Donald Trump has said that he does not “need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”.
In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”.
"It’s the only thing that can stop me,” Trump said, adding: “I’m not looking to hurt people.” He went on to concede “I do” in regards to whether his administration needed to adhere to international law, but said: “It depends on what your definition of international law is.”
Trump, who spoke to the newspaper as his administration looks into “a range of options” in attempts of gaining control of Greenland, also emphasized the importance of ownership.
“Ownership is very important,” Trump said, adding: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success. I think that ownership gives you a thing that you can’t do with, you’re talking about a lease or a treaty. Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document.”
Because he’s probably the single most powerful man in the world right now. He can send the US military anywhere in the world on a whim.
And there is nobody willing to stop him.
It so damn stupid. This is the same problem we humans have had to deal with over and over again all through history, and we walked right into it AGAIN. American apathy gets a lot of the blame, of course. but so do other country’s governments for continuing to treat the US government as civilized and legitimate when it clearly isn’t.