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Trump vows end to birthright citizenship on 'day one' — including changing Constitution (www.rawstory.com)

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President-elect Donald Trump confirmed his promise to end birthright citizenship on his first day in office despite constitutional protections.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Trump says he’ll do something he can’t do. So in effect, nothing at all is going to happen.

You say that as if he hasn't already done literally dozens, if not hundreds, of things the law says he can't do and gotten away with them all.

[-] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

That's a totally fair take but in this case he really can't do anything at all. It'd be like standing in front of a podium and declaring that the sun is black and then stepping away. Getting rid of birthright citizenship is one of those things where everyone has to agree to do it. Otherwise it's just an old man yelling at a cloud.

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

An old man with the power of the military, and a government full of bootlickers put in place to do whatever he wants. It doesn't matter if it's illegal if they've removed everyone that would stop him