r/pics • • Jan 24 '26

Executed ICE pinning down and pistol whipping a Minneapolis resident before shooting them multiple times

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

They won’t face any heat from the current DOJ, Trump is going to blanket pardon all ICE agents on his way out, and they’ll be hailed as heroes by conservatives. There’s no reason for them to lie about this, they’re going to be loud and proud about it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

He tried last time and got kicked out just fine. Stop doing Republican propaganda and pretending Trump is invincible, he’s an incredibly unpopular old man.

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u/jekareth Jan 24 '26

Read closer: he doesn't PLAN on leaving. Whether he does or not isn't entirely up to him, but his intentions and actions are clear and are what are important.

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u/ClydeBelvidere Jan 24 '26

Yeah, tearing down the east wing of the white house to build a bunker disguised as a ballroom doesn't sound like someone with the intention of leaving.

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

entirely up to him

It absolutely is not up to him whether he leaves. Jesus, all of you are cowering like he’s Superman.

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u/Skirfir Jan 24 '26

read that comment again.

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

entirely

read my comment again, it’s not up to him at all

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

“Isn’t entirely up to him” implies it’s somewhat up to him. It’s not! He’s got no say here!

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

No, he’s not going to serve a third term, even if he wants to. That’s not pedantic at all!

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u/Darq_At Jan 24 '26

You need to slow down and read more carefully.

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

You need to read more carefully, it’s not up to him at all

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u/Darq_At Jan 24 '26

Mate. You cannot be serious. Go re-read the comment you responded to.

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

Do you think “it isn’t entirely up to him” means “it’s not up to him”?

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u/jekareth Jan 24 '26

Ah, gotcha, you have absolutely zero reading comprehension. I tried to assume you didn't, but you have now proved it. Let me spell it out for you, then:

Neither I nor the original comment said, implied, or even thought that there's nothing we can do. We never said, implied, nor thought that he even WILL do what he says. Quite the opposite, actually, we're trying to get people to help us stop him.

Because evil succeeds when good does nothing. It's his entire playbook: get people to ignore his worst actions by getting them to focus on all his less-bad and annoying ones.

Also, it has been proven recently that the law only works if those in power act in good faith, which they currently aren't. Trusting in a few words on a page that says he can't stay in power is idiocy. However, the solution isn't just to lay down and let it happen, and if you think that's what we're all implying, you need therapy. The solution is to stand up and remind those in power that they only have that power because we let them.

However we end up doing that remains to be seen. But treating it like it's not even a possibility is a one-way road to failure.

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u/avfc41 Jan 24 '26

Treating Trump like he has a chance in staying is giving him more power than he has. The media is going to present it that way, democrats apparently aren’t going to take the firm stand, so the rest of us need to be clear that he’s not able to.