Time magazine called the ex-president’s plans ‘an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world’

Donald Trump has warned that Joe Biden and his family could face multiple criminal prosecutions once he leaves office unless the US supreme court awards Trump immunity in his own legal battles with the criminal justice system.

In a sweeping interview with Time magazine, Trump painted a startling picture of his second term, from how he would wield the justice department to hinting he may let states monitor pregnant women to enforce abortion laws.

Trump made the threat against the Biden family in an interview with Eric Cortellessa of Time, in which he shared the outlines of what the magazine called “an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world”.

  • NoLifeGaming
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    31 year ago

    Trump is a criminal himself but I wouldn’t mind seeing genocide joe go to prison

    • Phoenixz
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      91 year ago

      Where and when exactly did Biden commit genocide? I mean the president is far from perfect and a LOT of his actions can be criticized (just as many of his actions should be applauded) but I fail to see where he committed genocide.

      <Citation needed>

        • @[email protected]
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          101 year ago

          So I assume you’d want to throw every living President in US history in prison as well, since unconditional support of Israel has been a US policy since 1945. Dumbass.

        • Phoenixz
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          11 year ago

          I think you should watch less biased news. Yes, Biden could do more and I’m sure there are good, yet unfortunate and stupid reasons why he isn’t doing so, reasons you probably aren’t seeing.

          • NoLifeGaming
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            11 year ago

            Are you kidding me? Less biased news??? Have you seen the videos of children being torn to pieces and you’re telling me to watch “less biased news”?

            • Phoenixz
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              11 year ago

              Yeah, even horrific news items, like those, can still be biased

          • NoLifeGaming
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            11 year ago

            Wow, if thats true why hasn’t he done anything despite the continuing issue in gaza? Why are you so die hard for Biden?

  • @[email protected]
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    711 year ago

    Sure thing, just like he locked Clinton up. Why does anyone believe the stupid shit this idiot says?

    • @[email protected]
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      231 year ago

      The guy literally tried to overturn an election he lost. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s just bluster, but at the same time it also wouldn’t surprise me that he is trying to become a tyrant.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Being a tyrant takes energy he just doesn’t have. He’s a tired old man desperately trying to get elected to get out of his legal troubles.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        Absolutely. As long as he keeps throwing these batshit fascist ideas out there, eventually one or more will gain traction and actually happen.

    • Flying Squid
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      411 year ago

      It’s different now though. He didn’t have the power to lock her up. This time around, he’ll have Project 2025 behind him to allow him to do things like that.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        He’s the exact same impotent blowhard. Not even his cronies will change that. He’ll lose interest the minute he’s elected, just like with Clinton.

            • Flying Squid
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              111 year ago

              I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “Americans won’t let that happen” and then it happens.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 year ago

                These idiots are not going to magically be in the majority over night. How many tough guys write manifestos like that every day? Sorry I’m not scared by some big words by Charlie Kirk.

            • @[email protected]
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              61 year ago

              We have let every step leading up to our current stage happen without meaningful challenge. Why would this momentum stop now?

                • @[email protected]
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                  51 year ago

                  Project 2025 is a plan already set in motion. It started when i was a child, and there really has been no real blow against its success.The setback of trump losing the election has not stopped the momentum. You can tell because the loss of rights is happening under the democrats watch. If you response is “well they really could not have stopped it” then the plan is working as intended

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          He’ll lose interest the minute he’s elected, just like with Clinton.

          That’s not what happened. He directly ordered Bill Barr to prosecute Clinton and Bill Barr refused knowing there was no grounds. Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump doesn’t have the power to do this. He literally tried already tried and failed.

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        He also didn’t have an actual legal case, despite a LOT of digging.

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          He still doesn’t have an actual legal case against the Bindens either, despite a LOT of Russian support trying to falsify something.

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            111 year ago

            He won’t need any. Can just “trump” up some charges (pun not intended). He’ll be a dictator, it won’t matter. He could shoot them on 5th Ave. and no one would say a thing

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              Stop with the nonsense that Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump has already completely enshitified the country. It wouldn’t work because (1) the judge would throw out the case, and (2) no grand jury would vote to proceed. That is why Bill Barr refused Treason Trump’s order to prosecute Hillary Clinton.

              Trump has already tried this and failed.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          Yeah, I kind of always assumed that there were some skeletons in Hillary’s closet, but if Trump’s AGs didn’t even find anything that warranted an investigation…

    • lost_faith
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      11 year ago

      There were still sane people in his administration to keep him in lineish, if he gets in again they will all be loyal to Trump, not the USA

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      If his base was capable of critical thinking they wouldn’t be his base. This is exactly the kind of shit they line up for at rallies to hear.

  • @[email protected]
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    1031 year ago

    The implication, well one of many, is that the President is the one charging Trump with these crimes. He’s being charged for state crimes, by the various states AGs, in accordance to their laws. He’s also being sued civilly by people he’s defrauded, sexually assaulted, or defamed.

    The current president and current administration has had no input in any of this.

    The federal cases he has stem from his “mishandling” of classified documents after he was out of office. This case is being handled by a special prosecutor who is insulated from the executive and bound by laws, procedure, legal ethics, etc to act independently from the administration.

    So, at the end of the day it’s just more absolute horse shit from Trump and more evidence he should never be on the ballot.

  • @[email protected]
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    201 year ago

    Everyone knows these guys are just going to lie their way into the presidency right? As in just get fox news to declare early, then stand over election officials to call it their way.

    • Ænima
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      It really is a concerning situation that is going to turn November+ into a nightmare. Hopefully, we see an article about tRump being found dead as a headline if the SCOTUS slobs up the asinine defense of total immunity. That’s the only way I think this can resolve without a constitutional disaster. He’s basically daring someone to do something and I, for one, hope the “find out” part comes for him.

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        Surely the best way to resolve without a constitutional disaster is simply for him to convincingly lose the election come November ?

        If he died now he would be a martyr obviously.

        • @[email protected]
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          He lost one election already, then he threw a hissy fit and tried to stage a coup. The second time it will be even worse.

          • @[email protected]
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            … but the second time around he won’t have control of the military et cetera. If he loses convincingly there’s no point in staging a coup.

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          If he died now he would be a martyr obviously.

          Hundreds of historians have said that Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump is the worst president in history. There is no scenario where that changes.

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            That’s not how martyrdom works.

            It doesn’t matter how bad he is. If he dies then his spectre will remain eternal.

            He needs to lose the election. A public acknowledgement that the people have rejected him.

  • @[email protected]
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    291 year ago

    Funny to imagine how this story gets recorded and retold in history books. What a fool who was elected by fools. An honest low point for America.

  • @[email protected]
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    Motherfuckers already have immunity for war crimes before international courts and law.

    Why the fuck should an expresident get immunity from our laws as well?

    • Ænima
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      Moreover, tRump claims if he didn’t have total immunity from all crimes, it would prevent a president from doing their job for fear of prosection under the next guy. It’s like, my dude there’s been over 200-years of Presidents who didn’t need that immunity and weren’t indicated after term.

      For being the “most patriotic,” their supporters don’t know dick about this country’s Constitution after the 2nd, and only if they can cherry-pick the parts they like, just like the Bible.

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    If Trump doesn’t get immunity he’s going to die in military barracks in Georgia.

    SCotUS will have 0 say in that.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Is this true?

      I thought it just didn’t matter anymore because they’d already delayed long enough that nothing important would be decided before the election anyway.

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        Trials will start by August. He’s already been indicted, the DoJ 60 day rule isn’t in play here (and the DoJ has already stated that publicly).

  • @[email protected]
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    211 year ago

    He will just keep shouting as long as people are listening to him.

    Luckily those people are becoming fewer and fewer

  • Lemminary
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    101 year ago

    So he’s betting on Biden to pardon himself first so he can justify doing it too?

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      There’s the small fact that Biden hasn’t committed any crimes and is not facing 90+ indictments.

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        I meant preemptively. If Trump is threatening to prosecute him and he has his appointed judges on his side, then they can try some shit. But if Biden, for whatever reason that I don’t think will happen, says that he has pardoned himself and his family, then all that goes away. So then Trump can point to Biden and say, “see? he did it and he’s not guilty! I’m doing it and I’m not guilty!” Which is a bit of a fever dream but it’d be some sort of strategy to cleanse his name in the eyes of the public while staining Biden’s. That was my line of thought, not that I think Biden is guilty of crimes.

  • 🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱
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    So… Trump wants immunity in order NOT to go to Jail, but if he doesn’t and goes to jail, how will he prosecute Biden? Also, if he gets immunity and somehow becomes president, how is he going to prosecute Biden if Biden also has immunity?

    The mental gymnastics he sells his followers would almost qualify as an Olympic event.

    • Queen HawlSera
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      31 year ago

      I keep trying to get people to understand that he’s not smart, he’s just loud and rich… possibly not even both, and if not both, definitely just loud.

  • Phoenixz
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    I love how Trump doesn’t even understand that it isn’t Biden attacking him, it’s the justice department doing its job of getting criminals convicted. Barking up the wrong tree, dipshit.

  • @[email protected]
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    531 year ago

    Prosecute the Bidens on what grounds? The GOP have been investigating them for a few years now and have admitted they can’t find anything, other than Hunter’s tax evasion or whatever it was.

    He’s full of shit and just says whatever the fuck no matter how stupid it is because he loves the uneducated and his followers are certainly that. They believe anything from anyone with an R in front of their name.

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      I don’t think he understands or really believes that there are impartial laws. He thinks when he’s being prosecuted it’s just personal bullshit targeted at him, so he can do the same to anyone.

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        Because he’s always weaponized the courts to slap people opposed to him and doesn’t understand 90% of his business empire is based on illicit activities. The first dollar he ever made wasn’t even obtained legally because his father put one month old donny down as a landlord so he’d get income at a lower tax rate. 70+ years later he’s still shitting in diapers and having people smarter than him find loopholes and schemes to hide how he puts more money in his pocket.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      Just like Hilary it’s all hot air to rile up his base. Thry bad, I can prove. Except I can’t prove it cause there isn’t any evidence and my supposed witness has no credibility or ever been in the same room.

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        Hilary did do a crime kinda. Based on the advice of a Repub telling her to have a private instead of government mail server. Then she complied with investigations and ultimately the government declined to prosecute because it was such a nothing issue.

        In stark fucking contrast is Donald literally stealing classified documents, storing them in a run-down hotel next to a copy machine that anyone can access, refusing to comply with instructions to return them, lying about everything…

        Sorry, not disagreeing at all. It is hot air to rile up the base. And it does rile up the base because they are doublethink clowns.

    • Flying Squid
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      On the grounds of, “he won the election and I didn’t so he definitely cheated.”

    • @[email protected]
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      Unfortunately, you don’t really need to address all Americans. It really comes down to the entirely rational people of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania

      • Queen HawlSera
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        31 year ago

        North Carolina here, I’m praying for our state to go Blue again, we used to be purple leaning blue, then after Obama we leaned more and more red… and the older folks around here made it no secret that it was indeed about his skintone

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      They will if we have anything to do with it.

      Sincerely (Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Trump Owners et al)