Donald Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerburg for 'rest of his life' if 'he does anything illegal' over election
Donald Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerburg for 'rest of his life' if 'he does anything illegal' over election
The former president made the claim in a new book, titled Save America, which is a collection of pictures and anecdotes from his presidential campaigns and term in office.
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Last time I checked, the executive didn't decide about indictments or sentences. But I guess that's all going to change if Dementia Don wins.
Guantanamo Bay has entered the conversation.
The argument there was that they were POWs captured on the battlefield, and thus under the purview of the CinC.
There is no way to make that argument regarding Zuckerberg.
Not POWs, but enemy combatants, which they made up to avoid responsibilities to POWs.
Fair point. Regardless, not something that could be done with Zuckerberg. He couldn't lock him up for the same reason he couldn't lock Hillary up.
The supreme court has ruled 6-3 that Zuck belongs in Gitmo because Chewbacca is a wookie and there are no wookies on Endor.
I've seen a Wookie on Endor. Fairly certain I was there for it.
Dictatorships don't care about making an argument.
Yeah I was kind of curious as to how this story would be spun into a negative story against Trump. Anyone who does something illegal should be sentenced appropriately. Maybe "the president can't set the sentence" will be the tack with this one?
If a life sentence is appropriate for interfering with an election, I look forward to Trump's impending life sentence.
Because anyone who does something illegal should be sentenced appropriately, right?
I wouldn't expect anything less from a self-proclaimed Law-and-Order candidate.
Fair enough. The "perfect phone call" was actually pretty bad, it's the one case against him that I think probably has a lot of merit. I was thinking at the time that it was probably illegal.
So you think he should be imprisoned for the rest of his life, right? That's the appropriate sentence? You seem to be agreeing with Trump here.
I mean something like 10 to 20 years sounds fair to me if that's the appropriate sentence (IDK what election interference sentences look like), which would probably end up being the rest of his life anyways
Yeah I was kind of curious as to how this story would be spun into a negative story against Trump.
That says more about you than it does about the story.
Remember when his senior DOJ staff threatened to quit when he told them that a yes-man would be their boss and help overturn the election? Trump's whole administration was about corrupting the executive branch.
He is a racist traitor who doesn't belong anywhere near power; he should be in prison.
Anyone who continues to support him is a reactionary traitor, too.
Yeah, how can the potential next head of state threatening a specific individual with an arbitrary sentence of life imprisonment for some vague charge like "doing anything illegal" possibly be spun into a negative story?
When did crazy talk become the norm. Was it when trump first ran? Was it before? Its so hard to remember with the constant crazy talk all over.
The Democrats will find a way!
I think it's Trump trying to find a way. In specific, find a way to do something outside of his presidential powers.
He wanted to "lock her up" with Hillary too. Were you one of the people chanting that? Have you noticed she hasn't been locked up yet even though he had four years to do it?
And long investigation hearings that she didn't fall asleep in.
Have you noticed she hasn’t been locked up yet even though he had four years to do it?
I'll just leave that there. It makes the point I would have made pretty succinctly.
The point that he makes threats about imprisoning people and can't follow through because it's not within his abilities?
Not quite, but you're pretty warm!
Well maybe that should be your point since that really shows what he's saying in the article is meaningless.
You do realize that when Trump says "anything illegal" he really means "anything I don't like", right?
Also, surely you think that Trump should be sentenced appropriately for violating federal law at Arlington cemetery?
The logical line of "when the guy I don't like says anything, he really means what I say he means" is pretty errant and toxic. I cringe when the right does it too, "you can tell a Democrat is lying because they've opened their mouth". It's stupid and ridiculous.
IDK what happened for sure at the cemetery, I'd need some footage and to read up on the pertaining law a little before I make a judgement on that.
I don't know if you've kept your head buried in the sand for 8 years, but all we've seen is Trump proving that he believes any perceived wrongdoing to himself is a crime. It's a CEO philosophy of fire anyone that disagrees.
Trump has proven that's what he means at literally every possible opportunity for nearly a decade. You cannot possibly not have come to that realization without purposefully ignoring it because you like him, claiming it's some weird partisan issue is certifiably weird.
He took a campaign photo in section 60 at the cemetery, that is a violation of federal law. You don't need a video, you're just giving him a pass because you don't care what he does or who it hurts.
Have you heard of the separation of powers?
Yes
Diaper Don belongs in prison