Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Could Donald Trump stretch the power of the presidency?| BBC Americast" video.

  1. In 2014, Obama issued an executive order to defer deportations for millions of undocumented immigrants, a move that was challenged in court. The Supreme Court blocked the order, but Obama continued to defend his actions, stating that he believed it was the right thing to do despite the court's ruling.
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  2. @ Yes, it was substantial and give a real foundation to the coming American position in the world. Get used to it, the Dems ceded the next 12 years to the GOP
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  3. 22nd Amendment does allow for a 3rd term under certain circumstances, and it does not restrict Trump from running as Vice-President. If that team won, the the President stepped down, the VP would be president. That does not violate the 22nd Amendment.
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  4. Governor Gavin Newsom of California has taken actions that has defied U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decisions, particularly in relation to gun control and homelessness policies.
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  5. Executive defying SCOTUS is not unprecedented, Andrew Jackson did it, too. Check out the SCOTUS ruling on Cherokee Nation vs Georgia.
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  6. FALSE: Franklin D Roosevelt went to war with American courts for his programs, too. America is 37 trillion dollars in debt and needs Trump and Doge to work their magic. FDR even tried to "pack the court" to get his stuff through.
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  7. @ FALSE: 58% of the Electoral College vote. We are not a pure Democracy. Bill Clinton in 1992 only got 43% of the popular vote. Civics 101.
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  8. @ I'm a Dem in California, voted for Trump, he's keeping his promised to me across the board.
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  9.  @rasmuslampposselt3564  I registered as a Dem in 1973, but even prior to that I worked on the campaign of George McGovern in 1972. I first voted in 1974 for Jerry Brown to be governor of California. In 1976 my home hosted Dem Presidential candidate Sen Fred Harris and his wife LaDonna, in 1980 mayor Tom Bradley came to a family wedding because we were all Dem workers, I met Maxine Waters, she was just a junior Congresswoman, hate in her eyes even then, I much preferred Yvonne Braithwaite Burke. My step-mom was a delegate to the 1980 democratic convention, the one Kennedy tried to coup Carter, I also met Willie Brown about that time. I'm a Dem, and rattled that off top of my head, easy to fact check the timeline. The Dem party moved away from reality about 35 years ago, especially here in California when Willie Brown took over the State House Leadership. I lived in Pelosi's district in 1986 when Kamala attended school at Hastings, used to shop with Willie Brown at the Safeway in the Fillmore District. I did not vote for a King/Dictator, but for active leadership, someone aligned with my nation/state values, and against globalist/socialist elites that hate America and want to see it weak and side-lined. Trump fits that bill for me. I'm about to turn 70, good luck, I'm about to leave the playing field, all yours.
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  10. Talk about a loser. FAFO.
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  11. Trump is acting to REDUCE Executive Power by cutting these agencies like the DOE.
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  12. Elon is not "Thomas Cromwell". That's hysterically ignorant. Elon is a private citizen, an employee on paper. The Chancellor of the Exchequer equivalent would be Secretary of Treasury, Scott Bessent.
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  13. 21:00 Yes, the Chevron SCOTUS decision bigger than the immunity case. Thank you.
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  14. UK ignorant of how this is working out. You, BBC, are not helping to educate them.
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  15. 20:22 The SCOTUS ruling did not change the immunity clause for Presidents. It was always there, just never adjudicated, and why the court sent it back down. You are really muddled.
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  16. ? Huh you've been saying that a long time.
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