I wonder if Trump realizes he's arguing that our President could legally order Seal Team Six to kill him. [View all]

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MSNBC: Team Trump struggles mightily with the ‘assassination’ question

Two days after the exchange between Pan and Sauer, Trump himself confronted a question on the matter, with a reporter asking the Republican, “Do you agree with what your lawyers, what they said on Tuesday, that you should not be prosecuted — could not be prosecuted — if you ordered Seal Team Six to kill a political opponent?”

This was an opportunity for the likely GOP nominee to walk all of this back. Trump let the opportunity pass him by.

“I say this,” the Republican responded, “On immunity, very simple, if a president of the United States does not have immunity, he’ll be totally ineffective, because he won’t be able to do anything, because it will mean he’ll be prosecuted — strongly prosecuted, perhaps — as soon as he leaves office by the opposing party.”

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