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Trump says if he takes office, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within 2 seconds'

apnews.com Trump says if he takes office, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within 2 seconds'

Donald Trump says that if wins the White House, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds” of taking office.

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I’m hoping he never gets the chance. If he does, I hope he fails to get rid of Smith again.
- He's been talking about sending the military after Adam Schiff and other "enemies within". He definitely heard the SCOTUS arguments. If he's president and he doesn't get to fire someone, or everyone, I doubt he'll hesitate to send a military unit to threaten or even kill them. Who's going to stop him? Would 15-17 senators vote to impeach him? Would he try to kill them too? Did Tuberville's General Promotion sabotage leave enough slots open for Trump to install his own "Hitler's generals"?
  
  I would say I'm being alarmist, but the man is on TV saying this is what he will do on day 1. If he wins, everyone, left and right, is fucked.
  
  Fascinating, isn't it?
  
  "On day one, I will take a giant greasy shit in all your mouths."
  
  "Did you hear WTF he just said?"
  
  "You're just being alarmist, what he actually meant was..."
  
  It's like...people want things to be normal, they beg for it, they lie to themselves...but shit is NOT normal right now.
  
  It'd have to go all the way down the chain of command without someone saying "with all due respect, you're a fucking idiot and we don't want to be war criminals" so there are some extra checks and balances at play, and I'm sure Trump as heard that personally more than once
how can anyone even be surprised by this. trump will likely get into power and say "give me a list of democrats i can fire" and he will fire them plus some democrats he cant as well as "disloyal" republicans
- That's part of Project 2025
  
  Yep, a root and branch routing of anyone who won't pledge their allegiance to Trump above all else.
- They already have the list.
Seems like a power that the president shouldn't have. Just like pardoning themselves.
Gosh, now why would he do that? I thought he was perfectly innocent?
Do not let the diaper filled Nazi anywhere near office.
- This makes it sound like he's eating the dirty diapers, which given how morally bankrupt and gross he is in general... Would not surprise me.
  
  People are saying it. Many people are saying it. Diaper Eater Donnie they call him, many very powerful people say so. The best people.
Regardless if he takes office or not, I fully expect political violence. That is what this rhetoric leads to.

I suspect it won't be nearly as bad and nearly as pervasive if Harris takes office. But it will still happen. That's what happens when you have idiots being enflamed by this sort of rhetoric. They see a jihad. That's the endgame of ultraconservativism. Blind adherence to the authority. Be it a person, or an imaginary entity.

I have a son I need to protect. I have friends to protect. I don't know what will happen, but we can't pretend this will all be ok.
- I am certainly not pretending everything is going to be okay. I am also of the opinion that violence is the only political action that ever truly solves anything, for better or for worse. Conservatives have a pretty large monopoly on violence in this country, and that problem is becoming self-evident to anybody that is paying attention.
  
  Until the left is willing to fight back, or present a violent opposition to the erosion of our rights when necessary we are just slow walking to the forgone conclusion that our democracy has already fallen because there is nobody here that is willing to defend it on our own soil regardless of the cost.
Well yeah. It threatens the only thing he cares about - himself.
If the threat of a Trump presidency is confirmed by the electoral college, then President Biden will have no choice but to perform an Executive Act to preserve democracy.
- What's the act
  
  Anything. The supreme Court said so.
/Shakes trees of liberty.
- Poor thing needs some water.
  
  The red kind.
Pikachu says "Duh."
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Of course Trump knows that all appointees resign when a new President is sworn in.
- Is that supposed to make the statement less scary?
  
  No, it means Jack is going to resign no matter who is elected. Trump knows he won't play big man and fire him.

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