Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/04/trump-nbc-interview-constitution-economy/

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  3. How do people in the armed forces feel about this? This is so F’d up.

  4. Trump doesn’t know if he needs to uphold the Constitution because he has no constitution. Guy rolled a one.

  5. Imbecile. It’s worth a read. He says staggeringly stupid things.

  6. Shouldn’t someone explain the oath he took? This is the second time he took the oath of office, and he still doesn’t understand it? Is he so old, demented and confused, or just plain stupid? Either way, somebody should intervene and get him help.

  7. Of course that’s what he said. No promise means anything to this a-hole. Everything is subject to subsequent negotiation or flat out cheating. He would dig up his parents and sell them to a circus if there was a buck involved.

  8. It doesn’t matter what he says or even does. I hate the media at this point. Dude setup an entire bribe funnel with Trump coins the day before his inauguration. Has since made millions and recently billions from it. Anyone with money can literally just give it to him. There’s no law enforcement that is willing to go after him for crimes. There’s no congress willing to kick him to the curb for crimes. The only thing that can be done is literally bringing the entire system to a halt with a general strike or violence. The fact that media never even goes over these very specific things shows you they’re not here for us. They discuss everything under the sun, but never protest or revolt.

  9. He didn’t explode when he took the oath the second time, but he didn’t mean it either.

  10. Trump clicked through the Oath of Office like most people click through the TOS of a forum.

    >”I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

  13. So we can now document at he has forgotten his oath after 3-4 months…

  14. I honestly believe that he has no idea.

    The one thing you can always be certain of the Big Orange is that he is ignorant

  15. I mean, he should be impeached just for that. Dude has no idea what his job is.

  16. I mean it’s actually the correct answer.

    Is he required to hold up the Constitution? I don’t know either. All the evidence so far suggests he does not – whenever he does violate the constitution, the legal system says it’s okay or looks the other way.

  17. Finally he’s being honest about something. Unfortunately it’s about him not knowing that the president is supposed to uphold and defend the constitution. Remember when he wouldn’t swear to uphold his duties during the inauguration.

  18. He literally has one job .. and he doesn’t know what it is.

  19. The Constitution is literally *the* legal basis that the Federal Government runs on and follows. This was the sole, unarguable intention of its authors.

  21. The presidential oath of office states: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”

  22. Typical Trump they all voted for. Never admit to anything, show dumb for any questions of the job. its funny the president of the United states defers to the attorney general for things he should have learned in Jr. High long ago.

  23. Trump doesn’t know where he is half the time, his brain has turned to dementia riddled mush

  26. I guess the Oath of Office is a suggestion. The oath does say to the best of his ability, so he doesn’t have the ability to do it.

  27. “And will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

  28. If the president is too dement to remember the oath he swore, surely there’s a protocol to make sure that the POTUS is actually mentally capable?

  29. Yeah, it’s not like you took an oath or anything. Fucking nitwit.

  30. He took an oath of office with his hand hovering over the Bible. Close enough?

    Maybe he had his tiny fingers crossed. Baby.

  31. A great journalist would have had him read his oath of office to call him out on his bullshit!

  33. In order to become president he had to affirm this statement:

    >”I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

    Saying he doesn’t know if he has to uphold the Constitution should immediately get him kicked out of office for dereliction of duty.

  35. When are we gonna learn with this guy? When are the media gonna learn? Are we supposed to be surprised when he says this shit? Shocked? OF-FUCKING-COURSE he doesn’t believe he has to uphold the Constitution. OF-FUCKING-COURSE he doesn’t believe in due process for others, especially migrants. Any sentient adult knows that based on, well, pretty much everything he’s done since his first term (and before).

    The media grant him this assumption of normality when he’s proven time and again he doesn’t deserve it. Then they publish stories implying we should all be shocked and bewildered the guy is an autocrat.

    We all know he’s a lying, malignant narcissist bigoted corrupt grifting convict… when he simply piles on more justification for that characterization, it’s not news. It’s the least surprising thing you’re hear all day.

  36. Isn’t that what swearing in is? Taking an oath to uphold the constitution? Oh yeah makes sense why he didn’t put his hand on the Bible now.

    *Hand wasn’t there not a true oath.*

  38. Par for the course. Oaths mean nothing if you aren’t intrinsically motivated by honest and forthright behavior as a standard for behavior.

  39. Guy who tried to overthrow the government isn’t actually that patriotic?? 😮

  40. And what was the follow-up question to that? because that’s where the problem lies with modern media.

    The next question in that interview should have been didn’t you swear an oath to that effect? Do you not remember that?

  41. Forgot his oath while taking it. Dementia Don thinks he’s King.

  42. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

  43. Article II, Section 1, Clause 8:
    Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:– I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

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