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babylonsister

(171,079 posts)
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:05 PM Jan 2020

If Trump Wins, Brace Yourself for Don Jr. In 2024



https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/12/if-trump-wins-brace-yourself-for-don-jr-in-2024/

If Trump Wins, Brace Yourself for Don Jr. In 2024
January 12, 2020 at 2:17 pm EST By Taegan Goddard


Rick Wilson: “Get ready for Donald Trump Jr., a man who speaks the fluent asshole dialogue of the own-the-libs Trump Party, to rise to the top of the 2024 GOP primary ranks. The dynastic talk that was once treated as a joke (even by me) is already growing around both Don Jr. and Ivanka. Poor Eric is left out, but then again, he always has been.”

“The Trump family—including the creepy automaton Jared Kushner—will continue to view the American government not as a sacred trust but as an ATM for their crapulous enterprises and nation-state-level grifting. While Kushner’s ambitions don’t appear to be especially political, his exploitation of his high office as Grand Vizier to Emir Donald has been spectacularly profitable for his companies. As for Trump personally, his hotels, golf courses, and clubs were miraculously both popular and profitable for unknown reasons. (Pardon me while I recover from that epic eye-roll.)”
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If Trump Wins, Brace Yourself for Don Jr. In 2024 (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2020 OP
They would run Ivanka before Don Jr. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #1
Don Jr would probably be her VP dustyscamp Jan 2020 #3
they have delusions of aristocracy rampartc Jan 2020 #32
This. dhol82 Jan 2020 #52
people and media should stop speculating about the election and make sure he's OUT now. Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #2
you keep saying this. (on this and other threads) I'll risk asking again. stopdiggin Jan 2020 #13
I'll keep saying it. Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #29
encourage WHAT action? stopdiggin Jan 2020 #34
"But there are others who do." Who?? It's not going to be the Senate... AncientGeezer Jan 2020 #54
No fucking way. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #4
May I suggest Costa Rica? LakeArenal Jan 2020 #7
Yes, I have some friends who lived there for a while and loved it. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #10
Let us know when you get here. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #12
Thank you! smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #16
I've posted several things about our move. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #21
That would be great! smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #25
Thanks. I'll work on a message soon. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #27
biiiiiig snakes and bugs. Not for me. nt Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #31
Sounds like eastern North Carolina. ooky Jan 2020 #49
I will never let fascist fucks run me out of my own country Skittles Jan 2020 #43
Maybe I'm being paranoid but I just can't see living in Central America. OliverQ Jan 2020 #50
Good luck finding your spot. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #51
No lunatica Jan 2020 #5
Do it. It's sooo liberating!! LakeArenal Jan 2020 #11
I lived in Mexico for the first 25 years of my life. lunatica Jan 2020 #15
I get that. May I add down our gravel mountain road livrs LakeArenal Jan 2020 #19
Well my son's Mexican family is there so I do know people. lunatica Jan 2020 #23
Just so you find the "spot" that can soothe your soul. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #24
The same back to you! lunatica Jan 2020 #30
I don't understand the "disappears" part Skittles Jan 2020 #45
I hear you lunatica Skittles Jan 2020 #44
I'm not inclined to ever give it up for anything. lunatica Jan 2020 #46
I'm fine with the occasional date Skittles Jan 2020 #47
Two Things: Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2020 #6
Snort. Dammit .. my keyboard! Again! stopdiggin Jan 2020 #8
Love that euphemism " although it stretches credulity" LakeArenal Jan 2020 #22
The next few weeks (?) will reveal whether the words Boomerproud Jan 2020 #48
how do we stop it? (nt) stopdiggin Jan 2020 #55
Let's just concentrate on making sure Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2020 #9
If Trump "wins" there won't be a 2024. tandem5 Jan 2020 #14
let's just get through 2020 first lol Takket Jan 2020 #17
With all due respect Joinfortmill Jan 2020 #18
Yeah. And 12 years ago we were told 2020 would be the start of George P. Bush's 2nd term . . . Journeyman Jan 2020 #20
Besides the second generation dictatorships don't exist or last long. lunatica Jan 2020 #26
Thank you. BKDem Jan 2020 #28
Jr. looks like a Jersey mook out collecting protection money. Thomas Hurt Jan 2020 #33
Not a chance -- it's Gums all the way Blue Owl Jan 2020 #35
ATM RicROC Jan 2020 #36
Iran should have Turbineguy Jan 2020 #37
If Trump wins in 2020 there will be NO election in 24 Runningdawg Jan 2020 #38
If Trump is on 2020 ballot, there will be no America as we know it; the election is ALREADY RIGGED Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #53
... a bridge too far, LOCK HIM UP Miigwech Jan 2020 #39
Donnie Jr can fondle Ivanka in public just like Daddy did. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #40
That's the day I move to Canada and never come back. jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #41
If the scammy Dump spawn aren't in prison by then. Hassler Jan 2020 #42
I thought the GOP hated dynasties, no? Initech Jan 2020 #56
With Trump in office... lame54 Jan 2020 #57
Donald Jr is almost as sick as is father Demovictory9 Jan 2020 #58

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
2. people and media should stop speculating about the election and make sure he's OUT now.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:07 PM
Jan 2020

Can't risk waiting.

All it takes is for several states to be hacked and tally botched. Step two, referral to SCOTUS for resolution. The End of America as we know it.

CANNOT RISK WAITING FOR ELECTION. IT'S ALREADY RIGGED.

stopdiggin

(11,348 posts)
13. you keep saying this. (on this and other threads) I'll risk asking again.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:22 PM
Jan 2020

How do you propose that we ..

"make sure he's OUT now."

Have you devised way to change Mitch's mind?

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
29. I'll keep saying it.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 06:07 PM
Jan 2020

Duh.

None of US here have the power to make that happen. But there are others who do.

Our job is to discourage the public chin wagging and hand wringing and encourage action.

 

AncientGeezer

(2,146 posts)
54. "But there are others who do." Who?? It's not going to be the Senate...
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 01:36 PM
Jan 2020

So it is US...on election day.

LakeArenal

(28,835 posts)
7. May I suggest Costa Rica?
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:13 PM
Jan 2020

We moved here for so many great reasons

But we never dreamed we would be political refugees when we first made our plan.

But it is great here.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
10. Yes, I have some friends who lived there for a while and loved it.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:18 PM
Jan 2020

He was in the DEA so they have since been transferred to Colombia, but they loved Costa Rica. A lot of our company purchasing/expenses people are also located there and I have met many of them. Very nice people. Definitely a place on my list.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. Thank you!
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:28 PM
Jan 2020

Would love to hear more about your life there in the lounge if you are so inclined. I am always fascinated by what living life abroad is like.

LakeArenal

(28,835 posts)
21. I've posted several things about our move.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:36 PM
Jan 2020

If you’d like I’ll pm you some cut and paste
some things I’ve said before.

We’ve been here since Sept after planning for 13 years. We can not believe how close the reality is to our dream. We love it and feel like we came home!!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
25. That would be great!
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:48 PM
Jan 2020

I think I miss a lot since I am at work all day during the week and don't always have a chance to check in. I'm so happy for you and that you have finally found your dream home!

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
50. Maybe I'm being paranoid but I just can't see living in Central America.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 09:11 PM
Jan 2020

I know Panama and Costa Rica are two of the better places there, but they also border the most violent countries on Earth. I guess I'd never feel particularly safe in the area of the world.

I really want to move to Europe or Canada, but that seems impossible for me at this point.

LakeArenal

(28,835 posts)
51. Good luck finding your spot.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 09:17 PM
Jan 2020

We haven’t seen any crime here. Not even traffic stops.

Weather wise Costa Rica isn’t for everyone.
Lots of hot humid sun. Lots of rain.

We live in the mountain rain forests. It’s beautiful.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
5. No
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:13 PM
Jan 2020

If Trump wins I will stop looking at any political news and become a total recluse.

Or I’ll move back to Mexico. I’ve always considered México my true home.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
15. I lived in Mexico for the first 25 years of my life.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:26 PM
Jan 2020

My son was born there. I’m as native as any American can be there. I seriously consider it at times. The main thing that holds me back is that I’m a 71 year old woman who lives alone. I like it that way and don’t want to live with anyone else.

LakeArenal

(28,835 posts)
19. I get that. May I add down our gravel mountain road livrs
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:33 PM
Jan 2020

A 75 year old woman lives Alone for years.
I suspect you would find neighbors who watch over you. Invite you places and be interested in your condition.
Unlike in America where woman disappears after fifty and no one is interested in anything you have to say.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
23. Well my son's Mexican family is there so I do know people.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:45 PM
Jan 2020

I think about it all the time and am still open to it. It’s certainly an option if Trump becomes the first American dictator.

I live in Santa Fe, NM where the culture is steeped in Native American and New Mexican and Mexican cultures. The New Mexicans are those whose families were here long before Americans took it from Mexico and turned it into an American state. Spanish is spoken as much as English is here.

Skittles

(153,174 posts)
45. I don't understand the "disappears" part
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 08:05 PM
Jan 2020

I have never felt that way and as far as I can tell, people are interested in what I say.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
46. I'm not inclined to ever give it up for anything.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 08:10 PM
Jan 2020

Certainly not for another person. My cat is the best company I could ever want.

Skittles

(153,174 posts)
47. I'm fine with the occasional date
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 08:17 PM
Jan 2020

but I love doing what I want, whenever I want, without having to explain anything to anyone......I feel very sorry for people who are afraid to be alone

stopdiggin

(11,348 posts)
8. Snort. Dammit .. my keyboard! Again!
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:15 PM
Jan 2020

Jr. is (although it stretches credulity) clearly less intelligent and capable than his father. I doubt he's capable of heading a cub scout group, much less a national party. This is credible only in a scenario where we no longer have a functioning democracy.

(but thanks for the pick-me-up)

LakeArenal

(28,835 posts)
22. Love that euphemism " although it stretches credulity"
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:39 PM
Jan 2020

For “who the hell would believe this shit”.
Very nice. Thanks.

Boomerproud

(7,963 posts)
48. The next few weeks (?) will reveal whether the words
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 08:50 PM
Jan 2020

functioning democracy is reality. If the public allows a sham impeachment trial all bets are off.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,429 posts)
9. Let's just concentrate on making sure
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:16 PM
Jan 2020

Donald Trump isn't a two-term President in 2020. And then let's make sure that the Trump brand name is so tarnished and ugly that people wouldn't even think of having more than one of them as President ever- in our history. It is literally bad enough that Donald managed to win, although, as we've been learning since 2017, he's definitely been the beneficiary of a lot of dumb luck and intervention from other bad actors.

Journeyman

(15,037 posts)
20. Yeah. And 12 years ago we were told 2020 would be the start of George P. Bush's 2nd term . . .
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:33 PM
Jan 2020

You remember, this clown and the Bush Dynasty . . .



But instead, he's the Texas Land Commissioner, in charge of all the cow pies and assorted other bullshit in the Lone Star State.

And the Bush family, in fact, has a history of public service. They're not just some sleazy pack of petit bourgeois hoteliers, grifters with a dynasty built on being predatory rentiers. Yet here we are, a dozen years later and hardly anyone even remembers the Bush boys.

If you learn anything today, this may serve you well: Remember, the face of fortune varies and knows not how to remain steadfast.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
26. Besides the second generation dictatorships don't exist or last long.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 05:48 PM
Jan 2020

I can’t think of a single one off the top of my head, but I’m sure some might exist. I’m just not interested enough to google it.

Turbineguy

(37,362 posts)
37. Iran should have
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 06:29 PM
Jan 2020

a nuclear weapon ready around the time of the election. Trump getting re-elected will likely cause them to want to use it. They could be ready to deliver by the inauguration. They already have the means for delivery.

I remember when Saddam Hussein said he would switch over to the Euro for selling oil. This was bad for the US. But I think it was dependent on who became President. Gore: heads. Bush: tails.

A Democratic President will likely work out a deal with Iran.

So I think that Don Jr. will be moot.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
53. If Trump is on 2020 ballot, there will be no America as we know it; the election is ALREADY RIGGED
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 09:59 PM
Jan 2020

So said Mueller, Coats, Wray, Comey UNDER OATH. " .... as we sit here"!

All it takes to rig it is to botch elections in several states, with subsequent referral to Supreme Court for resolution.

Just like Bush v. Gore 2000. RIGGED.

Additionally, electronic voting machines are easily hacked and corrupted. McConnell refuses to bring the legislation on election security to a vote.

We are finished if Trump is on the ballot.

He must be stopped NOW.

keithbvadu2

(36,876 posts)
40. Donnie Jr can fondle Ivanka in public just like Daddy did.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 06:47 PM
Jan 2020

Donnie Jr can fondle Ivanka in public just like Daddy did.

FA-MI-LEE Tradition.

Initech

(100,099 posts)
56. I thought the GOP hated dynasties, no?
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 04:25 PM
Jan 2020

Yet they want Trump rule all the way through the 2070s. So which is it? Either you hate dynasties or you embrace them.

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