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imanamerican63

(13,817 posts)
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:46 PM Aug 2017

I know that a president can declassify any top level secrets, but.......

WTF? How many more will they allow him (Trump) to blab out? This is a major concern and our country has a "HUGE and SAD" problem! Trump has no knowledge of the damage he is doing and if he does know, he is going to cost people the lives and the security of this country can't handle other 9-11!

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I know that a president can declassify any top level secrets, but....... (Original Post) imanamerican63 Aug 2017 OP
I don't remember giving Trump that right. It's time to quit the cult of the executive branch. ck4829 Aug 2017 #1
Don't they have a process the president has to follow before declassifying? shraby Aug 2017 #2
Nope! He can declassify anything he wants! imanamerican63 Aug 2017 #3
What I like about this gratuitous Aug 2017 #4
The laws you have in place concerning the President leave your arthritisR_US Aug 2017 #5

ck4829

(35,091 posts)
1. I don't remember giving Trump that right. It's time to quit the cult of the executive branch.
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:56 PM
Aug 2017

Trump has tainted the office of the President beyond recognition, the sooner we admit it, the better.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
2. Don't they have a process the president has to follow before declassifying?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:27 PM
Aug 2017

I googled and couldn't find any.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. What I like about this
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 02:20 PM
Aug 2017

Is how discombobulated the right wing fascists got when they thought Secretary Clinton had compromised classified information (she hadn't) through a private e-mail server, but they don't bat an eye when their hero does it through a casual tweet. I've actually seen the trolls dismiss it as minutiae.

If any of those fuckers had an actual conscience, I'd expect to see a rash of suicides by distraught assholes contemplating their thoroughly useless existence, but I know it'll never happen.

arthritisR_US

(7,299 posts)
5. The laws you have in place concerning the President leave your
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 02:26 PM
Aug 2017

country on the precipice of a dictatorship. His words/actions appear to be without any personal consequences and as with any other dictator absolute and supreme.

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