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turbinetree

(24,695 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:12 AM Oct 2019

Trump advertised he would be a corrupt president in the first hour after he was sworn in -- here is h

Published 1 min ago
on October 19, 2019

By Tom Boggioni

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-advertised-he-would-be-a-corrupt-president-in-the-first-hour-after-he-was-sworn-in-here-is-how/

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Trump advertised he would be a corrupt president in the first hour after he was sworn in -- here is h (Original Post) turbinetree Oct 2019 OP

Trump started his time in office by lying before God with his hand on the Bible. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #1

He has a loophole in the oath he swore, though... SeattleVet Oct 2019 #2

keithbvadu2

(36,762 posts)

1. Trump started his time in office by lying before God with his hand on the Bible.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 12:04 PM

Oct 2019

Trump started his time in office by lying before God with his hand on the Bible.

He swore to uphold the Constitution and immediately broke that oath.

Emoluments

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)

2. He has a loophole in the oath he swore, though...

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 19, 2019, 01:44 PM

Oct 2019

it clearly states, "and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution..."

He has zero ability. An airtight defense in this case, as anyone with any functioning neurons at all can see that it is true.

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