*****'s Government of One
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Trump's Government of One
In late June, President Trump hosted a group of Native American tribal leaders at the White House and urged them to "just do it" and extract whatever they want from the land they control. ... The exchange turned out to be an unusually vivid window into the almost kingly power that Trump sees himself as holding, and which he has begun describing with increasing bluntness. The scene was recounted by a source in the room and confirmed by another. The White House didn't dispute the story.
The chiefs explained to Trump that there were regulatory barriers preventing them from getting at their energy. Trump replied: "But now it's me. The government's different now. Obama's gone; and we're doing things differently here." ... There was a pause in the room and the tribal leaders looked at each other.
"Chief, chief," Trump continued, addressing one of the tribal leaders, "what are they going to do? Once you get it out of the ground are they going to make you put it back in there? I mean, once it's out of the ground it can't go back in there. You've just got to do it. I'm telling you, chief, you've just got to do it." ... The tribal leader looked back at one of the White House officials in the room perhaps somebody from the White House Counsel's office and he said "can we just do that?" The official equivocated, saying the administration is making progress and has a plan to roll back various regulations.
Trump interjected again: "Guys, I feel like you're not hearing me right now. We've just got to do it. I feel like we've got no choice; other countries are just doing it. China is not asking questions about all of this stuff. They're just doing it. And guys, we've just got to do it."
MyOwnPeace
(16,938 posts)No different that insisting that the DOJ go after Hillary.
IQ45 has NO respect for the law and not a clue as to how government is to work!
unblock
(52,328 posts)he's encouraging others to disrespect the law as well.
note: "what are they going to do? once it's out of the ground...."
he's encouraging other people to ignore the laws and regulations and to simply do whatever they can get away with. if "they [aren't] going to make you put it back in there", what's the problem?
so it's not just the he has a complete disrespect for the rule of law regarding his own actions; he thinks others should have that complete disrespect for the rule of law as well.
of course, that only applies to his cronies. hillary of course should be hanged for failing to signal a lane change.
SCantiGOP
(13,874 posts)Hoping to overthrow the government by not saying his name?
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,617 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)seriously - WHY