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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet's not let Trump off easy by simply calling him a figurehead or a pawn.
He may have Steve Bannon whispering orders in his ear but legally he is the President of the United States and the buck stops with him. And his ratification of every suggestion that his underlings give him makes him primarily complicit on everything that goes forward.
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Let's not let Trump off easy by simply calling him a figurehead or a pawn. (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2017
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JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)1. Go one more step - he is a REPUBLICAN President
The Republicans must be forced to own this forever.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)4. Precisely.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)2. And the GOP
They are one.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)3. Yep. Trump owns this nightmare and
the GOP is complicit.
DK504
(3,847 posts)5. It is his name on all these unconstitutional orders.
He and his Nazi administration will own this for the ages. May they be spit upon.
Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)6. No worries there. Trump has the title. He gets the blame.
Not just him, but he's at the top of the list.
Still, Trump is a puppet in many ways, but he wants the things that are happening because he's a piece of shit.