r/politics • u/Squawk_7777 • 4h ago
No Paywall Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett
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u/teddykaygeebee 4h ago
Pretty telling he only wanted them for his own self interest and not the interest of we the people.
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u/R2-D2Vandelay I voted 4h ago
Normal people have known this for at least 10 years. The cult will never care.
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u/horst-graben 3h ago
Yep... I've never hated an opposing American view point so much that I'd want someone like Trump in a position of power just to get back at them.
Forget Trump's policies for a moment and just look at the human. He's a disgusting specimen. That alone should be sufficient.
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u/chipmunksocute 3h ago
I get all the reasons assholes might like Trump - racism, hate, white supremacy, whatever - but hes SUCH a piece of shit Ill never understand it. He genuinely has no redeeming qualities as a person, hw embodies almost every negative personality trait imaginable.
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u/R2-D2Vandelay I voted 3h ago
And on top of that, Trump genuinely doesn't give a fuck about his followers. They served him a purpose already and now he's just doing whatever he wants while they are all suffering the consequences.
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u/Sregtur 2h ago
And yet his sheep will wear “Trump 2028” flags as they fail to make their next month’s rent payment, have to skip their next trip to the rising gas costs, and struggle to feed their children nutritional meals to skyrocketing food prices. Since 2016, it blows my mind how his cult followers vote against their own self interests.
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u/Big-Dig-Pig 3h ago
It’s wild. He’s stupid, he’s insecure, he’s lazy, he’s impulsive, he’s a compulsive liar, he’s tacky, he’s vulgar, he’s petty, he’s incapable of analysis or reflection, he is the most uniquely self-centered and self-interested person on the planet, and he’s even an incompetent manager and bad with money. Political positions aside, it’s hard to imagine someone with worse personal character.
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u/VanceKelley Canada 1h ago
He embodies each of the 7 Deadly Sins.
- Pride
- Greed
- Lust
- Envy
- Gluttony
- Wrath
- Sloth
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u/chipmunksocute 2h ago
All these years on Ive accepted it's genuinely a cult but still...fucking crazy they support him even after the endless ways he keeps fucking over his supporters. But thats a cult for ya I suppose. No one wants to admit they got conned.
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u/Half_Cent 1h ago
My fundamentalist in-laws believe he's born again and been chosen by God. There is literally nothing anyone can do that will convince them otherwise.
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u/derf_desserts 3h ago
He's the 7 sins wrapped up in orange covered blubber.
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u/CeceWobbles 2h ago
Yep. If you ask what Jesus would do and then do the exact opposite with every thought, word, and action, you'd be Trump.
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u/KzooCurmudgeon 3h ago
He also hates military personnel and POWs which used to be their bread and butter
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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 2h ago
Literally all of the worst aspects of humanity rolled into one sentient fatberg.
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u/tierciel 4h ago
It's only telling if you weren't paying attention to the last 10+ years. Trump has only ever done something for other people accidentally when he was trying to enrich himself, everyone not living under a rock has known this for a decade now
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u/leagle89 3h ago
"I'm starting to get the feeling that this Trump guy might not be on the up and up."
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u/Smok3dSalmon 3h ago
Their nomination was to repay debts to those who helped put him in office. This was the deal he made with the zealots who branded him as a man of faith.
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u/Competitive_Plate694 3h ago
He completed the 50 year long sole mission of the American Evangelical right: put enough justices on the bench willing to overturn Roe V Wade and allow abortion to be criminalized again. He has served his purpose and now they do not give a single fuck about him.
They have continued to give him support because he continues to at least attempt to forward their Christofascist agenda but the second he's no longer useful (for example: if Democrats take back control of Congress) they will discard him in a heartbeat and line up behind their next Great White Hope.
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u/DoesntMatterBrian Texas 3h ago
I used to think that anti-establishment candidates were the way to go.
But obviously businessmen are not the way to go. We need institutionalists who believe in the laws that bind our society together, not people who strong-armed their way through real estate deals or politicked their way to the top of a corporate ladder.
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u/SirDiego Minnesota 3h ago edited 3h ago
In some cases "outsiders" can make for good politicians, but the obsession with it is crazy to me. There's no real reason to believe that someone who was never in politics will suddenly be good at politics. They may have a few fresh ideas sometimes as a counterbalance but like a lot of politics is just boring routine shit: writing bills, understanding how laws work, etc.
Like, people don't really have a great generic opinion on lawyers either but we still typically understand that lawyers are the people who need to do that job. Most people aren't going and hiring a professional athlete with no legal experience to represent them just to shake things up and offer fresh insight to the justice system.
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u/TeutonJon78 America 3h ago
The difference is most people want an outsider leader who hires and listens to experts to help realize those new ideas.
Trump is an idiot and a crook who hires more idiots and crooks to those positions. Which just means general incompetence and chaos.
Even if someone with bad advisors go in, there was the huge backstop of professionals at all the agencies to make sure the actual work still got done. But again, Trump, the GOP, and Project 2025 have all worked to dismantle that safety net as well.
And so we see everything America built for 250 years crumbling in just a few short ones.
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u/Creative-Ad-9535 2h ago
He only “wanted” and nominated them because his bosses put their names on a list. They have their own agenda, and these three are doing their best to advance it.
The problem with Trump here is that somewhere along the line he forgot he was PUT into power by others. He really does seem to believe his mad fantasy that he’s in charge.
TRUMP, not the Heritage flunkies, is the one constantly going off-script.
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u/KafeenHedake 4h ago
See? Anything but 100% Trump-over-reality submission is 100% betrayal to the Orange Disgrace.
Will they ever learn?
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u/pantstoaknifefight2 4h ago
"Will they ever learn?"
Magic Eightball says, "No."
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u/Altruistic_Zombie461 4h ago
TIL magic 8 ball is smarter than republican voters
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u/pantstoaknifefight2 3h ago
A blindfolded chimp with a pencil clenched in its teeth is smarter than a Republican voter.
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u/MrBrawn 4h ago
Nobody is ever pure enough.
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u/LinkedGaming 3h ago
He pushes and pushes and pushes and pushes until eventually it's your neck on the chopping block and he expects you to just take the axe and if you finally chicken out he threatens you and removes you. No matter when, no matter who, no matter why, no matter how, he will "test" your loyalty by pushing you to commit further and further extremes in his name because the man is evil and has no conscious and believes that anything he wants he should get and that anything in his way should just be mowed over and tossed to the side, preferring violence because he relishes in the idea that people are suffering because of him.
Leavitt learned this the hard way when he kept pushing her and pushing her and pushing her until one day she had a kid and suddenly the dear leader started threatening her because he got jealous and considered the child getting attention from its mother to be tantamount to betrayal of Trump. As retribution for the "disloyalty" of caring for her infant child, he stuck her on a plane that he was 100% aware and potentially expecting to get shot down by a hostile military force that he provoked without adequate preparation to handle the incoming retaliation in the hopes of taking her out as a martyr he could use to further his agenda of cruelty.
Nobody is safe. Not Elon, not Thiel, not Hegseth, no Kash. He has no puppet masters beyond maybe Putin, but even if you think you have control of him he will find a way to arrange your "removal". Epstein thought he had control of Trump, admitted in his emails that he was wrong, and is now buried six feet under with a broken neck.
Trump's life is a revolving door of people being pushed to prove loyalty by committing eviler and eviler acts in his name until they either get cold feet and are "removed" due to their newfound inconvenience, or face punishment for the deeds they've done in his name and are quickly discarded one again due to their newfound inconvenience or lack of use, only for the next person in the totem pole to become his new torture doll.
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u/AFailedProduct 3h ago
He’s currently setting a precedent with the Jack Smith “trial”. If any of these judges go against him, it’s politically motivated and therefore illegal.
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u/lactose_cow 4h ago
Nope! A ton of people who sell their soul to trump make out like bandits. It's the minority that get their careers ruined. Honestly, if I had zero morals or conscience or pride or heart, I might take that gamble myself.
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u/Diced_and_Confused 4h ago
So does everyone else.
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u/Missing_Username 4h ago
But for diametrically opposed reasons
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u/PhatCatTax 3h ago
Meanwhile, the billionaires are dumbstruck because Trump only realized it recently — he's the fall guy for the ultra-conservative psychopaths creating a dictatorship for the guy after Trump.
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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 2h ago
The Orange Asshole lucked his way into becoming the Messiah for a group of people that have been groomed to be sheep, by the capitalist class, for decades.
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u/magniankh 3h ago
Kavanaugh is such a POS. He never should have been approved, it's the highest court in the land and only those with unflinching integrity should be allowed that honor.
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 3h ago edited 3h ago
He taught me that you don't specifically write down the worda "I gang raped a woman on this date" on your personal calendar then nobody can hold you accountable for rape!
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u/LordCharidarn2 3h ago
Thomas and Scalia would like a word about integrity.
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 3h ago
Man 2016 started so strong.
Bernie looking hot as hell and everyone's feeling the Burn at the start of the year.
Scalia just keeled over in February and the forces of good got to rest if but for one night.
But then the rest of the year happened.
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u/booksfoodfun Oregon 4h ago
True! But he regrets nominating them because they aren’t big enough assholes. Everyone else regrets him nomination them because they are huge assholes.
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u/Vio_ Kansas 3h ago
No, it's because he realized that their real masters are the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo's bosses and not him.
His problem is that they're not "his assholes."
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u/AmaazingFlavor 3h ago
Crazy he hasn't realized he's a pawn after TEN years.
I thought at this point he'd realized and just accepted it, using the position for his own personal gain but not giving a fuck about anything ideologically. Wait...
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u/Vio_ Kansas 3h ago
He didn't realize he was being used by the Heritage Foundation/Federalist Society/Leonard Leo/The Koch Brothers this whole time.
Shame.
ShameShame.
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u/SeductiveSunday I voted 3h ago
He didn't realize he was being used by the Heritage Foundation/Federalist Society/Leonard Leo/The Koch Brothers this whole time.
I doubt he realizes now. Con artist rarely believe they can themselves be conned. Which, oddly, makes remarkably easy marks.
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u/socokid 3h ago
“They voted against me too often,” the president continued. “I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often.
He actually believes they owe him political favors for nominating them, like a mob boss. This hole is trying to politicized everything.
He has no idea what laws are for, why there are three branches of government, etc. etc.
He's an American democracy wrecking ball and it's amazing to see him literally say these things out loud... and there are still people that advocate for this pile.
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u/Own-Coyote-3618 3h ago
Really the president is just supposed to throw a name in the hat, congress appoints supreme court justices.
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u/socokid 3h ago
That's how it's supposed to happen. Yes. But the GOP congress has removed themselves as a second branch of government and treat Donald as the king that simply gives them orders, and Donald will go way, way out of his way to try and harm anyone that doesn't do what he says.
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u/GeologistOriginal800 3h ago
Republicans are authoritarian. They cannot rule in separation as they are by their nature unitarian. They have been taught since their brains were forming to always bow to a higher authority.
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u/Fuzzy_Translator4639 3h ago
He is a mob boss and the entire GOP is an ongoing criminal organization. He wants blind loyalty.
The real problem is that these people are too comfortable violating the law and taking bribes to actually care because it soes not affect them.
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u/rainman_104 3h ago
To his base it's all about winning irrespective of any democratic functions. They don't care past their agenda. Win at all costs. I'll bet the percentage of Americans who openly support dropping a nuke on iran correlates 1:1 to his current support levels.
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u/Competitive-Ad-9404 4h ago
Because on rare occasion they follow the constitution
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u/Kenan_as_SteveHarvey 4h ago
That’s literally what he said in the interview: “They voted against me too often.”
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u/manachar Nevada 3h ago
If I had loads of money I would create a giant ad campaign that is very simply provable facts about Trump. Nationwide, online, in print, on TV, and especially billboards.
"Donald J. Trump is a fascist".
"Donald J. Trump is a felon"
"Donald J. Trump is a rapist".
The point is make these simple and true statements so big they cannot be ignored.
Should Trump be so enraged as to sue for defamation/libel then lawyers would be ready.
These words are all true, and media should be comfortable to have headlines that say these things. They are verifiably true.
Saying that Supreme Court Justices are supposed to "vote with the President who nominated them" is the standard fascist playbook.
I think just about every world expert is clear that Trump's actions are constantly fascist. The exact wording may need to adjust based on legal advice, but the very fact that we have so many people so afraid of saying a true but negative thing about the president should bring shame on our nation.
Our nation may not have been perfect, but presidents didn't use to sue people to bully them to shut up.
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u/aardvarkjedi 3h ago
Notice that Trump has never sued anyone for calling him a pedophile? Even his usual tactic of suing and then getting a quick settlement or dropping the suit right before discovery hasn’t happened here. He knows that all will be revealed, and he can’t risk that.
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u/manachar Nevada 2h ago
I wonder if there just hasn't been a high-profile situation where someone claims it publicly. Can you think of an example that has?
While I believe it likely, even I don't believe there's enough evidence to put that on a billboard. Which is a pity, because the photo of Epstein and Trump with the words "Donald J. Trump is a pedophile" would be a very provocative billboard.
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u/SharMarali New Jersey 3h ago
They’re not even as insidious as Alito and Thomas.
Don’t get me wrong, they all suck, but those two have been sucking since before the three of them learned what sucking was, and they’re way better at it.
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u/RealGianath Oregon 4h ago
You do have to give them all credit for occasionally ruining his evil plans. Usually it's because they don't feel his plans are evil enough, but we'll still call those wins for the good guys.
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u/BlossomAngelicc 3h ago
Imagine being so corrupt that even the 3 far-right justices YOU handpicked aren’t loyal enough.
He doesn’t regret nominating them because of their legal philosophy. He regrets them because they ruled that presidents aren’t kings. That’s it. That’s the whole story.
This is who Republicans worship.
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u/thegoatmenace 3h ago
In fact they ruled that he was king, completely above the law for any wrong doing. That wasn’t enough for him somehow.
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u/HENMAN79 4h ago
I regret any GOP nomination
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u/Mediocre_Scott 3h ago
Trump regrets everyone of his nominations too. You guys have so much in common!
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u/oh-shazbot 4h ago edited 4h ago
“They voted against me too often,” the president continued. “I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often. They vote for me too.”
every hanger-on should see this shit -- even the supreme court, which has handed trump pretty much everything he wants on a silver platter, is expendable. everyone and everything can and will be thrown under the bus when their value has been totally extracted there is literally no exception to that rule. 110% loyalty or start counting down the days when trump inevitably turns on you. wish they could realize that sooner or later but most trumpers left are the people who can't even put their pants on the right direction when they wake up in the morning, let alone admit a mistake.
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u/binocular_gems 3h ago edited 3h ago
We all know it by now, but Trump just continually spells it out for anybody who doubts.
“I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often. They vote for me too.”
Trump, of course, insists that Supreme Court justices aren't there to interpret the Constitution or measure whether our laws are Constitutional or not, they're specifically appointed to work for Trump, personally. Trump sees being appointed to the Supreme Court as a favor that justices are supposed to pay back in personal favors to Trump.
Democrats must win the Senate in 2026, and they must unanimously oppose every other potential nominee, because we know that Trump is going to nominate a complete sycophant who does Trump's personal bidding.
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u/-Great-Scott- 3h ago
We could have had the first female president. Instead, we got a fucking bitch.
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u/7ipofmytongue 4h ago
Wonderful news!
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u/thinkards America 4h ago
he throws everyone under the bus eventually. he "regrets" it because they are more loyal to the federalist society brand of fascism than the trump brand of fascism.
either way, it's still terrible news for the rest of us.
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u/Velvet_Samurai 3h ago
What a fucking crybaby. He picked damn near half the court, they rule in his favor most of the time, but he bitches the 1 or 2 times they don't Everyone else on this planet would call this a slam dunk, but he thinks it's a betrayal.
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u/TheInfiniteSlash Maryland 3h ago
Coulda woulda shoulda.
Whats remarkable is that all three are still better than Thomas and Alito.
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u/Pecanus 4h ago
He lies about everything, he loves what they do for him. He has to appear like there's friction, just like with Elon Musk. There has to be an illusion of friction to maintain the facade of impartiality.
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u/oynutta 3h ago
You're giving him more strategic thinking ability than I think he actually has. There's no 4-D chess with Trump. He really does get pissy to anyone who says no to him, about anything, especially if he feels they owe him something.
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u/mantecablues 3h ago
It’s this. Even if they were the sole reason he won the 2024 election, he would still have turned against them because they don’t give him everything he wants 100% of the time. People want to make this out to be more complex than it is, when it’s actually very simple. Do something Trump does not like - you are bad. Do something Trump likes - you are good. Repeat for every action you take. Every single opinion he has on people is based on this reasoning. For example, he’s cool with Kim Jong Un having nukes, solely because he likes the authoritarian leader.
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u/SymbiSpidey 3h ago
As always, it's Trump being a petty bitch because those judges occasionally vote against the insane shit he asks for.
If you're not 100% loyal to him all of the time, then he'll quickly throw you under the bus. It is a legitimate cult.
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u/DoesntMatterBrian Texas 4h ago
They handed you immunity from your crimes citing the Federalist papers when the Federalist papers excplicitly say the President "would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law."
Also yes we regret you nominating them, too.
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u/qdobe Wisconsin 3h ago
Its funny because they never used to be seen this way publicly, but overtime, it has become obvious that Thomas and Alito are much less “conservative” and are much more “bat-shit crazy right wing borderline nazi nut jobs” and it only took a bat-shit crazy right wing borderline nazi nut job President to have them take their hoods all the way off off.
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u/pontiacfirebird92 Mississippi 3h ago
He might not. But the people in Trump's orbit sure do love them. They're protecting and enabling the largest fraud and grift the US government has ever seen in the history of the nation. People protect Trump because his bullshit is making them shitloads of money. And that's our money they're raking in and partying with. And I doubt Trump really cares as well because this SCOTUS literally kept him out of jail. They even allowed him on the ballot in Colorado when they tried to strike his name from it for being a felon and a traitorous pig.
Turns out if people think they can get money from you or because of you that you are functionally immune from the law. Trump's whole administration is money making scheme for him and his cronies. A smash and grab on the United States of America. And they have no loyalty to this nation whatsoever. Only money.
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u/VolarRecords 1h ago
Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett were rewarded those seats for helping steal the 2000 election
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u/ankerous 3h ago
They are loyal to Obama and Biden? Trump just can't function without them living rent free in his demented skull.
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u/Am_Deer 3h ago
If everything he did wasn’t terrible this would be funny. He insults people and they still do his bidding.
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u/moviefan8 3h ago
Supreme Court justices are not supposed to rubberstamp everything you want Trump.
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u/c08306834 4h ago
I mean, it would have been pretty difficult for them to be any more subservient to him than they already have been. So his expectations were high.
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u/Waymannj 3h ago
Trump on Cohen: "He's a lawyer, I expected him to know the law"
Trump on SCOTUS: "They are lawyers, I expected them to put loyalty over the law"
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u/Last-Profession2949 3h ago
We also regret your SCOTUS choices. The US Constitution weeps tears of sadness as it’s being shredded by your selections.
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u/habbadee 3h ago
That crew gave him immunity, which is what is going to keep him out of jail when this nightmare is over. Yet he complains
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u/yukeake 3h ago
They showed a few shreds of respect for the law and the country, instead of being rubber-stamp yes-men/women on every issue (only most).
That's absolutely unacceptable to him. He doesn't want people to do the job. He wants people that will allow him (or the Viziers whispering in his ear) to do the job behind-the-scenes and "make it official".
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u/onemanlan Alabama 3h ago
He expected 100% unquestioned rubber stamps for his causes. What a toddler
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u/Upstairs_Owl_1669 Canada 4h ago
I can’t imagine the potus being this stupid. He actually thought they were just going to do his bidding and agree with every moronic thing he wanted? I still find it shocking that Americans aren’t in the streets every day with general strikes, etc. it’s like you’ve given up. It’s just bonkers.
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u/RazzzMcFrazzz Michigan 3h ago
We are financially enslaved and the ruling class does everything it can to remove worker protections so no one can reasonably protest without losing their jobs and therefore their healthcare
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u/KTX77 3h ago
The fact that someone's healthcare is tied to their job just seems so bizarre to me.
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u/Narharcan 3h ago edited 3h ago
It's not that rare of a system, but having it to that extent is. Looking from an outside point of view, I think that's why so many politicians focus on promoting a public option over universal healthcare, there's just fuck all outside of private insurance, it's very hard to jump straight to universal.
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u/Poison_the_Phil 3h ago
He's a coddled rich 80 year old who doesn't allow anyone near him that doesn't play into his fantasies. It creates a feedback loop on both sides, constantly reinforcing to himself that he's God's Favorite A+#1 Forever And Ever Amen, while convincing the yes men around him that he does have some magical power other than just their complicity.
He wants to run the country like a business because he just gets to tell everyone what to do and finds lawyers shady enough to keep him out of prison.
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u/sureshot58 4h ago
He wanted someone even more compliant with his stupidity? Like Aileen Cannon, maybe? She will do anything for him.
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u/Revolutionary_Bee251 3h ago
“They voted against me too often,” the president continued. “I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often. They vote for me too.”
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u/gmb92 3h ago
I guess 99% loyalty isn't good enough. A sampling of the awful rulings: overturning Roe v Wade, greenlighting Republican gerrymandering and voter suppression, declaring Trump practically immune from criminal activity, allowing nearly free reign for the executive branch to skip Congress and dismantle agencies. Their one significant ruling against his regime was striking down some tariffs (Kavanaugh actually dissented), a ruling which kept inflation lower and the economy not as bad as it would have been had that level of tariffs remained in place. They saved him from himself.
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u/absentgl 4h ago
Fake.
He’s pretending they aren’t loyal enough to give them cover for the fact that they are dismantling the constitution to allow Trump to do whatever he wants.
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u/MonsieurReynard America 3h ago
Oh well, then maybe they’ll lick his boots harder to make him like them more again
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u/DroopyTers 3h ago
If Trump gets to nominate more supreme justices, think about how absolutely insane they will be. And it is guaranteed that almost every Republican senator will vote to confirm them and almost every Democratic senator will vote against them. It’s why I cannot get on board with the “both parties are the same” schtick. The two parties nominate and confirm wildly different Supreme Court justices.
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u/C0SM1C0Y0TE 3h ago
In regard to his comment about Obama and Biden not having many issues with SCOTUS. Well could that be that they did not run to high court with a ridiculous ask and expect to win.
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u/CaptainOblivious1984 3h ago
He could just fire them, according to SC rulings he can do whatever he wants.
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u/Hobo_Knife 4h ago
Oh, I’m sure he regrets the unchecked power they’ve granted him under the guise of serving the nation. I hate it here.
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u/shoppingfortruth 3h ago
Is the ‘Man Baby’ having a fit that they are not being his obedient puppets?!?
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u/ElectrOPurist 3h ago
If I nominated three Supreme Court justices and regretted them all, I’d probably want to no longer go on living. That’s something he could consider.
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u/Jokerang Texas 3h ago
Only because he picked party hacks that put the needs of the entire party first and not loyalists that answer only to him.
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u/StrengthFew9197 Texas 3h ago
He expects 100% loyalty to him, not our country, constitution, or citizens, just him. I don’t understand how that’s not scary to every single voter in this country.
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u/SapientTrashFire 3h ago
He had originally planned to nominate three daleks, but they pulled their endorsement from Trump, saying "I mean we're the daleks, but what the fuck is this shit?"
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u/midwestia 3h ago
"they vote against me too often"
mofo, it's not a vote, its a ruling/opinion backed up by law. and they're not a political branch of the government. it's our judiciary. this dumbass just loves saying the quiet part out loud.
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u/blackmobius 1h ago
Three justices that would/should have been done by Obama Hillary and Hillary. You can fully thank McConnell for all of this and all the rights they (the scotus) destroyed in the process.
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u/Ray-Finkle74 4h ago
He appointed three Federalist Society approved justices and is now mad that they don’t directly work for him and only him.
Lmao!!
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u/DoctorGoodleg 3h ago
Cool. Something the president and I finally agree on. My estranged MAGA family will love it.
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u/themattboard Tennessee 3h ago
MAGATs will never realize he will never love them. There is no one he will not betray and discard.
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u/heloder85 3h ago
Hopefully this at least sours Trump in their eyes and they intentionally vote against all of his interests moving forward
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u/Particular_Ticket_20 3h ago
He should've nominated Rudy G, Don Jr and Eric.
Thats really what he wanted, a cheerleader squad, not scotus justices.
Heritage and Federalist society must just be laughing at him. They got their judges, he thought they were his judges.
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u/WraithSama Kansas 3h ago
Just say what you mean. You wanted a rubber stamp that would always rule in your favor because they "owe you" for nominating them.
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u/PistisDeKrisis 2h ago
None of this is surprising. He said during his 2024 campaign;
"My biggest problem in my first term was allowing people to say 'No' to me. I won't let that to happen again."
When Red Hats try to argue that he's not authoritarian, I just pull up that quote. It's a clear demand for absolute authority. This is completely ignoring the fact that from Federal Government, to Regulation and Safety agencies, to the Judicial system to Military Leadership, he's demanding a Loyalty Test or firing people.
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u/SHUT_DOWN_EVERYTHING 1h ago
The reason his first term was nowhere as disastrous and extreme as his second was he was afraid of consequences.
When Robert Mueller was appointed as special council, he thought it's game over.
That fear led him to trust traditional conservative advisors that still to a great extent operated within norms and resisted Trump's urges telling him "That's illegal". For his judicial appointments, he basically rubber stamped Federalist Society recommendations. They are right wing but do have some degree of adherence to the constitution. For his cabinet he got advice from GOP leadership like McConnell. Again, right wing but not complete psychos which is why he butted heads with them regularly and fired quite a few over the next 4 years.
Then 3 things happened:
- Project 2025 (basically Vought) understood this and changed the plan. Don't consult the lawyers or experts on legality or norms. Do whatever you want no matter how illegal and let the courts stop you.
- Trump learned there are no consequences even after getting his goons to ransack the Capitol. GOP Senators will stand with him no matter what so he will never be removed from the office.
- Supreme Court made the weird 'official acts immunity' ruling. This told Trump that he won't face consequences before or after his term. He's completely immune.
The trifecta is what led to the extreme executive branch we see today. If he went back in time he would appoint Giuliani types and completely tear down another mostly broken institution.
Believe it or not, the whole planet was very lucky he was afraid his first term.
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u/Roffotron 4h ago
Did...did he forget the bit where they're in those positions for life...and that once they were in he had no further leverage?
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u/ketamineonthescene 4h ago
Yeah and a lot of people regret electing him. So he can go lick a butthole.
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u/citizenjones 3h ago
Satisfaction is not allowed. It gives up their most important asset which is selling grievance. The purity test will only get more strict because at the end of the day this is fundamental extremism and this is how they consolidate power.
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u/DrunkAndHornyGuy 3h ago
He's mad their loyalty is to the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation's goals and not to him personally.
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u/yoshi8869 Indiana 3h ago
He’s upset about the separation of powers and the checks and balances that exist in our form of government. He’s frustrated that he can’t behave as an authoritarian.
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u/CaptainAwesome06 3h ago
This isn't surprising. These judges were appointed during Trump 1.0, when he was still being coached by established Republicans who pushed Federalist Society candidates. That's how we got a guy like Trump paired with a guy like Pence.
In Trump 2.0, he cleaned house, went scorched Earth, and is unincumbered by what established Republicans want, which is why he seems so much worse and much more stupid.
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u/Different-Produce870 3h ago
Dumb bitch didn't realize their loyalty to him ended the moment they were sworn into office
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u/Dramatic-Emphasis-43 3h ago
I wonder how it must feel to have achieved one of the highest positions in the land, someone trusted by your countrymen to make the really important decisions and you find out your appointment was only because you were expected to be a stooge. Like, it’s not because you were the best for the job or because you were respected within your career, but just because you were expected to be spineless and weak in the face of authoritarianism.
That would be soul crushing and I’d resign once that authoritarian is out of power and spend the rest of my life making it right.
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u/skittlebog 2h ago
HE chose no one. They were all chosen and vetted by Federalist Society. The Heritage Society may have had some input as well.
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u/StreetofChimes Louisiana 1h ago
I regret him nominating them too. Damn. We have something in common.
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u/JJscribbles Florida 1h ago
It tells you everything you need to know about the shelf life of Trump’s loyalty and why those judges were nominated in the first place.
The instant he didn’t get the outcomes he expected after securing their appointments, they’re burned.
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u/GuitarGeezer 1h ago
Dictator angry that humans arent machines again.
Americans are never going to be able to run a country ever again. Worst self-defeating in history to have gone from the wealthiest and most powerful country in history to this in just decades.
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u/Tyron_black_gear 1h ago
I like this quote: “His own self-interest and not the interest of we the people”
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u/Kozmic_River 1h ago
Trump admitting his regret stemming from them not siding with him enough should be more of a focus than it is. That would be career ending for literally any other president, but it’s just a footnote in Trump’s flooded zone of shit.
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u/iiiiiiiiiijjjjjj 49m ago
Just watch just watch how many conservatives are going to back pedal that they supported Trump once he’s out of office. Cowards with no spines
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u/ChefCurryYumYum 42m ago
He literally thinks because he nominated them that they should rubber stamp everything he does.
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