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Originally Posted by PilotMan
It looks like the prevailing official defense is going to be, I'm the president and I was elected, therefore I can do it, and nobody can disagree with me and I cannot legally do anything wrong....at all...and there is nobody that can argue with that and if they do then they are in the service of the enemy seeking to nullify the 'voice of the people'.
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It's equal parts papal infallibility and Louis XIV's L'etat c'est moi.
I won the election, therefore I am the United States, and if I care about it, it is by definition "the American interest" therefore, suggesting I did (or even could do) something wrong is treasonous. It's airtight.