This is the very essence of the difference that should exist between a President and a King. From Federalist 69:

The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law. The person of the king of Great Britain is sacred and inviolable; there is no constitutional tribunal to which he is amenable; no punishment to which he can be subjected without involving the crisis of a national revolution. In this delicate and important circumstance of personal responsibility, the President of Confederated America would stand upon no better ground than a governor of New York, and upon worse ground than the governors of Maryland and Delaware.

The failure of the Republican party to support this kind of check on Presidential power is why we’re having this crisis now.

  • @fluxion
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    221 day ago

    We haven’t done a whole lot lately to endear ourselves to allies and partner nations unfortunately

    • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
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      23 hours ago

      Sadly a lot of the people who will get fucked the hardest, like myself, are also the kinda people who agree with the frustrations of allied and partnered nations, yet will get judged based on the behavior of magats instead of the fact that we don’t want any of the shit the US is doing but can’t change anything.

      • @[email protected]
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        622 hours ago

        Unironically why I refer to myself as Californian to known foreigners, rather than American. Have had 3 different people tell me that helped them at least be ready to see me as one of the less idiotic ones to begin with, so it worked as intended

        Fucking sad, really