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Summary

Trump claimed ignorance regarding the use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, stating he did not sign the order and that "other people handled it."

Despite Trump’s claim, CNN confirmed the executive order bears his signature.

A federal judge ordered the deportation flights halted, but the administration defied the order, citing it as verbal and nonbinding.

Trump and his administration criticized the judge, with Attorney General Pam Bondi asserting the judiciary has no authority to challenge immigration decisions.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

"Look, people, I'll make this simple so that everyone understands: If you hate the thing I did, I didn't do it. If you love the thing someone else did, I did it. Easy."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

This is far too easy to comprehend for a quote from that stack of rancid orange whale shit. There needs to be lots more tangents and useless bits of inane waffling in there.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago

So then all of those people who did it and acted on it were kidnapping. Great, lock them up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago

Shit rolls downhill, and Trump is crouching on top of the turd pile.

[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla 27 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

So… someone else is drafting EO’s and using his signature? How exactly is that better?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago

The autopen has achieved sentience.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Autopen is written in that invisible ink we had as kids!

[–] TheAthena 8 points 18 hours ago

Orwell, please stop predicting things.

[–] fox2263 73 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ah so it was autopen. Then it needs rescinding doesn’t it according to your own logic.

Dick head.

Also just confirms he isn’t running the show. The “deep state” and his “handlers” are, according to MAGA logic.

Dick heads.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Knew that whole "Biden didn't even sign the EOs!" had to be projection and setting up for something. Here it is. They don't even need him to rubberstamp shit anymore, just full Weekend at Bernie's with our senile walking corpse president. Hooray.

[–] Kayday 3 points 1 day ago

But don't worry, this ends once Trump leaves office /s

[–] Lupo 11 points 22 hours ago
[–] dhork 137 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If Joe Biden had claimed he didn't sign something after he obviously did, the top story would have been all about whether he still had the mental competence to lead....

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

We watched this man fail to operate a car door, we're beyond reason

[–] Auntievenim 9 points 1 day ago

The whole thing was computer, he was expecting an automatic I'm guessing

[–] Eheran 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Droggelbecher 12 points 1 day ago

Not trying to be rude here, but this ain't it. This sort of thing happens to me a lot due to hypotension and I'm perfectly mentally capable. Criticize the shit he says, not his physical struggles/disability. This just normalizes ableism. A disabled person can very well be capable of leading.

[–] Eheran 7 points 1 day ago

Thanks. I have had similar things happen to me while not paying attention...

[–] hakunawazo 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It almost resembles a Nuremberg plea speech.

[–] Kirp123 127 points 1 day ago

Didn't he say the other day that Biden's pardons are not valid because he didn't personally sign them? Does this make Trump's expulsion orders also not valid? Ah sorry it only counts when other people do it.

Also he just admitted he just signs whatever and had no idea what he just signed actually contains. Either that or these "other people" faked his signature which is another can of work on its own. Maybe he'll blame it on the deep state lol.

Such a clown show it puts professional clowns to shame.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago

The buck stops with... I don't know, someone else.

[–] whotookkarl 34 points 1 day ago

Afraid of everything, a coward given all the power of the executive and capable of only whining, shifting blame, and scapegoating the working class and poor. How evil do you have to be to deny asylum seekers and refugees?

[–] pyre 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

hey look, I don't know what's going on, I just work here. ask someone who's responsible. the buck stops somewhere over there.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme 2 points 17 hours ago

The buck stops somewhere I guess.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, he's admitting he's ignorant and not in control of this administration. I wonder if his worshipers will ever notice that their idol isn't the one pulling the strings?

[–] WhatAmLemmy 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Luckily, for him, absolute cognitive dissonance is a prerequisite to being a Trumpist.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok, I'm going to get hate for this but cognitive dissonance is not a pejorative or a synonym for hypocrisy. It's a feeling one gets from holding conflicting cognitions that provokes further thought. I doubt his fans experience it at all as 'trump said so' is enough to make anything make sense to them.

[–] Auntievenim 6 points 1 day ago

Youre right, the correct terminology here is "doublethink"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not sure if Mafia boss or toddler.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What he is, is the most prolific traitor in American history, worse than ALL other American traitors COMBINED.

[–] ZoopZeZoop 7 points 22 hours ago

He and the people propping him up. There are a fair number of them.

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[–] eran_morad 8 points 1 day ago

We already knew that Putin is the fucking president.

[–] CharlesDarwin 3 points 19 hours ago

The donvict motto: "the bucks stops with 'that was other kids'".

[–] LithiumX 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ah yes a true leader. Takes credit when he wants, not when he doesn't.

[–] mkwt 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Act itself requires a Presidential proclamation before the powers can be invoked.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That didn't happen.

And if it did, it wasn't that bad.

And if it was, that's not a big deal.

And if it is, that's not my fault. <--- We are here

And if it was, I didn't mean it.

And if I did, you deserved it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And this is coming from the same guy who claims Biden's pardons are invalid because he used an auto pen instead of physically signing each one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Every accusation is a confession

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Probably saw some of the impeach comments on social media. It still galls me the folks that want to treat things from maga with the same weight as democrats or any other political figure. When you are a bald face liar no one should believe you without massive evidence what you say is true. I have known and sorta assume it was prevalent enough that most other folks knew, that person, that friend, maybe that family member ; who is always full of shit. You hear something from them and you assume its bs unless someone more credible mentions it and then maybe you put some effort to look into it.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 19 points 1 day ago

I mean, it’s in the federal register with his signature on it: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-20/pdf/2025-04865.pdf

There’s no way to know if it was done with autopen, his hands, or some intern using the Annotate->Add Signature feature on their MacBook or whatever but his signature is on it.

[–] FireRetardant 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He denied any association with project 2025 despite many members of his administration writing it. He also said ukraine started their war. He also says canada doing anything except becoming the 51st state is escalating the economic warfare canada started. He calls the trade deal he signed with Canada a terrible deal and asks who the hell signed it. He knows the internet has rotted our memories and attention spans and hes trying to rewrite history to his favour with that knowledge. The scary part is, it's working.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

Trump claimed ignorance

How many times has Trump done this? And he wants us to fear him?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

The buck stops somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

JFC can he not take even the slightest criticism without shirking his responsibility? What a sad joke he is.

[–] BetaBlake 6 points 1 day ago

This nutgobbler has never taken accountability for anything.

[–] ATDA 5 points 1 day ago

Even if that's the case tough shit. Scratching through that Teflon coating you fucker.

[–] SinningStromgald 8 points 1 day ago

“Because we wanna get criminals out of our country, number one,” Trump replied. “And I don’t know when it was signed because I didn’t sign it. Other people handled it. But [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio’s done a great job and he wanted them out. And we go along with that. We want to get criminals out of our country.”

Emphasis mine.

He's not signing, reading or asking for a briefing on what's going out of the White House. Didn't think a Trump presidency could be more terrifying.

[–] Sam_Bass 1 points 20 hours ago

Purely pathological

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