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Hmm, I'm not sure if "is it legal" would be at the top of my priority list if I was working (in good faith) on the team to recover the country from a nose dive and prevent world war 3. But it is ok to disagree on whether those things actually are real imminent risks to fix.



How can someone in good faith try to “recover” a nation governed by laws by publicly flouting the law?


Those laws aren’t for them, as much as we want to believe it. You can’t sue them, and presidents are basically immune from prosecution.


That argument feels entirely circular to me

Why are you ok with the president being above the law? That idea was not considered normal even a couple years ago


The key fact here is that the president was elected by the people in a time of crisis (both for the country and the world). Laws are not perfect, sometimes you have to be bold and take risks. The election is a seal of trust to get the job done.

Now if a president is not doing their job, not improving the lives of the citizens, and doing things for personal gain, that's another matter. That was more of a description of the previous administration, but I know I will probably get some downvotes here for saying so.

Removing data about provably unfair things like DEI is only going to upset people who still are hanging on to any hope that it will return. BTW, I check several of the boxes for DEI, and I'd rather it be gone as well. That ship has sailed and the president decided it is time to move past that phase for the greater good. I wouldn't call that an abuse of power. And even if it was, the same people saying so cried wolf so many times before, that it undermined trust in the system of checks and balances. So here we are.




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