Trump meets with Muslims, Jews, Pope - who represents all Christians?

[Guest Judas Machabeus]

28 minutes ago, other one said:

This has become nuts...

 

It took a violent right turn. So much so the OP started a new thread just to talk about this thread. Lol rather to try and move the conversation over there

one thing I'm learning is once you hit a few pages the thread takes on a life of its own and very seldon stays on topic. 

Such is life. 

[other one]

19 minutes ago, Judas Machabeus said:

It took a violent right turn. So much so the OP started a new thread just to talk about this thread. Lol rather to try and move the conversation over there

one thing I'm learning is once you hit a few pages the thread takes on a life of its own and very seldon stays on topic. 

Such is life. 

That is worthy.  I've always thought that after 50 to 70 posts most everyone has said their thoughts and it's time to move on.  Changing the direction I think is just natural.

[BobRyan]

5 hours ago, OldSchool2 said:

Isn't the "unlimited authority" of the executive branch limited by the other two branches of government?

The courts and congress do not determine what is or what is not classified or what the President can share in a meeting with world leaders. Nor are citizens asked to "vote on it".

[BobRyan]

1 hour ago, Judas Machabeus said:

It took a violent right turn. So much so the OP started a new thread just to talk about this thread. Lol rather to try and move the conversation over there

one thing I'm learning is once you hit a few pages the thread takes on a life of its own and very seldon stays on topic. 

Such is life. 

Indeed - all efforts at rescue failing so far.

[BobRyan]

5 hours ago, MorningGlory said:

Good point.  But you will find that, if you put 'Trump' in the thread title, all of the Trump dislikers will come like bees to a hivel and will derail the thread. 

Ok - so I have started a new thread that is "all Trump all the time" so they can have at it - and hopefully get back to this thread being about who should represent Christians on the world stage when a world leader appears to want to meet with the 3 major monotheistic world religions - as we just saw this week.

[OldSchool2]

7 hours ago, BobRyan said:

The courts and congress do not determine what is or what is not classified or what the President can share in a meeting with world leaders. Nor are citizens asked to "vote on it".

Anything can be appealed to the Supreme Court, even the declassification of documents.

[OldSchool2]

11 hours ago, shiloh357 said:

Where did Trump say anything about an  "essentially unlimited authority to declassify at will?" 

Trump saying that he absolutely has the right to disclose what he disclosed is NOT the same thing as claiming that he has the absolute authority to declassify anything he wants to, at will....

Trump tweeted he had the "absolute right" to declassify and you're confusing a commentator in MG's post with Trump.

[OldSchool2]

11 hours ago, PlanetChee said:

The link is self explanatory.

I saw no explanation of legal vs. absolute authority.

[OldSchool2]

11 hours ago, shiloh357 said:

Hatred of Trump is one such stronghold.

Trump's hubris will be his own undoing; hopefully he and his family doesn't take the rest of the country down with him.

[Guest shiloh357]

36 minutes ago, OldSchool2 said:

Trump tweeted he had the "absolute right" to declassify and you're confusing a commentator in MG's post with Trump.

I was quoting one of your posts when you said that Trump said he absolutely had the right to share what he shared.  I was simply pointing to the difference between what you claimed he said and your subsequent twisting and contorting of his words.