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minus-squaresimin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 years agocause you know, president is the most important thing in the entire universe, always.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 years agoIf you want to wield a a massive amount of global political and military power, it’s pretty important.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoExternally it is a powerful position, but can the president do much inside the US itself? Pardoning and appointments seem to be the limits.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoYou think that’s all Trump did? Really?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agohttps://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoSorry… what on Earth does that have to do with your claim that the only thing the president can do inside the US is pardoning and making appointments?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSorry. Wrong context. So, what other powers does a president have? Us Obama as an example if Trump is distasteful.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_the_United_States
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOK. Emergency powers are pretty strong but the rest are largely external to the US.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agohttps://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
minus-squaresimin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoright but you know most people are not even close to that so its really mostly football for them.
minus-squaresplicerslicer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoCommander in chief of the most powerful military in world history and the largest and most productive economy is, in fact, pretty important. I don’t really understand what point you’re making, if any
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOf this world with, as far as we know, the only life in the entire fucking universe? Yeah, it’s the most important job out there, unfortunately.
cause you know, president is the most important thing in the entire universe, always.
If you want to wield a a massive amount of global political and military power, it’s pretty important.
Externally it is a powerful position, but can the president do much inside the US itself?
Pardoning and appointments seem to be the limits.
You think that’s all Trump did? Really?
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial
“I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
Sorry… what on Earth does that have to do with your claim that the only thing the president can do inside the US is pardoning and making appointments?
Sorry. Wrong context.
So, what other powers does a president have? Us Obama as an example if Trump is distasteful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_the_United_States
OK. Emergency powers are pretty strong but the rest are largely external to the US.
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial
“I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
right but you know most people are not even close to that so its really mostly football for them.
Commander in chief of the most powerful military in world history and the largest and most productive economy is, in fact, pretty important. I don’t really understand what point you’re making, if any
Of this world with, as far as we know, the only life in the entire fucking universe? Yeah, it’s the most important job out there, unfortunately.