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Trump post has critics saying he's declaring himself above the law
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February 17, 2025
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0:42Now PlayingPres. Trump, over the weekend, stoked criticism and alarm when he posted a blunt and cryptic statement seemingly suggesting the nation's laws don't apply to him.
"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," Trump wrote on his personal X and Truth Social accounts on Saturday.
The White House later shared the statement from its official X account but didn't elaborate on why he posted it or what he meant by it.
Although its exact origins are unclear, the quote is often attributed to Napoleon, the French general who effectively declared himself emperor in the early 1800s.
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