A jury found that then-President Trump acted with common law malice when he made defamatory statements about Carroll in June 2019 and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Trump appeals, arguing that he is entitled to presidential immunity or, in the alternative, a new trial.
He wasn’t president when he made those statements in June 2019.
It’s wild that this has 4 upvotes and 0 downvotes at the time of writing. Trumps first presidency ran from 2017 to 2021. People will upvotes anything that sounds good to them.
It is still hard to believe, but yes, he has been president twice now, the first time was indeed during 2019. It is also sometimes hard to believe 2019 was long enough ago that there have been multiple president changes since then.
But if you’ll recall, Trump was president when Covid 19 started. He ignored and then downplayed it for so long that he is largely responsible for a huge portion of the americans it killed. And due to how out of control it got, and to a degree still is, especially lately since it is back on the rise now, potentially also responsible for a decent portion of the non-americans it has killed too. He shares that with a lot of other terrible leaders though.
I think you meant to say it was a private affair (from far before his presidency) and therefore not a presidential action that he made remarks.
But Trump wants his powers to work retroactively as well, so anything in the past can be wiped off his slate as long as he remarks about it while being president.
He wasn’t president when he made those statements in June 2019.
It’s wild that this has 4 upvotes and 0 downvotes at the time of writing. Trumps first presidency ran from 2017 to 2021. People will upvotes anything that sounds good to them.
It even says “then-president” in the text they quoted. How embarrassing.
Uhh… yes he was…he was president
2016-20202017-2021Technically it was 2017 to 2021. But your point stands.
Huh?
It is still hard to believe, but yes, he has been president twice now, the first time was indeed during 2019. It is also sometimes hard to believe 2019 was long enough ago that there have been multiple president changes since then.
But if you’ll recall, Trump was president when Covid 19 started. He ignored and then downplayed it for so long that he is largely responsible for a huge portion of the americans it killed. And due to how out of control it got, and to a degree still is, especially lately since it is back on the rise now, potentially also responsible for a decent portion of the non-americans it has killed too. He shares that with a lot of other terrible leaders though.
So who was president in 2019?
John Barron
Trump’s first term started in January, 2017 and ended in January, 2021.
I think you meant to say it was a private affair (from far before his presidency) and therefore not a presidential action that he made remarks.
But Trump wants his powers to work retroactively as well, so anything in the past can be wiped off his slate as long as he remarks about it while being president.