Spoken like an organization that knows that a lot of their stuff isn’t.
Appropriate-Soft-188 on
If they’re all legal, then they have nothing to fear and need to stop hiding their doings from the press
MoveMitchGetOutDaWay on
This gives ‘Michael declaring bankruptcy’ vibes.
dropkickninja on
Except all those orders being ruled illegal. Duck trump
ArchdukeAlex8 on
My Lord, is that…legal?
brain_overclocked on
>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says “all orders” from President Trump are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him.
>“All lawful—all orders—lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members. You can’t have a functioning military if there is disorder and chaos within the ranks,” Leavitt told reporters outside the White House on Monday. “And that’s what these Democrat members were encouraging. It’s very clear. And not a single one of them since they’ve been pressed by the media … can point to a single illegal order that this administration has given down because it does not exist.
>“You can’t have a soldier out on the battlefield or conducting a classified order questioning whether that order is lawful or whether they should follow through,” Leavitt argued earlier, in a twisted reading of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
So, Karoline Leavitt, when Trump gets bored of you or becomes displeased and orders the military to detain *you* without due process, or worse, will you keep defending it as a “legal” order?
>Unfortunately for the White House’s arguments, there have been illegal orders to the military from the Trump administration. Just last week, a federal judge ruled that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard into Washington, D.C., was illegal. But Leavitt is doing what she does best: mindlessly supporting and justifying everything the president does.
Straight_Level_4662 on
“we looked into it and we did nothing wrong” – reliable narrator, 2025
iamhereforthefood on
“I am the law”
capaho on
There was a consensus among Pentagon lawyers that the bombings of boats off the coast of Venezuela were illegal. The consensus lawyers got fired.
bellamellayellafella on
We have investigated ourselves and found we’ve done nothing wrong.
mmmstrongflavors on
Well, that’s just not how that works.
YesterShill on
“I am the Constitution”
– Trump
More-Conversation931 on
I getting “I AM THE LAW” vibes here
Fastluck83 on
“all orders” from President Trump are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him.
Jaja, Führer befiehl, wir folgen.
ImWatchingTelevision on
“Orders from the lawful chain-of-command are presumed lawful. If a reasonable person would recognize the
wrongfulness of the act or order, even in light of a soldier’s general duty to obey, then the order is “manifestly
illegal”, and soldiers have a duty to disobey it.”
eri- on
When you have to explicitly declare something is legal, odds are extremely high it isn’t.
Most-Artichoke6184 on
That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.
TheChainsawVigilante on
You can’t just say the word “legal” and expect anything to happen
LuinAelin on
It’s like if I rob a bank and just say it’s legal
wirthmore on
>you can’t have a functioning military […] you can’t have a soldier […] questioning whether that order is lawful or whether they should follow through,”
Ya know, she’s right.
That’s why it was always absolutely important that the President be thoroughly advised and avoid any encroachment on something that could be construed as an illegal order.
Because if the President is careless, reckless or has malign intent, the military isn’t supposed to be rules-lawyering their orders. They’ll either reject the civilian control of the institution, or they’ll be complicit – and once they’re OK with breaking ‘some’ laws, you don’t get to decide for them which other elements of the Constitution are optional.
QaraKha on
If you have to claim they’re legal, they’re not.
The strikes on boats in the Caribbean are all illegal; no real information, no real innate and immediate risk, in international waters, without reason. It’s just plain murder, and the Trump admin should rot in prison for it. Additionally, the naval officers who received that order and carried it out are also in legal jeopardy, and should be court martialed for it, as well. A strike on civilian boats without warning or due care is still a war crime.
Just because they fired most of JAG doesn’t make it not illegal.
ClassicHando on
I’m comfortable disagreeing with that one there boss
twitch_delta_blues on
“When the president does it that means it’s not illegal.” -Nixon.
snoo_spoo on
The WH says a lot of shit that isn’t true, as I was reminded during my last trip to buy groceries.
Nita231 on
The most corrupt WH in the history of America declares all of Trump’s orders to the military are legal. Great… That orange thing in the WH won’t last forever, and these “legal” actions will have to be answered for. Good luck with that.
friendsafariguy11 on
Judge, jury, and executioner.
LexOdin on
“The lady doth protest too much”
thistimelineisweird on
Biden should’ve instructed the military to forgive student loan debt then.
CJDistasio on
Hmmm, I’m gonna need a source on that one from the White House
Stashark on
“Trump Declares All of Trump’s Orders to Military Are Legal” – Donald Trump
Bubbly-Two-3449 on
Congress makes laws.
c4upinhisbhole on
All of my military orders are legal too. See how I did that. Anyone can play this dumbass game.
Unique-Coffee5087 on
>On the 23 March 1933, Hitler proposed the Enabling Law to the Reichstag. This new law gave Hitler the power to rule by decree rather than passing laws through the Reichstag and the president. If passed, the law would establish the conditions needed for dictatorial rule.
That is NOT how law works. Trump thinks he is already King. HOW MUCH MORE of this crap are we expected to endure??
sedatedlife on
The way the Whitehouse has been acting since the add makes me believe there is already Military members refusing orders and are panicked it will spread.
Trick-Set-1165 on
>All lawful—all orders—lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members.
That’s sort of true, actually. Orders are presumed to be lawful. The only way most servicemembers are going to find themselves in trouble is if they follow a clearly unlawful order.
> And not a single one of them since they’ve been pressed by the media … can point to a single illegal order that this administration has given down because it does not exist.
See, **that’s** where she’s wrong.
Those orders to nationalize and deploy the National Guard that got blocked in court? Those were illegal orders. Patently.
ShareGlittering1502 on
What was that thing the French did when kings thought they had more power than they deserve?
TakenIsUsernameThis on
Can someone ask him, in front of reporters, if that means that he can legally order the military to execute people wearing MAGA hats?
Choice-of-SteinsGate on
This is exactly what those Democrats who the Trump administration has deemed “seditious traitors” were warning us about.
This would be comical if it wasn’t so disturbing.
CrimsonHeretic on
So… Like a king?
Saucy_Baconator on
Then I would also like to state that I now own all real estate in the Continental US. See? Anyone can make a bold claim, but unless it’s actually legal, you may as well be pissing into the wind. Laws exist for a reason.
bane_undone on
That’s not how legality works.
mtheory007 on
Strong Richard Nixon vibes here. “If the president does it it’s not illegal”.
This man must be stopped. He’s monster.
nigelmansell on
Piggy, quiet
Most-Appointment-756 on
the white house can’t declare shit..
ShaolinTrapLord on
lol, no
BigDaddySodaPop on
Nope. I took an oath to support and defend the constitution and to obey the orders of the President. But if the President’s orders conflict with the constitution, then I’m legally bound not to obey. Now the hard part is determining which orders are illegal…and do you take that chance….YES.
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Yeah, nah.
Spoken like an organization that knows that a lot of their stuff isn’t.
If they’re all legal, then they have nothing to fear and need to stop hiding their doings from the press
This gives ‘Michael declaring bankruptcy’ vibes.
Except all those orders being ruled illegal. Duck trump
My Lord, is that…legal?
>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says “all orders” from President Trump are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him.
>“All lawful—all orders—lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members. You can’t have a functioning military if there is disorder and chaos within the ranks,” Leavitt told reporters outside the White House on Monday. “And that’s what these Democrat members were encouraging. It’s very clear. And not a single one of them since they’ve been pressed by the media … can point to a single illegal order that this administration has given down because it does not exist.
>“You can’t have a soldier out on the battlefield or conducting a classified order questioning whether that order is lawful or whether they should follow through,” Leavitt argued earlier, in a twisted reading of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
So, Karoline Leavitt, when Trump gets bored of you or becomes displeased and orders the military to detain *you* without due process, or worse, will you keep defending it as a “legal” order?
>Unfortunately for the White House’s arguments, there have been illegal orders to the military from the Trump administration. Just last week, a federal judge ruled that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard into Washington, D.C., was illegal. But Leavitt is doing what she does best: mindlessly supporting and justifying everything the president does.
“we looked into it and we did nothing wrong” – reliable narrator, 2025
“I am the law”
There was a consensus among Pentagon lawyers that the bombings of boats off the coast of Venezuela were illegal. The consensus lawyers got fired.
We have investigated ourselves and found we’ve done nothing wrong.
Well, that’s just not how that works.
“I am the Constitution”
– Trump
I getting “I AM THE LAW” vibes here
“all orders” from President Trump are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him.
Jaja, Führer befiehl, wir folgen.
“Orders from the lawful chain-of-command are presumed lawful. If a reasonable person would recognize the
wrongfulness of the act or order, even in light of a soldier’s general duty to obey, then the order is “manifestly
illegal”, and soldiers have a duty to disobey it.”
When you have to explicitly declare something is legal, odds are extremely high it isn’t.
That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.
You can’t just say the word “legal” and expect anything to happen
It’s like if I rob a bank and just say it’s legal
>you can’t have a functioning military […] you can’t have a soldier […] questioning whether that order is lawful or whether they should follow through,”
Ya know, she’s right.
That’s why it was always absolutely important that the President be thoroughly advised and avoid any encroachment on something that could be construed as an illegal order.
Because if the President is careless, reckless or has malign intent, the military isn’t supposed to be rules-lawyering their orders. They’ll either reject the civilian control of the institution, or they’ll be complicit – and once they’re OK with breaking ‘some’ laws, you don’t get to decide for them which other elements of the Constitution are optional.
If you have to claim they’re legal, they’re not.
The strikes on boats in the Caribbean are all illegal; no real information, no real innate and immediate risk, in international waters, without reason. It’s just plain murder, and the Trump admin should rot in prison for it. Additionally, the naval officers who received that order and carried it out are also in legal jeopardy, and should be court martialed for it, as well. A strike on civilian boats without warning or due care is still a war crime.
Just because they fired most of JAG doesn’t make it not illegal.
I’m comfortable disagreeing with that one there boss
“When the president does it that means it’s not illegal.” -Nixon.
The WH says a lot of shit that isn’t true, as I was reminded during my last trip to buy groceries.
The most corrupt WH in the history of America declares all of Trump’s orders to the military are legal. Great… That orange thing in the WH won’t last forever, and these “legal” actions will have to be answered for. Good luck with that.
Judge, jury, and executioner.
“The lady doth protest too much”
Biden should’ve instructed the military to forgive student loan debt then.
Hmmm, I’m gonna need a source on that one from the White House
“Trump Declares All of Trump’s Orders to Military Are Legal” – Donald Trump
Congress makes laws.
All of my military orders are legal too. See how I did that. Anyone can play this dumbass game.
>On the 23 March 1933, Hitler proposed the Enabling Law to the Reichstag. This new law gave Hitler the power to rule by decree rather than passing laws through the Reichstag and the president. If passed, the law would establish the conditions needed for dictatorial rule.
[https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-rise-to-power/how-did-the-nazi-gain-power/the-enabling-law/](https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-rise-to-power/how-did-the-nazi-gain-power/the-enabling-law/)
That is NOT how law works. Trump thinks he is already King. HOW MUCH MORE of this crap are we expected to endure??
The way the Whitehouse has been acting since the add makes me believe there is already Military members refusing orders and are panicked it will spread.
>All lawful—all orders—lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members.
That’s sort of true, actually. Orders are presumed to be lawful. The only way most servicemembers are going to find themselves in trouble is if they follow a clearly unlawful order.
> And not a single one of them since they’ve been pressed by the media … can point to a single illegal order that this administration has given down because it does not exist.
See, **that’s** where she’s wrong.
Those orders to nationalize and deploy the National Guard that got blocked in court? Those were illegal orders. Patently.
What was that thing the French did when kings thought they had more power than they deserve?
Can someone ask him, in front of reporters, if that means that he can legally order the military to execute people wearing MAGA hats?
This is exactly what those Democrats who the Trump administration has deemed “seditious traitors” were warning us about.
This would be comical if it wasn’t so disturbing.
So… Like a king?
Then I would also like to state that I now own all real estate in the Continental US. See? Anyone can make a bold claim, but unless it’s actually legal, you may as well be pissing into the wind. Laws exist for a reason.
That’s not how legality works.
Strong Richard Nixon vibes here. “If the president does it it’s not illegal”.
This man must be stopped. He’s monster.
Piggy, quiet
the white house can’t declare shit..
lol, no
Nope. I took an oath to support and defend the constitution and to obey the orders of the President. But if the President’s orders conflict with the constitution, then I’m legally bound not to obey. Now the hard part is determining which orders are illegal…and do you take that chance….YES.