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Washington " President Trump said Friday he is canceling all orders signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen, a mechanical device that reproduces signatures. "Any document signed" by Biden via the use of an autopen "is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally," Mr. Trump said. "Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury."
He already did.
Obama used the 2001 AUMF.
#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-11 01:10 PM | Reply | Flag:
All he explained was a work-around Obama used to bomb people at a wedding and a funeral. No one declared war on Syria as I pointed out in my previous post.
Do you agree with Durbin or do you agree with Obama?