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Trump: I could declassify documents by thinking about it

Obama had access, No cameras. Russian operatives could have gotten in there easily. The NRA only acquired the facility. There were no records kept as to who went in there and as I said Obama had unfettered access because he was supposed to digitize the records, which STILL hasn't been done. For all I know, Obama has stolen all classified material there and selling it to the highest bidders.

Assume responsibility means diddly when Obama can go in and out at will.

Why are you struggling mightily with this topic?

Okay, when someone is posting an actual statement from NARA and you are coming out lying about it, you prove that you are not interested in debating anything. You are just trolling openly now.

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I did not post anything from twitter. In fact, I am old school and I do not have a twitter account!

You just demonstrated that you are too f**ing lazy to read what I posted, and you simply want to dismiss something you have not even read

You have the typical attitude of a dishonest hack
But your entire argument originates form dipshits shouting crap on twitter.
 
But your entire argument originates form dipshits shouting crap on twitter.

Do not tell me anything about my argument before you read it and quote it!

Unless you want to troll...
 
That you were clueless when you tried to argue that he got this point from some guy in twitter.




He showed to you that this point comes from Trump's lawyers in their filings. You try to support Trump without even having a clue of what his lawyers have filed in court!
There was nothing in that post that says that anything comes from Trump's lawyers in their filings.

If you think there is, please provide a specific quote from whatever filing.
 
There was nothing in that post that says that anything comes from Trump's lawyers in their filings.

If you think there is, please provide a specific quote from whatever filing.

He gave you the link with Trump's legal RESPONSE :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:


What is the title of the document my clueless MAGA supporter?

DONALD J. TRUMP’S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO THE UNITED STATES’ MOTION FOR A PARTIAL STAY PENDING APPEAL
 
Obama had access, No cameras. Russian operatives could have gotten in there easily. The NRA only acquired the facility. There were no records kept as to who went in there and as I said Obama had unfettered access because he was supposed to digitize the records, which STILL hasn't been done. For all I know, Obama has stolen all classified material there and selling it to the highest bidders.

Assume responsibility means diddly when Obama can go in and out at will.

Why are you struggling mightily with this topic?

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Psst - Federal law says that the former President will have access to their own Presidential Records.

(And no, that does not mean the FPOTUS owns the records and can keep them in a storeroom in their basement. It does mean that the FPOTUS (whether it's Obama or Trump) will have access via the NARA to the storage facility to review.)

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It is so weird to me, it really is. I think that both @paradoxial and @Mycroft are fairly intelligent. But they are poster children for the psychological research which shows that often facts simply change sway entrenched beliefs. Honestly, that they are even arguing what they argue is incredible, as it was in all the fruitless discussions over Covid masking and vaccines.

I have even tried asking them what would change their minds and they never respond. Because, they cannot even admit that no amount of contrary evidence would sway their opinion. That's a scary, scary thing.

I will have to disagree

See Mycroft's response and tell me if you seriously think that he is fairly intelligent poster.

The guy gets the information right in his face and still struggles with comprehending it!
 
Do not tell me anything about my argument before you read it and quote it!

Unless you want to troll...
Regarding the NARA. It's irrelevant, disagreement there (every president has them) would be a pure civil matter. It became irrelevant when the Left/Democrats sent their Gestapo to raid a political opponents home.

Leftist, as a pure political matter: Please keep doing crap like this. Most Americans now know who the real American authoritarian thugs are, keep proving it.
 
Regarding the NARA. It's irrelevant, disagreement there would be a pure civil matter. It became irrelevant when the Left/Democrats sent their Gestapo to raid a political opponents home.

Leftist, as a pure political matter: Please keep doing crap this. Most Americans now know who the real American authoritarian thugs are, keep proving it.

No, it is not just a civil matter when documents are related to national defense. People have already quoted the different statutes that can bring criminal charges.
 
Give me a quote.

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

HE gave it to you IN BOLD!!

READ IT IN HIS POST






Do you want me to spell it to you too?
 
:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

HE gave it to you IN BOLD!!

READ IT IN HIS POST






Do you want me to spell it to you too?
Maybe you...and Post...should get back in tune with what Post said: "Trump declared Obama's E.O. applied to him...".

Trump declared no such thing...in fact, he has declared the opposite. I'm still waiting for something from Post to justify his statement.
 
Maybe you...and Post...should get back in tune with what Post said: "Trump declared Obama's E.O. applied to him...".
Why? That's your idiotic point to make, and nobody else's.
 
Obama had access, No cameras. Russian operatives could have gotten in there easily. The NRA only acquired the facility. There were no records kept as to who went in there and as I said Obama had unfettered access because he was supposed to digitize the records, which STILL hasn't been done. For all I know, Obama has stolen all classified material there and selling it to the highest bidders.

Assume responsibility means diddly when Obama can go in and out at will.

Why are you struggling mightily with this topic?
Three posters turned the thread into a MAGA rally, a presentation of serial projection and associated disinfo.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Fact ...​

https://www.archives.gov › press › factsheet
May 2, 2022 — "The records of the nation's civil, military, and diplomatic activities are ... temporary site in Hoffman Estates, Illinois (The Barack Obama ..."

The Hill

Presidential historian: Way Trump obtained, kept classified material is unprecedented​

Zach Schonfeld August 14, 2022
“...President Trump is absolutely right,” Beschloss said on NBC when asked about Trump’s claim.

“Barack Obama has tens of millions of documents, and they are in a National Archives installation, Hoffman Estates, Ill., under armed guard with heavy surveillance, using the procedures that are supposed to be used for a former president,” he added.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has also debunked Trump’s claim, saying it maintains classified Obama records in a government facility in the Washington, D.C., area.

“As required by the [Presidential Records Act], former President Obama has no control over where and how NARA stores the Presidential records of his Administration,” the agency said in a statement.

Beschloss on NBC also detailed how presidents before Obama handled their records, referencing former President Eisenhower’s documents being kept on a military base as one example.

“This is not something that we have seen before,” Beschloss said. “Don’t think this is normal procedure.”

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Maybe you...and Post...should get back in tune with what Post said: "Trump declared Obama's E.O. applied to him...".

Trump declared no such thing...in fact, he has declared the opposite. I'm still waiting for something from Post to justify his statement.


His lawyers declared in court that Obama's EO applied to him.

READ HIS BOLD QUOTE which comes from the legal filings of his lawyers.



President Obama enacted the current Executive Order prescribing the parameters for controlling classified information in 2009. See Exec. Order 13526 (Dec. 29, 2009). That Executive Order, which controlled during President Trump’s term in office, designates the President as an original classification authority. See id. § 1.3(a)(1). In turn, the Executive Order grants authority to declassify information to either the official who originally classified the information or that individual’s supervisors—necessarily including the President. § 3.1(b)(1), (3). Thus, assuming the Executive Order could even apply to constrain a President, cf. 50 U.S.C. § 3163, the President enjoys absolute authority under the Executive Order to declassify any information.

The red part is equivalent to what Post told you. Trump declared Obama's E.O applied to him!

You continue to demonstrate how clueless you are about even the position of your side! You do not understand what they argue. You are just parroting things you hear without really understanding what is going on
 
I will have to disagree

See Mycroft's response and tell me if you seriously think that he is fairly intelligent poster.

The guy gets the information right in his face and still struggles with comprehending it!
But that's the phenomenon I'm referring to.
 
What do you find confusing about this sentence; "only designated officials within the DoE may declassify Restricted Data"? Do you see any mention of 'except the POTUS' anywhere in the following? POTUS does not have unlimited powers, no matter how hard you wish, and there are good reasons for restricting his/her authority. Can you think why that might be?


Is the Department of Energy under the control of the Congress, or is it an Agency of the Executive Branch?

My understanding is that Congress has no "executive power" listed in the Constitution. That under said Constitution, the President is the Chief Executive.

That said, Congress has no such power to limit the President per Article II of the US Constitution.

The President can declassify anything that a Dept. executive of any Agency that falls under his Executive Authority can classify/declassify.

Again, simply read Article 2. Congress cannot limit the President's Executive Authority, under the "current" Constitution.

The CONSITUTION is the supreme document of Authority over the Federal government.
 
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His lawyers declared in court that Obama's EO applied to him.

READ HIS BOLD QUOTE which comes from the legal filings of his lawyers.



President Obama enacted the current Executive Order prescribing the parameters for controlling classified information in 2009. See Exec. Order 13526 (Dec. 29, 2009). That Executive Order, which controlled during President Trump’s term in office, designates the President as an original classification authority. See id. § 1.3(a)(1). In turn, the Executive Order grants authority to declassify information to either the official who originally classified the information or that individual’s supervisors—necessarily including the President. § 3.1(b)(1), (3). Thus, assuming the Executive Order could even apply to constrain a President, cf. 50 U.S.C. § 3163, the President enjoys absolute authority under the Executive Order to declassify any information.

The red part is equivalent to what Post told you. Trump declared Obama's E.O applied to him!

You continue to demonstrate how clueless you are about even the position of your side! You do not understand what they argue. You are just parroting things you hear without really understanding what is going on
The EO is directed at agencies and individuals that are subordinate to the President. The President can follow the procedures outlined in the EO...if he wants to...but he doesn't have to. And THAT is what Trump has consistently said. Furthermore, court rulings support what he says.

Trump has never said that he is bound by the EO.
 
Too bad he didn't and instead just stole top secret docs. What a dumbass.

There is no required process for Presidential declassification.

None of the "rules" created by a President apply to the sitting President.

As I've already argued in this this thread, he cannot simply "think" it is declassified, but he can ACT to indicate something is declassified.

Say by telling his staff to pack such and so "classified" documents for his use after leaving office. His mere ACTION declassifies them as would him writing any memo, or making a public announcement of the contents without any requirement like saying before such announcement "I declassify!"
 
@Captain Adverse

Let's review how dumb your position is.

You literally believe a president can say, 18 months later, that he merely thought about declassifying the documents 18 months ago, even if he didn't think that and is lying his ass off.

And that means the docs are now declassified.

Hoo boy, pass the lobotomizer...
 
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