When does he announce he is running for POTUS again after this term is up?

[CTyankee]

What is the scenario you think we will see?

[marble falls]

1. Hauling him off in a straightjacket. He's not running again.

[Initech]

48. He ain't making it to '28.

Either dementia or a massive coronary will get him before the term is up. He can barely stand as it is.

[Deuxcents]

2. I don't think he'll bother with the traditional way of throwing his hat in the ring..he'll just EO it

No elections needed as he’s already said that last year

[CTyankee]

4. That's interesting. How can he pull that off? Would there have to be a ruling from the Supreme Court?

He's gonna claim the Constitution meant only successive terms, not ones with intervening years, was the limit. I'm sure he's got some folks working on it now.

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. He will say a lot of things

But do very little, and that includes not running again for president.

But he will sell a lot of “Trump 2028” hats, just to make the libs cry.

Reminder: states run the elections, and not even SCOTUS can force a state to put Trump on its ballot for an unconstitutional third term.

[CTyankee]

5. Maybe he is checking that out now.

I know this sounds crazy, but I think he is capable of doing it. Personally, I think he'll be removed, one way or another, before his term is out and we'll have to deal with JD, a far craftier character. Then Vance will be all set to have his next term to finish us off as a democratic republic.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. You think Trump is capable of forcing his name onto the ballot in all 50 states?

I think there are quite a few Dem governors and Secretaries of State who would disagree with you.

[Jack Valentino]

32. But most of the Republican state governments would probably go along with it---

they've already amply demonstrated that they have no respect for the Constitution or the rule of law....
and that they have the backbone of a jellyfish

[Fiendish Thingy]

35. I bet you're wrong, they wouldn't go along with it

Which is why Trump won’t subject himself to the humiliation of actually attempting it.

[Blues Heron]

6. This scotus would have no problem declaring the 22nd amendment null and void, because it violates

Free speech or whatever they end up justifying it with.

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. The Roberts court is indeed corrupt

But an unprecedented ruling overturning a constitutional amendment a clear, black letter (and number) law, would eliminate the court’s relevancy and power.

It’s not going to happen, and Trump isn’t going to run as VP, or any of that other “loophole” nonsense.

[Blues Heron]

9. They already did it to put him on the Colorado ballot, just made stuff up and did it. That amend. was clear

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. That is incorrect- in that case, the court made the right ruling

Somebody had sued in state court regarding 14th amendment disqualification for federal office.

The court ruled, with 2 liberals concurring, and the other only partially dissenting, that the suit should have been brought in federal court, to determine disqualification for the presidency nationwide, rather than have 50 suits in state courts to disqualify Trump on a state by state basis - imagine the chaos in that scenario, as red states disqualified Biden in retaliation.

[Blues Heron]

14. It shows they totally have his back. If that had been Obama, he would have been barred in a nanosecond.

You were right the first time, the Roberts court is corrupt.

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. So Kagan and Jackson are in the tank for Trump too?

I don’t think you understand the ruling - it wasn’t about disqualification, it was about venue and standing.

[Blues Heron]

19. No, but the 6 pukes are for sure. They would have barred Obama if he had done J6. I have no doubt.

What do you think they would have done if the big O had done J6? Let him back on the ballot if Mississippi had taken him off?

[Fiendish Thingy]

21. Yes, they would have

Of course, one would have to believe Obama would incite an insurrection first.

Let’s say Mississippi disqualified Obama over his birth certificate- the Roberts court would have overturned such a move.

But you have changed the subject- go read Jackson’s concurrence of the Colorado ruling, if you truly seek to understand.

[Blues Heron]

22. Yeah I should read that, that vote was so disappointing at the time.

[Fiendish Thingy]

24. What was disappointing was that nobody refiled the suit in *federal* court

I think the ruling came out in late winter/early spring 2024, so there was still time before states printed ballots in the fall, although the Roberts court would likely have delayed it.

[Jack Valentino]

33. but the suit was only about the primary election ballot in Colorado.... yes ?

Of course if they had ruled against Trump, that would have been a bombshell which should have ended his candidacy right then.

[Fiendish Thingy]

37. No the suit wasn't about the primary ballot

The suit was about whether a state had the standing, and whether a state court was the appropriate venue to make a ruling on disqualification under the 14th amendment for a federal office.

[EdmondDantes_]

16. The conspiracy theories are tiresome

Thank you for bringing some common sense to this.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. We aren't the country

You are writing about anymore.

It's gone.

The rules don't apply. We can rebuild however we want.

[Fiendish Thingy]

30. That sounds ominous

But it also makes little sense.

Care to clarify?

[Jack Valentino]

34. Republican politicians who stand silently by while Trump does all these things are "lowering the bar"

without thinking of the possible consequences when the pendulum swings back,
as it always does....


My childhood best friend, a Republican with whom I often talked politics
once made this observation, during the Shrub administration:

"Yeah, the Democrats 'spend like drunken sailors',
but now the Republicans are spending 'like drunken Democrats'!"---
and stated that they were "lowering the bar" for deficit spending....
(while claiming to want to 'balance the budget')

Republicans have now been "lowering the bar" for political persecution,
respect for the rule of law and for the truth---
and I hope Democrats will make them PAY for it when we get the chance!

FUCK this "look to the future" nonsense---
there can be no future without prosecuting the criminals of the present!

And frankly, I have often said that Democrats don't LIE enough----
but we don't have to, now, the TRUTH is bad enough---
That the Republican Party is FULL OF PEDOPHILES,
and PEDOPHILE APOLOGISTS!!!

But do our Democratic politicians USE THAT???
NO!!!!! because they are too fucking 'polite'

There are LISTS.......

[Fiendish Thingy]

36. Meh.

We’ll be lucky if Dems can get a trifecta by 2028, and elect enough courageous senators who will kill the filibuster and expand the court so that any laws passed by the new congress won’t be overturned before the ink is dry.

Your revenge fantasies will have to remain just that - fantasies.

[JustAnotherGen]

40. What's the end game

What's your thought on what the end game is?

I'm interested.

[Fiendish Thingy]

41. Simple:

We have elections in November 2028, and in January 2029 a new president and VP, neither of whom will be named Donald J Trump, will be inaugurated.

[JustAnotherGen]

42. What about

2025?

Scott Pressler has set up camp in NJ. He's the second coming of Roger Stone. He turned (cheated) PA for Krasnov The Rapist.

In 1981, Stone sent out 'Flying Squads' to intimidate and terrorize Black voters. Kean Sr. won by1,797 votes in a recount.

How soon is now?
Armed Men at the Polls, Voters in Urban Areas removed and/or challenged.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2020/08/11/Armed-poll-watchers-NJs-cautionary-tale-from-1981/3701597146308/

Are you familiar with this history?

Also - Shelby v Holder in 2013 says the magapubs can do it again.

Are you POSITIVE that they will not scrub anyone who is not a magapub from the voter rolls in NJ or VA this year?

What leads you to believe that everyone will be allowed to vote?

Do you have insider info from the magapub party you can share here?


For your edification:
https://secure.anedot.com/hunterdon-county-republican-committee/earlyvoteaction

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2020/11/voter-suppression-in-nj-kean-florio-election-rnc-flying-squads-roger-stone-john-roberts/

Archived remembrance by former Assistant AG Kristen Clarke. I trust her. She's a known Black Woman who put her neck on the line for America. Like Harris, Crockett, Chisholm . . .
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/blog/reflecting-10th-anniversary-shelby-county-v-holder

Seriously - is this like the whole "He's not going to do that" stuff we heard about Project 2025?

[Fiendish Thingy]

43. Voter suppression will not enable a third Trump term.

Indeed, chicanery and subterfuge will be attempted, but success is not guaranteed.

I follow Marc Elias and his Democracy Docket newsletter for the latest on anti-voter actions by state and federal governments, as well as the legal challenges to protect the vote.

Much will unfold between now and November 2028, but one thing is certain: Trump will not be president after January 20, 2029.

Don’t give in to the mythology that Trump is omnipotent and the states and the people are powerless- that is a form of subtly surrendering in advance.

[JustAnotherGen]

44. I'm talking about this year

In NJ - a northern state held to the same standards as Mississippi and Alabama until Shelby V Holder.

I also follow and subscribe to the Democracy Docket.

One thing we know when we look at Fascism in Italy and it's true point of beginning (1925) is that it was a 6 month slide until the Black Shirts took over. My husband's family were fascists and their descendants - including him -

Are hitting the alarm.

Where I sit in Amerikkka? It's always been bullshit, it has never been equal opportunity and from the very beginning it started with the subjugation of human beings.

We have to agree to disagree. Your family history may very well differ from mine. And so you have experienced America as the land of the free and the home of the brave. Others not so much.

You can find my husband's Zio Nicolo all over pictures with Beni. A week after the 2016 election he told my Giovanni "Come home now and bring your pretty American wife with you. Now." He died a few years ago.

He had seen some shit in his life.

I believe him. I believe the man who set up the fake concentration camp in Calabria to punk the Nazis and was heralded as a Great Partisan, Senator for life . . . That's who I believe.

[Fiendish Thingy]

45. This thread is about Trump seeking a third term

I’m not interested in discussing tangential topics.

[JustAnotherGen]

46. Okay -

So everything is alright in your book.

Interesting.

Nothing bad is happening in the country.

Gotcha.

Voting rights is a tangential issue.

[Fiendish Thingy]

47. Don't put words in my mouth just because you're losing an argument.

If you want to discuss voting rights in general, why not start your own thread, rather than hijack this one, which was created to discuss whether Trump can/will seek a third term.

[JustAnotherGen]

49. I'm not losing an argument

And I didn't put words in your mouth. Chillax.

I only argue with my peers in the Democratic Committee. Everyone else - I'm just picking your brain.

It's interesting though to see how far the rank and file American will go to deny the Dictatorship.

It's too bad you thought I was arguing with you. Regardless - we are prepared in our house.

Good luck out there!

[Fiendish Thingy]

53. Just asking questions, amirite?

So everything is alright in your book.

Interesting.

Nothing bad is happening in the country.

Gotcha.

Voting rights is a tangential issue.

I never said any of those things, I merely refused to engage with you in your thread hijack.

If this is how you conduct “field research” for the DNC, you’re gonna need way more luck “out there” than I ever will.

[JustAnotherGen]

56. On edit

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[Fiendish Thingy]

59. Context is everything

Voting rights is a tangential issue in the context of the topic of this thread , which is whether Trump can or will seek a third term, and not a thread about the much broader topic of voting rights.

You are attempting to portray my words as implying voting rights is a tangential issue (as in, unimportant and unworthy of discussion at all ), which, if not an attack, is a ham handed attempt to smear me.

[Takket]

11. i don't think he'll "run" he'll just say he doesn't have to leave

and SCOTUS will say "if the president does it, it is not illegal (again)"

that's the somewhat less likely result.

I think the most likely result is JD becomes the puppet and the campaign is "vote for JD and drumpf will still basically be president".

and Miller will continue running the country.

drumpf has always been the useful idiot for Miller's fascist agenda. Miller can't get elected which is why they use the racist senile old fool to fire up MAGA but Miller is drumpf's real handler and calls the shots. drumpf has no real idea what is going on around him. Miller carefully controls the information drumpf gets so drumpf will support every policy Miller wants.

[Midnight Writer]

12. "I hereby proclaim myself President for Life. Thank You for your attention to this matter."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. trump is not planning on ever leaving the White House

[CTyankee]

15. He said that?

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Why Not?

It's not his money.
How much he spent is strictly for his immediate gratification. Three years from now isn't even a factor in the equation.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

20. Come on

That's just a stupid unsourced meme.

[JoseBalow]

23. It's as valid an opinion as any other on this site

[B.See]

25. Don't know when or how after this

occupation is up, but he's BEEN airing that idea for quite some time. He's dead serious, though some apparently don't think so.

He keeps showing us who... WHAT he is. Believe him

[JustAnotherGen]

28. I don't

Think everyone understands where we are yet.

[B.See]

29. Agreed. Some seem to be in a state of denial.

[off-the-clock]

26. I think he's going to claim that he's already in his 3rd term

...because the Biden win wasn't. So nothing to stop a 4th or 5th...just hold a lovely pageant every 4th January

[Jack Valentino]

31. Just before Barack Obama announces....

A recent poll testing this unconstitutional scenario showed Obama beating Trump by double digits in a general election....

So maybe Obama chooses Kamala Harris as his running mate, and then resigns after taking office....

[no_hypocrisy]

39. IMO, there won't be an "announcement". More like an uptick in

contributions from "donors" and "Trump 2028" PACs. Then you can just connect the dots.

[Torchlight]

50. My guess is spring next year

he begins dropping trial balloons to gauge the support. If he thinks he has enough, all bets are off.

[kimbutgar]

51. He will do an executive order and cancel future elections and make himself dictator for life.

[Traildogbob]

52. After they take 100 percent of Congress and senate

In 2026 From rigging the whole damn thing. Putin like.
Maybe 1500 percent from trumps math skills.

[dem4decades]

54. Once Trump gerrymanders the House to full control by the Republicans, they will only put him or his designee in.

A Democrat will never have an election certified again. There's no more Mike Pence left in the Republican Party. It's just about over, democracy is for all intents and purposes dead.

[OAITW r.2.0]

55. I hope Obama throws his hat in the ring. too.

With his plan to hold Trump accountable for the crimes he is committing against the Constitution. That will drive Trump off the deep end.

[Runningdawg]

57. "Vote for me and you will never have to vote again." 7-24-24 DJT There will be NO voting.

He will rule until he dies or is assassinated (by one of his own) and will have previously named his successor. We have passed the point of no return. With the privatization of the DC police force he is preparing the throne for a seige. Prepare accordingly.

[Sneederbunk]

58. If he announces, he will wait until after '26 midterms.