Political pundits and media from both sides of the aisle blasted President Donald Trump Saturday for a post on Truth Social and X declaring, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
Trump first posted the statement on Truth Social before sending the same message to his followers on X.
“He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” he wrote, with no quotation marks, attribution, reference, or context on Saturday, possibly referring to those arguing his mass firings were in violation of the law. The remark comes after weeks of working with billionaire Elon Musk and his DOGE office to slash the federal bureaucracy through cost-cutting that included layoffs which many argue were politically motivated.
Critics on social media were quick to suggest that Trump want to be a “dictator” following his new comments.
This is actually a profoundly disturbing sentiment: https://t.co/82WNY79x5v— Brad Polumbo
(@brad_polumbo) February 15, 2025
The phrase reportedly originates from the the 1970 Napoleon film starring Rod Steiger called Waterloo where Napoleon Bonaparte is seen justifying his dictatorship
Trump just quoted the 1970 Napoleon film starring Rod Steiger. The context is Napoleon justifying dictatorship.
Here's the movie context
'To my dear Prince Alexis… I did not "usurp" the crown. I found it, in the gutter, and I, I picked it up with my sword, and it… https://t.co/u3UM1eEpr3— Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield) February 15, 2025
