When asked for the show Meet the Press From the NBC channel if he had to respect the American Constitution, which guarantees fair legal proceedings for all people in the United States, Donald Trump simply replied that he ” [savait] not “.
Over the first 100 days of Trump’s second presidency, his government has particularly focused on achieving what the billionaire describes as “the biggest expulsion operation” in the history of the United States.
To get used to it, he notably attempted to use a law of 1798 on “foreign enemies”, hitherto reserved for war times, to be able to stop immigrants accused of belonging to gangs and expeling them towards Salvador without any other form of trial.
However, the fifth amendment of the Constitution provides that no one can “be deprived of his life, his freedom or his property without normal legal proceedings”, without mention of the state of citizenship of a person. Did the president have the duty to respect the Constitution? His answer was simple: “I don’t know. »»
“I have brilliant lawyers working for me, and they will obviously follow what the Supreme Court said,” added the Republican. The US Supreme Court has enabled the use of the law on “foreign enemies” provided that prisoners benefit from legal proceedings.
In an interview last month on NBC, the American secretary of state, Marco Rubio, had responded to the affirmative when asked if each person in the United States was entitled to normal legal proceedings, even if this person is not a citizen of the United States.
“I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer,” replied Donald Trump when he was asked if he agreed with Mr. Rubio’s assertion.
The American president then defended his position by explaining that, according to him, good and due form procedures would slow the process. “” [La Constitution] Maybe said that, but, if you talk about this, then we should have one, two or three million trials. »»
“We have thousands of people – some are murderers, others drug traffickers, and some of the worst people on earth. I was elected to get them out of here, and the courts prevent me, “he added.
51e State and 3e mandate
The interview, published a few days before the meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Donald Trump, said the subject of the latter’s annexation threats. “I will always talk about this,” said the latter who was asked if he counted if he was repeating his call to make Canada on 51e US state.
Trump said, however, that he did not think he had to use strength to face the neighboring country.
Refuting the assertion that he would like to present himself for a third presidential term, which the Constitution prohibits, Donald Trump then said that he would be president for eight years and that presenting himself a third time is “something that, to [s]To know, we are not allowed to do ”. “I will be a president with two mandates. I always thought it was very important. »»
Quite the opposite of what he has already said in the past, especially last March when he told NBC News not to joke about it.
The tenant of the White House then claims that JD Vance or Marco Rubio would be good candidates to succeed him at the head of the Republican Party, specifying that he is still “too early” to have such a discussion.
With the France-Presse agency
