Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that presidents should have total immunity, even for "events that cross the line."

The former president has made clear once again that he believes the office should have absolute power

The D.C. Federal Court of Appeals is expected to hand down a decision on Donald Trump’s claim to “absolute” presidential immunity any day now, and the former president is upping his public pressure campaign for a favorable decision.

Early Thursday morning, Trump took to Truth Social to rant about the exemption he believes a president — or former president — should have from prosecution over crimes committed while in office. “EVEN EVENTS THAT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD,” Trump wrote.

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The former president argued that without total blanket immunity, the chief executive would be stripped of the “authority and decisiveness” necessary to carry out their duties in office. “Sometimes you just have to live with ‘great but slightly imperfect,’” he wrote in the all-caps post.

  • dharwin
    38•11 months ago

    So, Biden can just throw Trump in jail right now, or assassinate him? Cool, cool. Donny isn’t too bright, is he.

    • @tacosplease
      14•11 months ago

      It’s not hard to make an argument that he is a threat to national security.

      • @tym
        12•11 months ago

        Wasn’t there a couple by the name of Rosenberg that also took classified documents and gave them to countries in Asia? What ever happened to them?