THIS social media quote:
"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law."
Trump paraphrased Napoleon Bonaparte, who insisted that he was the ultimate law and that as long as he felt it was for the betterment of France, he could do whatever he wanted.
A few things. This is an admission from Trump that he already knows he's going to lose most of his court cases, and so he's paving the road for when he drives out the excuse of "I don't care what the Supreme Court rules, I'm doing to do what I want to do."
It also is a dog whistle to his far-right militia friends, whom he just let out of prison for trying to overthrow the government. I said the day he released those people that he was looking to create his version of the Brownshirts, and this quote seems to imply he's calling them to "Stand Back and Stand By." I feel Trump will let these people know that as long as his Brownshirts target Liberal elements of this country, he will pardon them before they even spend a day in jail. Strong Man, dictator 101.
One mistake he made, as Bill Corbett pointed out, is that the vagueness of his statement implies that Trump might have just made an argument for his own assassination. That's pretty stupid.
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