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yes, trump will run again in 2028.... (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2024 OP
No he won't. roamer65 Nov 2024 #1
How? Alaninahammock Nov 2024 #2
Are you not paying attention to all the bs coming from various "scholars" niyad Nov 2024 #16
I really wish we could give these fuckheads their own island to ruin. Initech Nov 2024 #26
We had a similar occurrence with Jim Rhodes, Ohio's former governor. Xavier Breath Nov 2024 #31
No, it says 2 "elected" terms. Then, if taking over UTUSN Nov 2024 #41
I repeat, this is what the reichwing "legal scholars" are saying. KO is niyad Nov 2024 #42
O.K. we're pellucidly clarifying. But here's a twist: Drumpf could run as VP then take over unelected. UTUSN Nov 2024 #43
If this is true, then he will definitely be running against Obama ColinC Nov 2024 #45
I think the wording is pretty clear though ColinC Nov 2024 #46
Oh God hell no! Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #47
May he please be 6 feet under by then. 3catwoman3 Nov 2024 #3
As Jimi sang, H2O Man Nov 2024 #11
x1000, catwoman peggysue2 Nov 2024 #14
Come on, Big Macs! Do your thing! Initech Nov 2024 #27
Evil tends to linger cause Satan wants them to continue stirring up a mess! Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #48
He would likely need tonchange the constitution or get the supreme court to approve it ColinC Nov 2024 #4
Do you seriously think the 6 fucking assholes on the court would stand niyad Nov 2024 #17
If he tried it, they wouldnt matter anyways. ColinC Nov 2024 #21
See post 16. niyad Nov 2024 #22
🤞 ColinC Nov 2024 #38
Will he even be alive ? He is already looking old and tired all the time JI7 Nov 2024 #5
If Trump "runs" again it will only be because the United States of America has ceased to exist. sop Nov 2024 #6
what do these tweets have to do with the OP? WarGamer Nov 2024 #7
Other considerations aside, he would have to still be alive in order to do so. niyad Nov 2024 #8
And........avoid all widows above the 2nd floor. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #9
I'm not sure given his age and lack of exercise EdmondDantes_ Nov 2024 #24
My thoughts exactly. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #33
He will be 82 in 2028. Norbert Nov 2024 #10
Given the current rate of trump's decline, I doubt that he will be able to run LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 #12
Won't happen madville Nov 2024 #13
How the fuck will he run if not fucking eligible to be on a state's ballot? SoFlaBro Nov 2024 #15
Fiat. niyad Nov 2024 #18
"He should run for the border!," my Mom would say. NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2024 #19
He will be 82 if he makes it to that age. Meowmee Nov 2024 #20
82 Polybius Nov 2024 #23
Yes correct my mistake Meowmee Nov 2024 #25
Yeah true! Polybius Nov 2024 #29
No he won't osteopath6 Nov 2024 #28
See post 16. niyad Nov 2024 #39
One Trump concern at a time liberalmediaaddict Nov 2024 #30
Republicans eked out a tiny, razor thin majority in this election. They do not have what they would need to change lees1975 Nov 2024 #32
See post 16. niyad Nov 2024 #40
To senile samplegirl Nov 2024 #34
No, he won't. ForgedCrank Nov 2024 #35
"If Trump runs again it will only be because the United States of America has ceased to exist." J_William_Ryan Nov 2024 #36
Vance will be in the office before then Easterncedar Nov 2024 #37
He'll be dead. Lunabell Nov 2024 #44

roamer65

(37,957 posts)
1. No he won't.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:00 PM
Nov 2024

Because there won’t be an election within a “United” States with that egregious of a Constitutional violation.

niyad

(132,446 posts)
16. Are you not paying attention to all the bs coming from various "scholars"
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:29 PM
Nov 2024

and "legal minds" that the 22nd amendment ONLY applies to CONSECUTIVE terms?
Keith Olbermann has covered this insanity extensively. And, do not forget, he plans on being a dictator on day one.

Initech

(108,783 posts)
26. I really wish we could give these fuckheads their own island to ruin.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 11:20 PM
Nov 2024

And leave those of us who actually want to live in the United States and not an authoritarian shithole alone.

Xavier Breath

(6,640 posts)
31. We had a similar occurrence with Jim Rhodes, Ohio's former governor.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 11:37 PM
Nov 2024

He was first elected in 1962, then was reelected in 1966. In 1970, he did not run because he was term limited. But, by 1974 he decided he wanted back in, so he filed to run, but the Secretary of State said he was term-limited and could not run. He sued, and eventually the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the limitation was only applicable to consecutive terms. He ran and won, beating an incumbent Democrat in the Watergate-influenced 1974 election, no less. He was reelected in 1978 and ended up serving four terms.

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
41. No, it says 2 "elected" terms. Then, if taking over
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 12:38 AM
Nov 2024

from an unexpired over-half portion only one more election.

Can't believe keith doesn't qet that. But we're in Drumpf world so rules norms nuthin matter.




niyad

(132,446 posts)
42. I repeat, this is what the reichwing "legal scholars" are saying. KO is
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 12:50 AM
Nov 2024

simply telling us what they are saying and planning, NOT that he agrees with them.

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
43. O.K. we're pellucidly clarifying. But here's a twist: Drumpf could run as VP then take over unelected.
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 01:06 AM
Nov 2024

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
46. I think the wording is pretty clear though
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 11:45 AM
Nov 2024

“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"

Dem4life1234

(2,533 posts)
47. Oh God hell no!
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 11:53 AM
Nov 2024

Hopefully his KFC diet will take it's proper effect.

Knowing humanity 's shit luck, evil lives forever.

Dem4life1234

(2,533 posts)
48. Evil tends to linger cause Satan wants them to continue stirring up a mess!
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 11:54 AM
Nov 2024

Look how long Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms lived!

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
4. He would likely need tonchange the constitution or get the supreme court to approve it
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:03 PM
Nov 2024

Which are both unlikely.


The other scenario is he simply does it without any sort of legal legitimacy. In that case he might as well not even run. He would just hold onto power forcefully.

niyad

(132,446 posts)
17. Do you seriously think the 6 fucking assholes on the court would stand
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:31 PM
Nov 2024

in his way?

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
21. If he tried it, they wouldnt matter anyways.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:36 PM
Nov 2024

The constitution is clear. They certainly wouldn't be able to say a constitutional amendment written less than 75 years ago can be interpreted any other way...

If he ran, he would run against Obama: something he wouldnt dare try. That being said, if he is going to violate the constitution-why would he do it in a small way? He's a go big or go home kinda guy.

Trump will not be running for re election. He will either step aside in four years. Or he won't.

JI7

(93,617 posts)
5. Will he even be alive ? He is already looking old and tired all the time
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:11 PM
Nov 2024

and just looks like he doesn't know where he is or what is going on.

Why are we seeing and hearing more from Elon Musk than from Trump or Vance ?

sop

(18,626 posts)
6. If Trump "runs" again it will only be because the United States of America has ceased to exist.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:22 PM
Nov 2024

I don't think he'll last more than a couple of years in office.

niyad

(132,446 posts)
8. Other considerations aside, he would have to still be alive in order to do so.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:36 PM
Nov 2024

And, with shady vance as his #2, he should be employing a food taster!

sheshe2

(97,637 posts)
9. And........avoid all widows above the 2nd floor.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 04:33 PM
Nov 2024

All it took to do in Humpty Dumpty was a wall.

EdmondDantes_

(1,798 posts)
24. I'm not sure given his age and lack of exercise
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 11:12 PM
Nov 2024

That even a second story window would be survivable for him.

sheshe2

(97,637 posts)
33. My thoughts exactly.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 11:47 PM
Nov 2024

That's why I mentioned Humpty Dumpty...all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put Humpty together again!

Norbert

(7,765 posts)
10. He will be 82 in 2028.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 04:58 PM
Nov 2024

Not only that his cognitive health will be 10X as bad. Unless his handlers do some serious AI and keep him out of plain site, even the most gullible may find it hard to vote for him.

madville

(7,847 posts)
13. Won't happen
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 05:20 PM
Nov 2024

Their primary will be the usual clown car like Rubio and Cruz and Haley but throw Vance in this time as well.

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
20. He will be 82 if he makes it to that age.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:35 PM
Nov 2024

Praying for divine intervention here and I’m not even religious lol- the sooner the better. That’s assuming we even have regular untampered elections anymore. He may decide to make himself king which is basically what the Supreme Court has made him anyway. SC will rubber-stamp whatever he wants and all his psychophants are going to go along with it.

 

osteopath6

(195 posts)
28. No he won't
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 11:23 PM
Nov 2024

Fear mongering only discourages democratic voters.

He left office when he lost in 2020. He had no choice. He's ineligible in 2028.

liberalmediaaddict

(998 posts)
30. One Trump concern at a time
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 11:32 PM
Nov 2024

We have to pace ourselves and quit worrying ourselves to death over what this guy might do 4 years from now.
He hasn't even started his second term yet. We got a long way to go until the next presidential election. And in Trump Time every week feels three times longer.

Personally my main immediate fear is how awful he's going to be as president. He's simply not mentally equipped to handle the pressures of the job. He's going to pick right up where he left the country in 2021. Paranoid, hyper sensitive to criticism, whining on social media about being mistreated and preferring to watch TV and golf instead of reading his daily intelligence briefings.

Honestly I just hope we all survive 2025. If he puts Project 2025 and all his unqualified cabinet members in place our health and national security will be at risk. Just like how he mishandled covid and civil rights protests in 2020.

lees1975

(7,046 posts)
32. Republicans eked out a tiny, razor thin majority in this election. They do not have what they would need to change
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 11:42 PM
Nov 2024

the term limits on the President. He can't run again, and I doubt he'll be coherent by then.

J_William_Ryan

(3,496 posts)
36. "If Trump runs again it will only be because the United States of America has ceased to exist."
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 11:59 PM
Nov 2024

Or the Constitution.

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