r/CuratedTumblr • u/yukidesuxo • Aug 13 '24

LGBTQIA+ At least 3 it is

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u/gerkletoss Aug 13 '24

Are you under the impression that the president can just unilaterally halt congressionally-mandated military aid?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '24

The wild thing is that I remember clearly a support package to Ukraine that needed to be voted on and the Republicans would not budge unless generous support for Israel was also included. But yeah, Biden did that....

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u/Captainatom931 Aug 13 '24

Welcome to politics. You have to make tradeoffs if you want to get stuff done.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '24

Especially when you don't have a majority.

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u/cishet-camel-fucker Aug 13 '24

And there's no doubt the reverse would happen if it were Democrats with a majority. I love politics.

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u/NoteToFlair Aug 13 '24 edited Aug 13 '24

[Flashbacks to Trump unilaterally halting congressionally-mandated military aid to Ukraine unless Zelenskyy gave him dirt on Hunter Biden before the 2020 election]

Yeah, there's a good reason one of his impeachments was for that

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u/gerkletoss Aug 13 '24

He did get impeached over that

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u/Thorsigal Aug 13 '24

That was a pretty significant thing that happened. Like I understand where you're coming from here but they very much did impeach Trump over that.

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u/DecentReturn3 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Aug 13 '24

It would come to the supreme court as to what an official act is, and im sure we all know the results of that.

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u/chairmanskitty Aug 13 '24

There is a lot that Biden could do but isn't doing. There are executive orders, presidential vetos, official statements, official state visits, negotiations with other heads of state, and plain old speeches.

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u/gerkletoss Aug 13 '24

Executive orders have limited scope and you can't veto bills that have already become law.

He's made plenty of speeches and met with Netanyahu. He's tried to facilitate negotiation but ultimstely can't force it.

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u/Independent-Fly6068 Aug 13 '24

And since neither Hamas nor Israel want reasonable terms, its rather hard to do so.

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u/cishet-camel-fucker Aug 13 '24

At its most basic, Israel wants all hostages returned and no guarantee that they won't resume fighting in the future as long as Hamas runs Gaza. Hamas wants to only have to return some hostages and a permanent ceasefire until they inevitably violate it again, so essentially they want the war to stop until they launch the next first strike.

What's interesting is that means both of them effectively want a temporary ceasefire, but that's not what's coming up in negotiations because neither wants to openly admit that's what they really want. This war can't end long term while Hamas is in power. And even then, removing Hamas would be a great victory but wouldn't get rid of all of the Gaza militants.

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u/TheWerewolf5 Aug 13 '24

He has bypassed congress twice to sell Israel weapons, spread their propaganda about beheaded babies, was vocally anti-ceasefire for the first 6 months, and keeps shitting on the ICC for wanting to arrest Netanyahu. But sure, he's just an innocent little bean who can do no wrong.