WATCH: Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Know If The President Has To Uphold The Constitution

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Donald Trump has said a lot of questionable things in his life but not knowing if the President has to uphold the constitution certainly takes the cake. Steve Schmidt breaks down Trump's interview on "Meet The Press" and explains why this quote defines his presidency. Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES

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0:00.0	It is Monday, May the 5th, 2025.
0:04.0	This is the warning.
0:06.0	After 10 long years since the madness began,
0:10.0	since Donald Trump descended his golden escalator and Trump Tower,
0:15.0	denouncing Mexican Americans as rapists and murderers.
0:19.0	Finally, a question was put to him, whether Donald Trump
0:22.5	must follow the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land in the United States. Now,
0:28.8	the question put to Trump was put to him regardless and detached from the fact that twice
0:34.8	he's taken a 35-word oath that swore to preserve, protect, and defend
0:40.8	the Constitution of the United States. But when Kristen Welker asked him, the answer was,
0:45.9	Your Secretary of State says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens deserve due
0:50.6	process. Do you agree, Mr. President?
0:52.5	I don't know. I'm not, I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.
0:55.9	Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?
0:58.6	I don't know. I have to respond by saying again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me,
1:05.9	and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said.
1:10.6	What is it exactly that Donald Trump thinks he is? King? They are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said.
1:11.1	What is it exactly that Donald Trump thinks he is?
1:14.4	King, emperor, furor, duchy, American dictator, Caesar the first?
1:20.3	The American people are held hostage by Trump's malice, but also his sycophants, the weaklings, the corrupt and hollow men and women around him,
1:31.3	political extremists, little Eichmans, like Stephen Miller, like Carolyn Levin.
1:37.1	Do you ever get tired of these people screaming at you, screeching at you?
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