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Red Mountain

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28. That's legal?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 08:56 PM

Mar 2020

Are there any criteria that need to be met?

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Describing himself as a 'wartime president,' Trump invokes the Defense Production Act to marshal pri [View all] bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 OP

I mean, it seems like the right thing to do but LymphocyteLover Mar 2020 #1

Exactly. What's the worst that can happen? C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #4

it's not like anyone will hold him accountable for anything (until November 3rd) LymphocyteLover Mar 2020 #6

He must be wetting himself intrepidity Mar 2020 #2

Can't wait to see his new wartime uniform !! C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #9

As The Ferret would say...... SergeStorms Mar 2020 #35

I thought having bone spurs exempted his highness from military duty? DBoon Mar 2020 #3

This who can, do. christx30 Mar 2020 #5

One guru calling this a COUP on YouTube video, posted today March 18, 2020 bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #7

Why don't I trust him to do the right thing? BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #8

Because he's shown he doesn't know how. In_The_Wind Mar 2020 #10

Can't trust him to do ANYTHING the right way. Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #14

He hasn't a clue xxqqqzme Mar 2020 #20

He had a chance to fight and win a war... Zambero Mar 2020 #11

His actions DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #18

Doing the right thing isn't his thing. ArizonaLib Mar 2020 #33

I have never so much in my life wanted to slap someone across the face as much as I want NotHardly Mar 2020 #12

'Disaster president' empedocles Mar 2020 #13

When will he try on a new suit--some thing with epaulettes? A few medals? Maeve Mar 2020 #15

Cadet Bone Spurs trof Mar 2020 #16

Beat me to it. I believe Tammy Duckworth coined that one and rightly so. Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #19

He considered himself a Vietnam veteran doc03 Mar 2020 #17

Trump's wartime experience keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #25

Ooooo, that's xxqqqzme Mar 2020 #21

He's finally gotten the war he wanted and he'll play it to the hilt groundloop Mar 2020 #22

This is a nightmare. In sane hands, yes. In Trump & Enablers' hands... Hekate Mar 2020 #23

The deck has been stacked against us since the early 70s and the rise of right wing think tanks. scarletwoman Mar 2020 #30

How they must have laughed at us little people, earnestly scurrying around... Hekate Mar 2020 #31

The mass movements of the 60s scared the shit out of the oligarchs - the civil rights movement, scarletwoman Mar 2020 #32

We have a fucking six-year old in charge of the nation Yeehah Mar 2020 #24

What could go wrong? Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #26

He is delusional. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #27

That's legal? Red Mountain Mar 2020 #28

Socialism(!)/Supreme Court Ramsey Barner Mar 2020 #29

Wartime President tiptonic Mar 2020 #34

I'm sure he will be the greatest wartime president EVAH! RussBLib Mar 2020 #36

Setting the stage for canceling the nov election... olddad65 Mar 2020 #37