I still want to know about how a member of leadership from a foreign country could visit a host country, insult the host, attempt to make a propaganda film to support the forced annexation of that country, and repeatedly state their intentions to take the country by force if necessary and not have it be considered a declaration of war.
Seriously, if this were literally any other time in human history or any other country involved, bombs would have been dropping by now.
Do you think a man who kept national security secrets in a golf club bathroom actually gives half a rat's ass about security?
Because he has money. At that level, they apologize to you for the inconvenience and ask one of your representatives to come in and negotiate a possible surrender if you can fit it into your schedule.
You know the saying that if you owe the bank $1000 you have a problem, but if you owe the bank $100 million, they have a problem? Or how when you've got that much money, you're not "crazy", you're just "eccentric"?
Same basic thing here. Musk didn't commit a crime; it's a "civil matter". He's not going to be arrested. He'll just be "sued". If the AG wants to try to butt heads with Trump and try to arrest Musk, the AG is going to be the one with the problem.
What, you didn't think the law applied to them, did you?
That's for poor people.
From the article, bolding mine:
Trump’s joint task force to combat antisemitism welcomed Armstrong’s resignation, calling it “an important step toward advancing negotiations as set forth in the pre-conditional understanding reached last Friday” in a statement.
While it doesn't give specifics, this statement makes it sound like she was probably targeted by Trump and was given a choice by the university to either resign or be forced out.
The hypocrisy of Vance demanding Waltz's resignation for a phone call that he himself was involved in. Vance was spewing just as much classified diarrhea as everyone else on that call. They all should resign.
Ok, so apparently you have no clue how the justice system works.
See, the first thing that they check is the size of your net worth. Musk gets the platinum tier. Which basically means he gets to do what he wants while his laywers hire lawyers who's junior associates actually do the work. And despite them being a huge flight risk due to having private planes, boats, and all-but-unlimited resources at their disposal, they're given the most lenient, unsupervised release conditions.
It's also important to note that those on that level get the privilege of being able to ignore bail conditions, court orders, or other restrictions a minimum of ten times. And after that, the judge threatens to hold hearings asking him why they shouldn't hold more hearings discussing the possibility of imposing monetary fines that are the equivalent of couch cushion change as a punishment. Members of the platinum tier aren't subject to consequences that are typically reserved for lower tiers. At Gold, they can threaten you with it without actually imposing it. At platinum, they don't even bother doing that.
And in the rare case that actual punishments are imposed on them, they get to remain free for a time to "get their affairs in order" and often also get to arrange the terms of their own incarceration, such as when they'll surrender to custody, serving only on weekends or evenings, or even "house arrest" (legalspeak for "no punishment at all, but we'll pretend it is"). They are often also allowed to remain free during the appeals process, which they have the opportunity to drag out indefinitely.
Few on the platinum tier even have to suffer the indignity of having to walk inside a courtroom, much less a jail cell.
I understand that you were looking at our court system from the point of view of one of us filthy commoners. I'm just here to clear up any misconceptions and make sure you understand that the US government considers people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump more equal than you and deserving of a justice system that caters towards giving them the little extras in life that they obviously deserve because they were born rich. If you don't like being one of the poors, try being born rich next time.
He's richer.
Heck, he's richer than a lot of them combined.
Let me know when an actual arrest warrant is issued. Until then, this is political theater.
I get where you're coming from, but this argument doesn't really work any more.
Disney fought DeSantis because the rule of law largely still existed and open extortion wasn't ruling the day. The idea that a President could openly extort law firms, media conglomerates, the ultra-rich, and even other countries with complete and total impunity was laughable. Not even Trump would be that brazen. And even in a battle of a state government vs. a multibillion dollar corporation, the courtroom was at least a level playing field.
But that was so 4 years ago. Times have changed. Jeff Bezos bent the knee. Multiple billion-dollar law firms have bent the knee. All three big networks (NBC, CBS, ABC) have all bent the knee. Several universities have bent the knee. Countries like Canada were even willing to dedicate billions of dollars to appease Trump rather than incur his wrath.
It's one thing when you have a war chest the size of Disney and are willing to fight through a court system where they had a fair shot. But Trump and the US government are one of the few entities that have an even bigger war chest than Disney could ever dream of, the backing of the US government, and a court system that has repeatedly shown to be willing to kowtow to Trump.
Doesn't matter how big Disney's war chest is if they have to battle through a rigged MAGA court system where the outcome is about as pre-determined as a pro wrestling match. And if Disney realizes this, they'll probably offer to settle with Trump very quickly. This is not a battle that Disney can win if Trump is that determined. Trump simply has a much bigger war chest and many, many more tools at his disposal that Disney has no answer for.
I still refuse to understand how the hell Pituffik exists.
The US is literally threatening to take territory of one of its own allies by force. I am absolutely amazed that this wasn't interpreted as a declaration of war itself. The first thing Denmark should have done is demanded the closure of that base, expelling US diplomats, and telling Vance and his convoy to go fuck themselves.
And if you want to go see just how much of an alternate reality the MAGA crowd lives in, go to a conservative subreddit. They are literally using the Russian playbook and claiming that citizens of Greenland want to be a part of the US and are welcoming this with open arms while discussing news reports of protests with people holding signs saying 'Yankees Go Home'.
And no, it's not because Greenland really hates New York baseball teams. They literally couldn't find a single family willing to host the VP and his family for a propaganda video and had to cut the trip due to the reaction, and they're painting this as a win.
They are literally doing to Greenland what Russia does to Ukraine in order to justify forced annexation.
I'm dumbfounded. Completely dumbfounded.
Trump is literally telling French companies operating in France that they have to comply with his Executive Orders.
French companies. In France. How fucking arrogant do you have to be?
Between insulting Denmark, threatening Greenland, and now trying to tell French companies how to conduct business, the entirety of Europe needs to start collectively standing up and telling Trump exactly how far he can go fuck off. Because he is not going to stop. If this goes unanswered, he will consider your ignorance as capitulation and therefore weakness and start making more batfuck stupid demands and act as if he genuinely believes he rules over your country.
Mark my words, Trump's next step is ordering tariffs on something from France because of their DEI policies. I give it 7 days.