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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I’ve seen a bunch of “Trump is our first criminal president” memes. Which really requires you to blind yourself to everyone from Nixon and his wiretapping to Obama and his extrajudicial drone-striking.

No it doesn't because Donald is the first proven convicted felon in a court of law. That's just a fact. The rest is basically a Two-Wrongs-Make-a-Right / Tu Quoque / Whataboutism argument that suggests a race-to-the-bottom mindset while people speculate over allegations of former Presidents without actually testing those theories in a court of law and in front of a Jury. We should be gleeful that Lady Justice has grabbed Don by the balls and even the President is no longer above the law — regardless of past actions of Presidents; clearly a new standard has been made now which is a great thing for our country.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Donald is the first proven convicted felon

Only because none of the other assholes got prosecuted.

That's a flaw in the Good Ole Boy Network of ex-Presidents, where Obama and Bush Jr can have a beer over illegal drone strikes and wiretaps together. It has nothing to do with which Presidents actually committed crimes.

We should be gleeful that Lady Justice has grabbed Don by the balls

Let me know if he serves any prison time. We already learned how Trump skates around financial judgement against him.

Past that, it should be revealing how easy it is to convict these assholes. All 34 counts stuck. Maybe more Presidents should be put on trial, rather than making this particular screwball fascist an exception to the rule.