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Comment by JumpCrisscross

5 days ago

> His defenders kept, and keep, using it as an excuse

Genuine request for a source here.

Seconded. I don't recall hearing anyone talk about "the rules based order" until a couple of years ago.

  • When Trump talks about rules, laws, and order it’s in the “L'État, c'est moi” (the state is me) sense. I.e. following the law means following his whims.