The Daily Populous Saturday May 3rd, 2025 evening edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by Aggravating_Money992

He has now said it right out in the open—not once but twice. In two major interviews, President Donald Trump openly declared that he has the power to bring the wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States. And on both occasions, Trump said straight out that he is not doing so because administration lawyers have told him he doesn’t have to—or that he shouldn’t.

This has been widely seen as an admission that Trump is defying the Supreme Court, which has directed the administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return. Yes, it is that. But these two moments are also their own story. They offer a unique glimpse into the deep rot of bad faith infesting Trump and Stephen Miller’s broader project to expand the president’s removal powers into something extraordinarily vast and entirely unaccountable. They also show how Trump is inadvertently sabotaging his case against Abrego Garcia—and that broader project as well—with his bumbling incompetence.

jediporcupine on May 3rd, 2025 at 11:08 UTC »

Trump isn’t very intelligent. It’s astounding that people think he is simply because he’s like a shock jock, deliberately being an asshole just for attention.

ezagreb on May 3rd, 2025 at 11:00 UTC »

He's already committed multiple impeachable offenses. We all know he doesn't GaF and besides there are zero consequences unless the absolutely useless Republicans start holding him accountable.

This is what our country has become and what Fox News has wrought because he wouldn't even be president if it wasn't for them.

Spottswoodeforgod on May 3rd, 2025 at 10:58 UTC »

Trump makes plenty of dumb moves - it’s the being held accountable that never seems to happen…