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kennywinker 3 hours ago

Under what authority could he block access?

throw1234567891 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

ITAR and suddenly half a world cannot touch it.

allthetime 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Extra Judicial punishment and unwanted attention from powerful organizations is absolutely on the table for any larger startup/company who finds themselves in his radar

root_axis 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have you been paying attention the last two years? With a few exceptions, he has unilateral authority.

kennywinker 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

I guess my question was, is this a threat to do something legal or something illegal

dashundchen 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because the spineless cowards in Congress are somehow afraid of an 80 year old demented man nearing a 30% approval rating.

Their inability to find a backbone helps them contort to whatever Trump babbles that day, even if privately they know something is idiotic or illegal.

If you want a prime example, look at how Thom Tillis suddenly finds the ability to speak out once he lost his primary.

holoduke 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's the rule based order america is the boss in. Essentially a mafia ruled country where rules are different for opponents.

khurs 3 hours ago | parent [-]

"It's a big club and you aren't in it"

vrganj 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The "try and stop me" authority of a guy that has armed goons marching down city streets and brutalizing his opposition.

thewebguyd 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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Catloafdev 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The same authority he used to enact tariffs and a war.

runtime_terror 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So, illegally, got it

gwerbin 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It has the tacit consent of Congress, so it's mostly only illegal in the way it's carried out. Congress could make most of it legal right now, but they don't want to put their names on it. Some of it would probably be unconstitutional for Congress to authorize (ironically via the nondelegation clause which is now being repurposed to justify a thoroughly unconstituational unitary executive arrangement), but much of it would not be, so it's de jure illegal but de facto legal.

margalabargala 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

At a certain level legality is enforcement. If the enforcers of the rules decline to enforce them, you're better off acknowledging what is and dealing with it.

khurs 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

and take over Venezuela.

yifanl 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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8note 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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danesparza 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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krapp 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> I wish all Americans were asking thoughtful questions like this. No notes.

Why? We already know Trump often acts without legal authority, and just as often without consequence. Those thoughtful questions have been asked and answered many times, why do we need to ask them again?

danesparza 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's the Americans that aren't asking these questions that worry me. It is a significant percentage of the population.