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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (150488)	1/20/2020 2:02:38 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 354242

"It is no more absurd than your support for Obama's single handed decision to give Iran nuclear weapons" It's not as absurd as thinking that the event you just described actually happened.

To: i-node who wrote (150488)	1/20/2020 2:08:42 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Recommended By CentralParkRanger Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 354242

A subsequent president would further be within his right to reverse the decision on Alaska How would you reverse that once the Russians had settled in? You'd have to stage a military invasion to take it back. As a practical matter, taking Alaska would be no different from invading France or Brazil or any country to which we had no prior claim.

To: i-node who wrote (150488)	1/20/2020 2:15:24 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 354242

Um, the scenario as described is not under the rule of law. The US bought Alaska from Russia. There is no legal provision for a president to void that sale. Now Congress could change it, the president could not. Now a king might have that power. But the US does not have one. Despite what some segments of his human centipede might think. The Dersh is as FOS as you are with regards to the Mango Mussolini.

To: i-node who wrote (150488)	1/20/2020 3:07:10 PM
From: CentralParkRanger	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Respond to of 354242

Assume Putin decides to ‘retake’ Alaska, the way he ‘retook’ Crimea. Assume further that a president allows him to do it, because he believed that Russia has a legitimate claim to ‘its’ original territory… That would be terrible, but would it be impeachable? Not under the text of the Constitution.” So, treason is not an impeachable offence??? Great legal point of view... It is no more absurd than your support for Obama's single handed decision to give Iran nuclear weapons. You got a misprint - it was Trump who gave Iran nuclear weapons, not Obama.