Trump says he wasn’t the one who invoked Alien Enemies Act: ‘Other people handled it’
Trump says he wasn’t the one who invoked Alien Enemies Act: ‘Other people handled it’
President Donald Trump is pleading ignorance amid questions about his deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador.
Summary
Trump claimed ignorance regarding the use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, stating he did not sign the order and that "other people handled it."
Despite Trump’s claim, CNN confirmed the executive order bears his signature.
A federal judge ordered the deportation flights halted, but the administration defied the order, citing it as verbal and nonbinding.
Trump and his administration criticized the judge, with Attorney General Pam Bondi asserting the judiciary has no authority to challenge immigration decisions.
"Look, people, I'll make this simple so that everyone understands: If you hate the thing I did, I didn't do it. If you love the thing someone else did, I did it. Easy."
This is far too easy to comprehend for a quote from that stack of rancid orange whale shit. There needs to be lots more tangents and useless bits of inane waffling in there.
So… someone else is drafting EO’s and using his signature? How exactly is that better?
Must have used autopen...
The autopen has achieved sentience.
Autopen is written in that invisible ink we had as kids!
So then all of those people who did it and acted on it were kidnapping. Great, lock them up.
Shit rolls downhill, and Trump is crouching on top of the turd pile.
Ah so it was autopen. Then it needs rescinding doesn’t it according to your own logic.
Dick head.
Also just confirms he isn’t running the show. The “deep state” and his “handlers” are, according to MAGA logic.
Dick heads.
Knew that whole "Biden didn't even sign the EOs!" had to be projection and setting up for something. Here it is. They don't even need him to rubberstamp shit anymore, just full Weekend at Bernie's with our senile walking corpse president. Hooray.
But don't worry, this ends once Trump leaves office /s
If Joe Biden had claimed he didn't sign something after he obviously did, the top story would have been all about whether he still had the mental competence to lead....
Orwell, please stop predicting things.
Didn't he say the other day that Biden's pardons are not valid because he didn't personally sign them? Does this make Trump's expulsion orders also not valid? Ah sorry it only counts when other people do it.
Also he just admitted he just signs whatever and had no idea what he just signed actually contains. Either that or these "other people" faked his signature which is another can of work on its own. Maybe he'll blame it on the deep state lol.
Such a clown show it puts professional clowns to shame.
Afraid of everything, a coward given all the power of the executive and capable of only whining, shifting blame, and scapegoating the working class and poor. How evil do you have to be to deny asylum seekers and refugees?
It almost resembles a Nuremberg plea speech.
So, he's admitting he's ignorant and not in control of this administration. I wonder if his worshipers will ever notice that their idol isn't the one pulling the strings?
Luckily, for him, absolute cognitive dissonance is a prerequisite to being a Trumpist.
Ok, I'm going to get hate for this but cognitive dissonance is not a pejorative or a synonym for hypocrisy. It's a feeling one gets from holding conflicting cognitions that provokes further thought. I doubt his fans experience it at all as 'trump said so' is enough to make anything make sense to them.
The buck stops with... I don't know, someone else.
Not sure if Mafia boss or toddler.
What he is, is the most prolific traitor in American history, worse than ALL other American traitors COMBINED.
He and the people propping him up. There are a fair number of them.
Not sure if he's an idiot or loofah sponge filled with jello.
Ah yes a true leader. Takes credit when he wants, not when he doesn't.
hey look, I don't know what's going on, I just work here. ask someone who's responsible. the buck stops somewhere over there.
The Act itself requires a Presidential proclamation before the powers can be invoked.
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault. <--- We are here
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
And this is coming from the same guy who claims Biden's pardons are invalid because he used an auto pen instead of physically signing each one.
Every accusation is a confession
We already knew that Putin is the fucking president.
Probably saw some of the impeach comments on social media. It still galls me the folks that want to treat things from maga with the same weight as democrats or any other political figure. When you are a bald face liar no one should believe you without massive evidence what you say is true. I have known and sorta assume it was prevalent enough that most other folks knew, that person, that friend, maybe that family member ; who is always full of shit. You hear something from them and you assume its bs unless someone more credible mentions it and then maybe you put some effort to look into it.
He denied any association with project 2025 despite many members of his administration writing it. He also said ukraine started their war. He also says canada doing anything except becoming the 51st state is escalating the economic warfare canada started. He calls the trade deal he signed with Canada a terrible deal and asks who the hell signed it. He knows the internet has rotted our memories and attention spans and hes trying to rewrite history to his favour with that knowledge. The scary part is, it's working.
History teaches us that the biggest lies are the most believed.
Let's hope that any of his statements are being looked at critically by MAGA. The rest of us know he's a liar.
I mean, it’s in the federal register with his signature on it: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-20/pdf/2025-04865.pdf
There’s no way to know if it was done with autopen, his hands, or some intern using the Annotate->Add Signature feature on their MacBook or whatever but his signature is on it.
The buck stops somewhere I guess.
Trump claimed ignorance
How many times has Trump done this? And he wants us to fear him?
The donvict motto: "the bucks stops with 'that was other kids'".
The buck stops somewhere else.
JFC can he not take even the slightest criticism without shirking his responsibility? What a sad joke he is.
This nutgobbler has never taken accountability for anything.
Even if that's the case tough shit. Scratching through that Teflon coating you fucker.
“Because we wanna get criminals out of our country, number one,” Trump replied. “And I don’t know when it was signed because I didn’t sign it. Other people handled it. But [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio’s done a great job and he wanted them out. And we go along with that. We want to get criminals out of our country.”
Emphasis mine.
He's not signing, reading or asking for a briefing on what's going out of the White House. Didn't think a Trump presidency could be more terrifying.
As with all good leaders, the buck stops... uh, over there somewhere.
We need laws so that politicians who lie can face repercussions
Purely pathological
So his sycophants have convinced him to hand over the keys and let him play golf. I'm sure this will play out poorly.
He probably did sign the order. He's just too cowardly to admit it.
You have to be alert for good news. Otherwise it’s all too depressing.
This is truly good news. He is lining up the first round of sycophants to throw under the bus.
Certifiable retard.