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   Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 00:02:02 JST Laffy

   I don’t usually post screen grabs from the hellsite, but this was too long to simply quote.

   Via Lawrence Tribe.

   #Trump #NATO

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     rhys the great (rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 00:02:02 JST rhys the great

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     @GottaLaff That's interesting. Does that mean that the US can never renege on a treaty obligation?

     That very much appeals to me after Tory disdain for our treaty obligations here in the wake of Brexit and the ECHR.

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 00:14:42 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     #USpol #Defense #NATO #TFG #Elections2024

     Retired constitutional lawyer teaches would-be dictator a lesson about law:

     "#Trump said “one of the presidents of a big country” at one point asked him 👉whether the #US would still defend the country if they were invaded by #Russia👈 even if they “don’t pay.”

     “No, 👉I would not protect you,”👈 Trump recalled telling that president. “In fact,...

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     https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/10/politics/trump-russia-nato/index.html

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 00:17:34 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     ...👉I would encourage them [#RUSSIA] to do whatever the hell they want.👈 You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”*

     “Perhaps, Mr. #Trump forgot (if he ever knew) that 👉our internat obligations & treaties—such as those we undertook as members of #NATO—are themselves supreme law of the land as recog at Article VI of our Constit.👈 As so-called supremacy clause states in relevant part...

     #Trump’s statements in S Carolina...

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 00:17:55 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     ...👉may not themselves rise to the level of an insurrection, but they clearly reveal the fact that if he regains office #Trump is poised to unravel the binding obligations which the Constitution has imposed upon every president👈 from Washington to Biden.”

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