8:33 AM - Feb 14, 2020

He *really* believes he has the power to obstruct justice. Think about that...

[LuvLoogie]

1. He does now.

The GOP footmen saw to that.

[Scarsdale]

7. Amen!

Obviously the gop thinks no democratic president will ever be in the WH again. They would clamp down on a democratic president for even a fraction of the misdeeds this orange menace has done, and continues to do. Vote them ALL out. Make America Democratic Again. Happy Valentine's Day to all, except of course any tRump.

[joost5]

24. For Republicans and dictators, Rule of Law is for enemies, not friends. nt

[vlyons]

25. Remember when Bill Clinton got on a plane for a few minutes with Loretta Lynch

and Republicans had a hissy fit?

[dsharp88]

27. Yes, he has every power the Legislative and Judicial branches allow him to get away with

...which means he has every power he wants.

Our only hope is that the election is fairly counted to replace his incompetent and egomaniacal regime.

[Celerity]

29. +100000

[no_hypocrisy]

2. "I am the Great and Powerful Ozzzzzzzzzzzzz . . . . "

[2naSalit]

3. K&R

[gordianot]

4. That is truly amazing.

The Attorney General attempts to create some distance from the President in an obvious lie that he is not following Trump instructions. The President accepts the lie and then says he can meddle in Justice when he wants to at his discretion.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. This puts Barr on the spot. Yesterday, he said he couldn't do his job because of the tweets

...and, true to form, Trump tweeted again. So, will Barr resign? No, of course he won't, but this morning's tweet blew up the whole kabuki theater from yesterday.

[MFGsunny]

10. This MF45 is so steeped in his sewage-like narcissism ....

.... that he blinds himself to what is crystal clear to vast majority of us :: MF45 is a hopeless and irredeemable recidivist of high crimes.

ImpeachTheMFAgain .... and again and again and again.
Let's put those lily-livered repuke senators on the record again.
THAT should increase our chances of taking back the Senate as well.

[gordianot]

19. They are all proof positive manure attracts flies.

[MFGsunny]

20. + 1000 n/t

[luvtheGWN]

14. "Kabuki theatre"

You got that right.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. I keep thinking that at some point, he will go too far even for Republicans in Congress.

So far, I have been wrong. So much for their oath to support and defend the Constitution.

[machoneman]

21. Nope, they won't do a damned thing. It's gonna take a military intervention, yes, a coup, to get....

him out. If he gives any war order, including using those new low yield nuke sub-launced missiles, the JCOS's will have him arrested.

[tanyev]

8. Twitter needs to give him a special font.

https://fontmeme.com/ransom-note-fonts/

[FakeNoose]

13. Kewl!

I love this meme generator. Thanks for the link!

[tanyev]

17. Most welcome. I feel like everything clicks into place when you see his words in that font.

[Leith]

30. Is there a font that looks like blood?

Having it look like it's dripping down the wall would be perfect.

[lunatica]

33. Oh! That's good!

It instantly brings underhanded machinations to mind. Evil intent writ large!

[greymattermom]

9. If no one stops him he is right.

He has lived his whole life this way. Why would he believe that bullying doesn't work?

[joost5]

26. It's a trial balloon. If he doesn't get pushback he'll do it.

When the orange Tyrant hints that he should serve 4-5 terms because the election is rigged, believe him.

When he asks on video in the open for China to open up investigations into the Bidens, he is actively doing it.

Believe a Tyrant when he threatens to do that thing which he's already interested in doing.

[rickyhall]

11. But can he make it rain?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. He can make mud pies from his diaper.

[lunatica]

36. Like that emperor fella he has no problem making people see his invisible clothes

I’m sure they can see his invisible rain too.

[CanonRay]

12. Apparently he has those powers until someone says he doesn't

and no one seems to want to do that. So....

[AJT]

15. He does. There is no one to stop him.

[smirkymonkey]

18. He is really a piece of work.

Unbelievable. He just gets bolder every day. We have to stop him because this is only going to lead to complete madness.

[ScratchCat]

22. Just wait until Barr is under oath

It will be grand. I suspect he will be given the opportunity to tell Mr. trump that interfering in criminal cases is not allowed while he sits there under oath. He will do so, begrudgingly. Then Trump will fire off a tweet contradicting Barr, claiming he can do whatever he wants, blah, blah.... and we will be right back at impeachment again.

[Eyeball_Kid]

23. Barr is a consummate liar. He'll lie under oath and get away with it because

the House doesn't have the stomach to impeach him, and they know that when the Senate tries, they'll whimper instead.

Both Trump and Barr have one another's back. This makes Trump happy. They can bounce their lies off one another all day long, and have a good laugh on their morning phone call.

[Grammy23]

28. Barr under oath should be fun to watch.

Being a lawyer, he knows the rules and the law regarding lying under oath. So watch him weigh every syllable, every.single.word. He will drag out a simple sentence to five minutes of ers, Uhm and lonnnnnggg pauses while he searches his brain for the least incriminating words to use. Pull up a chair. This oughta be good. Droopy Dog under oath.

[gordianot]

31. He did not need to work for Trump.

However there is life he must face after this disaster. I wish him at minimum the shunning Dershowitz is now experiencing maybe he will become the second Attorney General in Federal Prison.

[ScratchCat]

35. I've commented before:

"Find out who pushed Barr to write that "op ed job interview" and you'll find out why Trump is still POTUS". Barr's presence here was dictated by someone who is calling the shots and insists Trump remain POTUS. And it aint Putin.

[ScratchCat]

34. Yep

When sitting in front of an interviewer, he can pretend the word "interfere" means whatever he wants.

When he is in front of Congress, they will ask specific questions and parse the hell out of the word "interfere". Asking Barr to involve himself in any way in any case involving someone associated with Trump will be construed legally as "interference" and Barr knows that.

Barr will also have to admit, under oath, that Trumps subsequent tweet had the intent of influencing Barr. He boxed himself in on that one.

We are watching the decline. The length of time it lasts is dependent upon either the GOP or Father Time.

[JDC]

32. Setting the stage for when it all comes out that he already has....

[aggiesal]

37. He's already proven he does! ...

Good thing he's learned his lesson.