The sitting US president says that in practice Monday’s decision means there are no limits to what the president can do.
President of the United States Joe Biden commented on Monday’s decision by the US Supreme Court in his statement at the White House decision that the former president has With Donald Trump is immunity from prosecution for his official duties during his presidency. However, according to the Supreme Court, there is no immunity from unofficial actions.
According to Biden, the decision to protect the president from prosecution creates a dangerous precedent that Trump should take advantage of if he is elected president of the United States in November.
– In practice, today’s decision almost certainly means that there are no limits to what the president can do. This is a fundamentally new principle and a dangerous precedent, Biden said.
– The American people must decide if they want to entrust the presidency to Donald Trump once again, now that they know that he has even more courage to do what he wants, when he wants, Biden added.
AFP