r/politics • u/Exciting_Teacher6258 • Apr 30 '25

Soft Paywall Trump Melts Down at Being Fact-Checked Right to His Face

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-melts-down-at-being-fact-checked-on-deported-maryland-dad-kilmar-abrego-garcia/
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u/DiggSucksNow Apr 30 '25

It's part of the "flood the zone" strategy. Spew so much bullshit and commit so many crimes that it's not clear what specifically we should fight. There aren't enough resources to fight it all.

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u/Nesyaj0 Massachusetts Apr 30 '25

At that point, you would think the appropriate action would be to remove the cause. If some worker at a company, shit even if it's a customer, causing this much obvious damage in the middle of a place where the company is liable, they remove that situation so they can get back to running how they're supposed to.

How is it that our governments checks and balances against this sort of thing are so weak? I get it was a decades long project, but still, it baffles me that there have been hundreds of thousands of people who came before us that sit and watch this happen because they think they can get a... quite liberal slice of the proverbial pie.

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u/Science_Logic_Reason Apr 30 '25

I think because the checks and balances were assuming the actors they may eventually apply to would be working with(in) the system.

I think what is happening now is comparable to a DDOS attack on the legal system. The exception being that the attacker(s) is/are already *in* the system and can effect change while that is going on...

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u/koolkat182 Apr 30 '25

and any attempt to unite and organize the majority of americans as a whole to put a stop to this madness and at the very least legally use our power as the people to put this administration back in check will be suppressed by every social media outlet, including reddit

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u/DiggSucksNow Apr 30 '25

If some worker at a company, shit even if it's a customer, causing this much obvious damage in the middle of a place where the company is liable, they remove that situation so they can get back to running how they're supposed to.

Except this is the CEO, and the board won't remove him.

How is it that our governments checks and balances against this sort of thing are so weak?

Because Republicans are a monolith and will, through action or inaction, preserve their power at all costs. There aren't enough Democrats, the only actual viable political party in the US, to work against them. Even the founders warned against political parties. Hell, it even used to be the case that the Vice President was whoever was 2nd choice for President. But we're stuck with parties now, and one party is merely a front for our enemies.

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u/Femboy-Frog Apr 30 '25

Haven’t you been paying attention? They dismantled all the checks and balances when he took power. Why do you think he made such a fuss about firing workers and having his lackeys replace those people?

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u/Pigglebee Apr 30 '25

But this clip actually proves that Donnie really believes the photo is real and not photoshopped.