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> Elected officials trying to do what they told voters they would do is literally the textbook definition of monarchy.

I expect that you intended to say "textbook definition of democracy", but the Freudian slip is quite something.



No no, its monarchism. Doing what his supporters voted for makes Trump a king.


At no point did I suggest he was doing something that wasn't voted for.

I merely suggested that what was happening seemed at odds with the intent of the founders of the United States, in that even in 18th century England it would have been perceived as vast over-reach of a monarch to behave in a similar manner.

If you're all happy with it, fine. It just seems remarkable, hence my original comment.


You don't get to vote to break laws. You can vote to change or remove laws, but that is not what is happening here.


That is not what many voted for. I personally know a few who voted with glee because Trump is a loose cannon and follows no decorum.


You don't think people should be able to vote to break laws, but objectively, people can vote for literally any reason they please. There are no laws regulating how voters choose to vote, nor could there be.

I never voted for Trump, but I did vote for my state to defy federal cannabis laws. Guess what, my vote to shit on federal laws was legal.




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