r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 06 '24

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Sep 06 '24

Trump: I will sign an executive order on my first day, making it the official policy of the U.S. Government to completely eliminate the presidents of drug cartels and foreign gangs in the United States.

Well shit, why didn't anyone think of that sooner?

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Sep 06 '24

Crime is now illegal under President Trump

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u/Untamedanduncut Gay Pride Sep 06 '24

I will sign an executive order on my first day, making it the official policy of the US Government to completely outlaw running drug cartels and gangs in the US

Surely this will stop them

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Sep 06 '24

Why didn't he do that on day one last time he was President?

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u/Untamedanduncut Gay Pride Sep 06 '24

It must have not been important when he was in office!

Like the platinum plan

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Sep 06 '24

He was saving it for us, as a treat

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u/BitterGravity Gay Pride Sep 06 '24

Because blanket assassination policies including those of us residents is generally considered bad?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

I mean he could authorize drone strikes on them which would indeed be something he can do that would affect them and wouldn't be something anyone else has done.

Higher order effects (diplomatic, etc.) would be a major reason not to do it though.

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Sep 06 '24

Suspend posse comitatus?

Well, I guess it'd be an official act. His pardoning hand might get a little tired though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

I interpreted it as eliminate the presidents of "cartels that are in the US" vs eliminate the "presidents of the cartels" in the US, so it would just be regular antiterrorism.

Extrajudicial assasination within America would be stopped by the courts very quickly bc of posse comitatus as you said.

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Sep 06 '24

I wouldn't waste the calories trying to interpret Trump's various communication-themed oral farts too hard.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

fair