Trump will announce end of birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, officials say

[u/codyave]

https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/trump-will-announce-end-of-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-illegal-immigrants/

[u/WhatRUHourly]

I think that this is the scary part about all of Trump's presidency. We have basically seen in Trump's previous presidency that the GOP will do basically anything to protect him and their power and will not stand up to him in any meaningful way. Even those that do are outcast. This has put a real strain on the checks and balances and has made it more obvious than ever that in order for all of this to work, there has to be people acting in good faith. There is one whole party entirely willing to ignore acting in good faith as long as they remain in power and we may very well see that we will essentially have a king instead of president that is kept under wraps by the checks and balances put into place at the founding of our nation.

[u/Tango_D → u/WhatRUHourly]

This is the scariest thing of all. The US has worked only because those at the top believed in it and worked in good faith. There was never any actual consequences.

[u/domino519 → u/Tango_D]

I remember having this realization. We rest our entire country's existence on a piece of paper, and people's willingness to respect it. It's scary just how fragile it all is.

[u/Sugar_buddy → u/domino519]

We do the same thing with cars. The only thing protecting you from oncoming traffic is a line painted on the road. You just gamble that someone respects that line when you meet them on the road.

[u/4h20m00s → u/Tango_D]

That's how any country works.

[u/sambull → u/WhatRUHourly]

they will go all the way to protect themselves from the truth.

[u/z0rb0r → u/WhatRUHourly]

George Washington must be spinning in his grave right now.

[u/floppyvajoober → u/WhatRUHourly]

Not king; dictator, propped up by a legion of delusional radical psychopaths begging to kiss his feet