When asked about deploying the National Guard to Chicago, Trump said, "I'm the President... I have the right to do anything I want." But as his push to expand the Guard’s role grows, the question looms: Does he have the power to control U.S. cities?
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sep 7, 2025, 11:38 pm • 4 0 • view
Then he acts like a dictator. I doubt that he has the power to do that.
sep 8, 2025, 5:26 am • 1 0 • view
Our founders hated monarchy, absolute rule by one person. They created a,system of checks and balances, and three co- equal branches of government to prevent one person holding too much power. His statement is unamerican.
sep 7, 2025, 11:29 pm • 3 0 • view
No.
sep 7, 2025, 10:54 pm • 0 0 • view
The fuck he does! He's our employee. He's supposed to work for every American. Someone needs to remind him of this!
sep 7, 2025, 10:49 pm • 0 0 • view
No, and you know that, stop writing these fucking Clickbait headlines.
sep 7, 2025, 10:48 pm • 3 0 • view
Would someone ask Trump if there is ANYTHING he CAN’T do.
sep 7, 2025, 11:58 pm • 0 0 • view
He thinks he does and Maga Congress won't use their power and SCOTUS won't stop him, so who can stop him?
sep 7, 2025, 10:43 pm • 3 0 • view
Thanks to SCOTUS, he thinks he can do anything he wants.
sep 8, 2025, 1:07 am • 1 0 • view
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sep 8, 2025, 3:54 am • 0 0 • view
Is there anyone left in the room to remind him he serves the people on the United States? I cannot take much more of this!!!
sep 7, 2025, 10:36 pm • 4 0 • view
“Of” not on
sep 7, 2025, 10:52 pm • 1 0 • view
The people who SHOULD be reminding him need to be reminded themselves about what a PUBLIC SERVANT is!!
sep 7, 2025, 11:28 pm • 0 0 • view
sep 7, 2025, 10:41 pm • 1 0 • view
There are a lot of powers he says he has which he does not. He probably even believes what he says, as he's completely ignorant about our system of government. The question is: Who's going to tell him? And who's going to stop him??
sep 7, 2025, 10:38 pm • 16 3 • view
No. States are like their own sovereign countries. We are like the European Union but bigger that’s it. The federal government is there to work for us. The federal government is there to help with the greater good of the country as a whole. Not just places that voted for or kissed trumps ass
sep 8, 2025, 1:10 am • 0 0 • view
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sep 8, 2025, 12:30 am • 1 0 • view
No...he doesn't. He should be forced to obey all our laws... and if he doesn't he needs impeachment and jail.
sep 7, 2025, 10:49 pm • 0 0 • view
NO. He clearly does not.
sep 7, 2025, 10:41 pm • 1 0 • view
NO. HOW IS THAT A QUESTION
sep 7, 2025, 10:35 pm • 25 1 • view
In 2017, a Yale University specialist in managing dangerous violent crazy people told everyone he's "a dangerous violent madman who should be confined away from weapons and power." Common sense tells us not to allow crazy people into our lives as partners, employers, or employees. Who did this?
sep 7, 2025, 10:43 pm • 5 1 • view
When his troops roll in to prevent elections, media will have themselves to thank for destruction of democracy.
sep 7, 2025, 10:43 pm • 6 1 • view
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sep 7, 2025, 11:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Exactly
sep 7, 2025, 10:51 pm • 1 0 • view
This is absolutely a test run for November. How will states respond today, how will they counter on election day.
sep 7, 2025, 10:51 pm • 5 0 • view
Nope
sep 7, 2025, 10:59 pm • 0 0 • view
He doesn’t care if he has the power or not. He’ll do what he wants. Real question is how far are governors willing to go to protect their citizens from a violent fascist psychopath? Will governors activate their National Guard troops to protect each other?
sep 7, 2025, 11:23 pm • 0 0 • view
maybe he should send the national guard to help out the farmers in Arkansas?
sep 7, 2025, 10:41 pm • 3 0 • view
This cheap SoB is just a nothing burger full of lying bluster And:
sep 7, 2025, 10:54 pm • 0 0 • view
sep 7, 2025, 11:24 pm • 1 0 • view
He doesn't have the power but he'll take it anyway and all those Republicans who said Obama acted like he is a king will let him. They are stealing our country. tRump said he hates Democrats.
sep 7, 2025, 10:52 pm • 0 0 • view
There it is. That’s the mango moose’s mindset right there.
sep 8, 2025, 1:02 am • 1 0 • view
(SCOTUS): We'll allow it....
sep 7, 2025, 10:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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sep 7, 2025, 10:40 pm • 1 1 • view
No
sep 7, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
Why didn't a Reporter ask him why he thinks he has so much power when there are 3 Branches of Government?
sep 7, 2025, 10:41 pm • 3 0 • view
Because they're complicit
sep 7, 2025, 10:43 pm • 3 0 • view
It's all about revenue.
sep 7, 2025, 11:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, Trump has the power to "take" whatever he wants! But, he can only take power if parties, willingly or unwillingly, "give" their own power away. #resist #unify Hold tight to your power #Chicago 🚫👑in🇺🇸
sep 8, 2025, 2:57 am • 1 0 • view
Nooooooo!
sep 7, 2025, 11:31 pm • 0 0 • view
He's sure he's king of the world now.... soon enough, he'll just shoot someone on 5th Ave like he said he could. And he's glad his guardrails are off so he can shoot protestors in the legs now that no one will stop him. I remember when he wanted HIS BROWNSHIRTS to carry bayonet on their guns.
sep 7, 2025, 10:48 pm • 0 0 • view
I hope the governor of Illinois has the law suit ready to go, as soon as a National Guard members foot touches the ground. I hope the state's police are ready to arrest any Gestapo agent, that can't provide ID and badge.
sep 8, 2025, 6:21 pm • 1 0 • view
This isn’t a question, the states have sovereign rights. You don’t send a red state army to a blue state and not expect a conflict.
sep 7, 2025, 10:45 pm • 10 0 • view
Does he have the power? NO, but since when does that stop him from trying. He respects no limitations from any outside source.
sep 8, 2025, 1:51 am • 0 0 • view
There are a lot of people saying no, the President doesn't have that authority. However, no one is doing anything about it, and the National Guard is following orders from tRump. If this was a banana republic, the USA would send in the troops. But, this is the USA!
sep 8, 2025, 2:38 am • 0 0 • view
Trump appealing to SCOTUS, "I'm the President... I have the right to do anything I want..... Right???"
sep 7, 2025, 10:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Insane madman
sep 7, 2025, 10:52 pm • 0 0 • view
"Does he have the power to control U.S. cities?" in a word, NO. add another word, FUCK NO.
sep 8, 2025, 12:42 am • 2 0 • view
Read article by military historian who said an occupying army has to be of a certain proportion of the population to be effective. The US requires an occupying force of 20 million. So no, not possible.
sep 7, 2025, 10:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Nope
sep 8, 2025, 4:50 am • 0 0 • view
No.
sep 8, 2025, 2:11 am • 1 0 • view
Judge Charles Breyer's definitive answer was "No". Deployment violates Posse Comitatus. Of course, even if the 9th Circuit lifts its administrative stay, the open question is whether SCOTUS will render the same decision before it's too late?
sep 8, 2025, 12:11 am • 2 0 • view
We know we can’t count on this SCOTUS Heritage majority to do the right thing. They care only about political advantage over law, serving the wealthy & corps over US citizens. #CorruptSCOTUSSix
sep 8, 2025, 1:18 am • 2 0 • view
Trump wants to be able to use wartime presidential powers so he used the military to blow up a Venezuelan boat, is attacking LA and Chicago, and changing the name of the DOD to the DOW. He is determined to be at war.
sep 7, 2025, 10:58 pm • 2 0 • view
Currently we are without a government and without a SCOTUS given their loyalty & fealty to the felon instead of the constitution or the rule of law. It no longer exists since the criminal regained the nuclear codes and has the majorities filled with yesmen and bootlickers.
sep 7, 2025, 10:36 pm • 8 0 • view
He does not have the right to do anything he wants. Unfortunately, Republicans control the Congress and they are letting him get away with it.
sep 8, 2025, 1:19 am • 1 0 • view
No, never!
sep 7, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Why is anyone normalizing anything that he is saying?
sep 7, 2025, 11:21 pm • 2 0 • view
Thank you, SCOTUS. Biden should have locked him up by using his power.
sep 7, 2025, 10:49 pm • 0 0 • view
He has the right to release the Epstein files....how about jumping on that, Tubby....
sep 8, 2025, 10:05 am • 0 0 • view
Absolutely not
sep 7, 2025, 10:45 pm • 1 0 • view
According to our laws and our Constitution, the answer is no, but according to SCOTUS, the body that has the final say on everything that happens in our country, the answer is a resounding YES.
sep 7, 2025, 11:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Way too much reverence afforded to the position of president—he and previous presidents are treated like kings. Prime ministers are not given this pumped up status. Trump is acting how he feels!
sep 7, 2025, 11:41 pm • 1 1 • view
💯
sep 8, 2025, 1:19 am • 1 0 • view
Can some one with mixing tools cut this soundbite together with the Access Hollywood tape?
sep 7, 2025, 10:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Hell no.
sep 8, 2025, 1:05 am • 1 0 • view
NO HE DOES NOT.
sep 7, 2025, 11:36 pm • 0 0 • view
sep 7, 2025, 10:36 pm • 1 0 • view
He doesn’t even have the power to take control of his bowels.
sep 7, 2025, 10:40 pm • 4 0 • view
sep 7, 2025, 10:44 pm • 3 0 • view
😂😜😝
sep 7, 2025, 10:53 pm • 0 0 • view
No he doesn't. But this congress rubberstamps all his crazy ideas and the supre court is now the supreme sellouts. So yes, he CAN do whatever he wants.
sep 7, 2025, 10:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Who is going to join or stay in the guard if this is how they are used?
sep 7, 2025, 11:21 pm • 0 0 • view
He fucking doesn’t!
sep 7, 2025, 11:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Hey John Roberts, see the monster you created?!!
sep 7, 2025, 10:56 pm • 5 0 • view
1984 is here. We have no time to waste. Democracy must win.
sep 7, 2025, 10:38 pm • 7 0 • view
No
sep 7, 2025, 11:28 pm • 1 0 • view
He’s going to do it anyway unless someone stops him. He has control of the military, National Guard, DOJ and law enforcement. Who’s going to stop him? Trump’s dictatorship is complete.
sep 8, 2025, 12:47 am • 0 0 • view
No. He does not.
sep 7, 2025, 11:00 pm • 0 0 • view
This is all about the Epstein files. Every last one of them including Supreme Court judges. They are the scared ones. They want us to believe they have the power but ultimately we do. They are doomed if they don’t take control and give it to go away.
sep 7, 2025, 10:45 pm • 5 0 • view
Hmmm. Thinking you meant the UNSupreme Court 😉
sep 7, 2025, 10:50 pm • 0 0 • view
He doesn't have absolute power, nor a basic understanding of The Constitution.
sep 7, 2025, 10:49 pm • 0 0 • view
NO. There, answered it for you.
sep 7, 2025, 11:13 pm • 0 0 • view
Court's already said this is illegal. Now the supreme court needs to put their stamp on it and put some cops on him for a change.
sep 7, 2025, 10:40 pm • 4 0 • view
You mean the UNSUPREME Court?
sep 7, 2025, 10:53 pm • 0 0 • view
He owns the Supreme Court sadly, the law no longer matters.
sep 7, 2025, 10:43 pm • 3 0 • view
No it is illegal unless there is a clear danger of enemy attack,etc. And if a governor says don’t come in their city? It’s illegal if he tries it. The lawsuit on trump in the LA case? Ruled unlawfu. DC has special rules where trump was legally able to do that. Called the Home Rule Act of 1973.
sep 7, 2025, 11:54 pm • 2 0 • view
He does unless he’s impeached and removed. That’s the short of it. The law clearly matters nothing to him. And the long of it is: he does unless he’s impeached, removed, AND so long as he leaves or is forced to as required.
sep 8, 2025, 12:08 pm • 0 0 • view
This is exactly what he thinks. Many justices on the SCOTUS have given him a sense of cover that has only exacerbated his moving forward on his personal agenda with any belief that there are any / no boundaries.
sep 7, 2025, 11:25 pm • 1 0 • view
And the citizens of this country are paying the price every day. This so-called admin is ruining the US.
sep 8, 2025, 1:24 am • 0 0 • view
I’ve mentioned the book “Everything Trump Touches Dies” by Rick Wilson many times. The title seems so prophetic. I refuse to be discouraged - no matter what’s on the surface. I choose to believe that the citizens will claw back to the true foundation of the U.S. The recent protests are heartening
sep 8, 2025, 1:36 am • 0 0 • view
No he doesn’t. Read the 10th amendment and the following cases that support states are sovereign. The 10th was written to protect states from tyranny.
sep 7, 2025, 10:46 pm • 8 1 • view
NO, he doesn't have this power! Congress needs 2 do the job they were asked 2 do by those who voted them in, not the FELON who continues 2 break the law. Honestly, I'm getting bored repeating this sentiment when nobody is stopping him. #UnFuckingPresidential #UnFuckingAmerican #UnFuckingBelievable
sep 7, 2025, 10:42 pm • 2 0 • view
No, we don't have a dictator/king, the US is not an autocracy/monarchy. Corporate media are such suck-ups, Trump's ridiculous statements go unquestioned/unchallenged, and we become numb to emerging fascism.
sep 7, 2025, 10:40 pm • 17 1 • view
But you do. Your words are only true past tense. Until you go out by the tens of millions in peaceful protests, every day, for weeks or months, this will not change.
sep 8, 2025, 6:11 am • 0 0 • view
Hitler, Stalin, can you see it yet?
sep 7, 2025, 10:42 pm • 4 0 • view
MGA doesn’t. Sheep to slaughter. They haven’t realized it yet!
sep 7, 2025, 10:52 pm • 2 0 • view
Anything he wants. Including to die in prison as a traitor.
sep 8, 2025, 6:09 am • 0 0 • view