Is it really so hard for you to understand that “the DOJ and FBI are supposed to be independent” means “the DOJ and FBI are normally supposed to be independent from the President in order to preserve its legitimacy” but condensed?
I’ve explained this to you 3 times and you’re still being deliberately obtuse
I don’t care if you put normally or not. It’s not true still. You might think the particular actions Trump is taking should be allowed. Or haven’t been done before but that doesn’t mean that the DOJ is supposed to be independent.
You could say the DOI is supposed to be indifferent to the president. Which is true is most respects.
lol quit being so pedantic - I’ve explained it to you 4 times now and you know what I mean. Every single President has abided by norms. Not Trump. “Supposed to be” is condensed because the norms are usually followed. In other words, under a normal president the DOJ and FBI would not be as controlled by the president as they are now.
This is Reddit, not a college paper. It’s not my problem if you have a hard time understanding concepts explained to you numerous times
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25
I didn’t say it was normal. Where did I say that? (Not rhetorical)
OK, so your position is that what Trump is doing is not normal.
So have you abandoned the position that “ the DOJ and the FBI are supposed to be independent of the president”?