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Comment by skeledrew | Hacker News Reader

So... what's gonna be done about it? The recent precedent has been to invade the country, grab the president and try them.

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A very good one minute summary of exactly what is about to happen: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Whrat_Rn0I

Similar sketch by the Onion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfVkuPmpc8

This was just great... It was so real I couldn't really distinguish the scenes with animate scenes that were clearly CGI from reality.

If anyone else got their hopes up: this was a funny video not a serious reply

This is a flagrant mischaracterization and you should be ashamed. They even issued a retraction: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SZYz7lZRRI

It would be good if future elected politicians would choose to remove the president power to starting wars or killing people in special military operations. I am reminded of this 13 year old rap news video being very prophetic, including mentioning bombing Iran. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpMPu5p_QXU

It doesn't really matter what powers the president is "given". As seen with this current US president, there're always ways to grab more power, directly or indirectly, no matter what checks are in place. And there are certain things that a president has to be allowed in some way for them to be able to act as a president in the first place, which preempts making them fully off limits.

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