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nkingsyyesterday at 8:28 PM1 replyview on HN

The movie "vice" covers this nicely. The only thing stopping US presidents from acting like kings is precedent.


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ericmayyesterday at 8:44 PM

This is simply not true and it's disappointing fear-mongering from Vice (or anyone else who publishes this stuff). The reason you know it's true is because Trump doesn't care about precedent, yet in court case after court case that he or his administration lose they follow the law, even if it is imperfect or later attempted to be argued under a different standing.

The same thing that is true for Donald Trump now was true for pretty much all past presidents. Nothing has meaningfully changed here, yet we did not have these same articles before, nor did we have folks who are so caught up in political fervor that they are happy to go along with any ole' article or reporting that aligns with their current beliefs.

In other words, articles like those are click-bait, and their sole intention or at least their effect is to cause chaos and doubt in the American government.

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