Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

[Hume]

If you say that is fascism then you do not know what fascism is.

And "fighting terrorism" is the job of the Executive. The argument can be made that both acted within their authority.

I learned about fascism in high school. Did you?

 

[Damocles]

I learned about fascism in high school. Did you?

And in college, at church, etc.

Bombing terrorists is not fascism. Even if you and I do not agree on the necessity. That was never the purpose, process, or part of any Fascist government. It's absurd to equate it. Any activity you do not like is not "fascism". You could call it "unconstitutional" and make an argument for that. But jamming that square peg into that triangle hole every time you dislike something someone does just shows you do not know what it meant.

 

[Hume]

And in college, at church, etc.

Good.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Obama Administration Claims Unchecked Authority To Kill Americans Outside Combat Zones | American Civil Liberties Union

Federal Court Hears Arguments Today In ACLU And CCR Case Challenging Administration's Claimed Authority To Assassinate Americans It Designates Threats...

www.aclu.org

 

[AProudLefty]

Strawmen claims make you a brainless scarecrow.

Was I wrong?

No gifs this time?

 

[Into the Night]

The guy is insane. No joke.

Step 3. Throw insults.

 

[Into the Night]

So, all Presidents have a right to illegally kill people?

Step 4. Repeat until dead.
Step 1. Pronounce Doom and Gloom.

 

[Into the Night]

So, Presidents are above the law. Why we have fascism.

Go learn what 'fascism' means, Hugo. It does NOT mean 'capitalism'

 

[Jarod]

The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.

By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill a group of people aboard what he said was a drug-smuggling boat, President Trump used the military in a way that had no clear legal precedent or basis, according to specialists in the laws of war and executive power.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/trump-drug-smugglers-military.html

Remember how they cried when Obama drones some terrorist in the Middle East

 

[Into the Night]

It's ridiculous that you are imagining posts that aren't there.

Imagining things again?

Was I wrong?

No gifs this time?

Roll them dice!

 

[Into the Night]

I learned about fascism in high school. Did you?

You obviously never did. You don't even know what the word means or how it's defined.

 

[AProudLefty]

Roll them dice!

You still are locked in a paradox. Only you can resolve it.