Doesn't it also imply that the US Gov was doing something illegal. If the President is immune if doing something official, then the government was doing something officially illegal.
Even Bush/Cheney went through the motions of coming up with a legal reasoning for torture. Even Bush got Congressional approval for military actions.
This president is off the rails not even trying to have even a flimsy cover of legality.
> This president is off the rails not even trying to have even a flimsy cover of legality.
Rather he has a nerve to declare US War powers act illegal and threatened, abused, and yelled at those 5 republican senators who voted with democrats. Wild times!!
> > This president is off the rails not even trying to have even a flimsy cover of legality.
The problem is Trump but also he's a symptom of a larger problem.
Left and right are so at odds with each other that all the reforms that a modern country would have to undertake in order to have less traumatic and less 'winner take all' elections not only weren't undertaken like they were in other countries, but the odds of actually happening are close to 0% ever since 2016
Even Bush/Cheney went through the motions of coming up with a legal reasoning for torture. Even Bush got Congressional approval for military actions.
This president is off the rails not even trying to have even a flimsy cover of legality.