‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
1d 21h ago by sh.itjust.works/u/HellsBelle in news from www.theguardian.com
Donald Trump has said that he does not “need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”.
In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”.
"It’s the only thing that can stop me,” Trump said, adding: “I’m not looking to hurt people.” He went on to concede “I do” in regards to whether his administration needed to adhere to international law, but said: “It depends on what your definition of international law is.”
Trump, who spoke to the newspaper as his administration looks into “a range of options” in attempts of gaining control of Greenland, also emphasized the importance of ownership.
“Ownership is very important,” Trump said, adding: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success. I think that ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do with, you’re talking about a lease or a treaty. Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document.”
“My own morality” says the child raping baby killer that Epstein called the worst person he’s ever met
Imagine the devil calling you evil
And it not being a compliment
Well... that's not reassuring.
I'll take "Things a dictator says" for 800, Alex.
Considering he has no morality, I guess that means "unbridled powahhhhh!!!"
His what?
I’m not looking to hurt people
Yeah, that's a lie. You do and you're loving it. You can't be a mass murderer and say that you don't want to hurt people
Most gangsters and bullies talk like that.
What's crazy isn't the headline, it's his rationale. "Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success." You are going to begin a conflict with allies (every day less so, but still) because of Trump's personal feelings and psychological needs. Only a dictator and those that enable dictators would be ok with this.
The fact that he thinks this way isn't the truly bad part - it's that nobody in the government is willing to oppose his mad whims, no matter how dangerous and stupid.
Point, although they are opposing, but they are opposing by the same rule of law that he is both ignoring and rewriting at the same time. I wonder when they are going to realize they are being stringed along into a manner of opposition that is much easier for the Trump administration to deal with than any actually effective opposition.
I should amend that to "Nobody in the government with the power to do so."
Back in the real world, Trump has very little morality to constrain himself, but other social factors surprisingly do still constrain him, even if he’d never admit it.
I mean based on what I’m seeing daily he’s not wrong.
Unfortunately this is the most right he has been
With laws and with every person pretending to have the ultimate morality, the world will fall into chaos
The human race is so fucked
Antisocial Personality Disorder with Narcissistic traits.
Jesus fuck. We have the worst kind of mental illness in a dude with power, drunk on that power.
Says a lot about those who voted for him too.
I misread that as mortality and got excited for a second
His power is also constrained by that.
Any day now. I hope he dies slowly of explosive diherea.
Same, I was all, "let the joyous constraining begin!"
Basically no restraints, eh.
What morality?
Exactly.
his “own morality”.
From a pedophile rapist and convicted felon.
Then everything is fucked unless someone does something about the orange turd because that child rapist has no morality. None whatsoever.
Can someone please take care of the diapered, dementia-ridden orange shitsack please? Also, rescue that cat he's got stapled to his head. It's starting to look mangy...
"It’s the only thing that can stop me,”
Famously the type of phrase said by the protagonist in the movies and not the villains.
What morality?
Precisely.
Jesus christ, how much blackmail does this asshole have? is he blackmailing half the worlds billionaires? How many names are really in the epstien files?
I think you misunderstand his relationship with billionaires. Trump is an asset to billionaires. They have never had it as good as they have it under his administration. Removal of all regulation over their industries, dismantling of federal oversight and complete legal tax exemptions.
And all for what they consider pocket change as bribes to him.
That’s the curious thing about the relationship with Trump and billionaires. He’s an asset, sure, but so was Biden and so would Harris have been – in so far as there is no likely version of history where the US would have elected a president in 2024 that didn’t allow the rich to get richer. Albeit with fewer overt handouts if Trump hadn’t won.
It’s a little difficult to see why the billionaires put all their money on their most disruptive/destructive asset unless they think we’re in societal endgame really – the ultra rich desperately falling for the get richer quick scheme of the Trump administration isn’t a great look. Siding with the Democrats would seem the safer, long term bet. Of course, one should not discount the likelihood that the billionaires supporting Trump are just evil or plain stupid.
It's disturbing how apparant this all is. Backed by all of these assholes from the very start, and now he's going down the line chopping every last thing that held them back as though he's splitting logs in a pile. AI regulations, gone. Any kind of oversight, gone. Okay, who next. Chevron! Thanks for your support. I knew you were smart. Everything beneath Venezuela is yours. Fuck 'em.
“I’m not looking to hurt people.”
"Why do you make me hit you, baby?"
Wait, drumpf has morals now? He must have gotten them between the rape, I guess?
This is the guy MAGA wanted. They project their personal power fantasies and approve of him acting on his own hatreds, whims and impulses the way they dream of.
Despite desperately wishing this guy would encounter some fucking consequences... I kinda feel like hes not really wrong?
Like what does it matter what the law says if its not applied and there are no penalties?
He's above American law, why international law would restrict him?
Read that as mortality, I thought I was some supervillain onion piece. Truth is not too far off though
He doesn’t have any so we are f’d
Well on the upside, every single jackass who used to stop me and wanna argue politics doesn't even look me in the eye anymore.
Listen hear me out...
Can we just have a newsletter of "trump says" instead of reporting every fucking thing his geriatric mind spews 3 times a day? While it is important to be aware of the context of the crazy; at this point it isn't real news ffs! he's basically weekend at bernies at this point.
He called it 'things and elements' instead of 'valuable minerals'
FYI, the technical term for a mind like his is "crackpot". Why anyone cares what he says is beyond me.
Because he's probably the single most powerful man in the world right now. He can send the US military anywhere in the world on a whim.
And there is nobody willing to stop him.
It so damn stupid. This is the same problem we humans have had to deal with over and over again all through history, and we walked right into it AGAIN. American apathy gets a lot of the blame, of course. but so do other country's governments for continuing to treat the US government as civilized and legitimate when it clearly isn't.
I’d love to drink that bottle of champagne in my fridge soon
Power can be constrained by prison cells and handcuffs.
Nobody with the power to do that has the spine to. A well-placed bullet is more likely to constrain him than that.
Okay, then why does he continue to fail so spectacularly?
Huh.
Sounds like how kings work.
And this is only first week of the year…
No, they will continue to get worse until everything collapses before they can get better.
It will peak late 2026 when the midterms are cancelled.
He's right. Without the Constitution, there's nothing holding him back.
That's the entire problem, our government has ignored the Constitution for so long, they can't suddenly decide that it's now relevant and should be adhered to. They made it into a joke decades ago.
The only thing stopping Trump is a no longer relevant piece of paper.
John Roberts: yep, checks out!
At least this scum is honest in his evilness
Misread that as "my own mortality", and thought he was poking the bear, so to speak.
Fortunately, his power is also limited by the amount of time he has left. So, hypothetically speaking, if anyone wants to... finish his term early, it would certainly constrain his power.
TIL that Pedophile morality is between nuclear war and destruction of humanity and peace.
Die Völker haben die Regierungen, die sie verdienen.
Los pueblos tienen los gobiernos que se merecen.
L'etat, c'est moi.
oh my god someone put a bullet in this government, you need to fucking do something american citizens
He's just saying out loud what has always been true.
Someone almost put a bullet through his skull but missed sadly
But somehow his ear magically regrew in less than a week
have you not seen his hands? man has exceptional healing capabilities!