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OAITW r.2.0

(32,173 posts)
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:25 PM Feb 12

Trump is going down. There will be no civil war.

Just a total Executive Branch collapse under the weight of Truth. Trump declared a war on truth, back in 2015, Truth will bury him.

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Trump is going down. There will be no civil war. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Feb 12 OP
i want to play parcheesi to game this out Tetrachloride Feb 12 #1
What will be the final straw? Funtatlaguy Feb 12 #2
I agree nothing seems to stop him Tree Lady Feb 13 #11
I agree -- the pendulum will shift away from executive power mr715 Feb 12 #3
From your keyboard to God's monitor Vogon_Glory Feb 12 #4
We are already edhopper Feb 12 #5
We're going to win Arazi Feb 12 #6
the destruction is so great we can not afford to fix it rampartd Feb 13 #10
How many of the predictions made since 2015 sarisataka Feb 12 #7
Roger that.. Permanut Feb 12 #8
I believe it oldmanlynn Feb 13 #9
I hope you are right Jarqui Feb 13 #12
Trump is dying. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 13 #13
Trump has been enabled by Republicans. He could not be where he is without them. Jarqui Feb 13 #15
Modest Disagreement ProfessorGAC Feb 13 #18
So they hire Elon Musk to count the votes (figuratively) Jarqui Feb 13 #19
So, All Is Lost? ProfessorGAC Feb 13 #21
No. I certainly hope not Jarqui Feb 13 #23
lawn darts. SalamanderSleeps Feb 13 #14
👍 malaise Feb 13 #16
Indeed. Roc2020 Feb 13 #17
Inshallah. nt Tommy Carcetti Feb 13 #20
Tangerine Traitor's own jackboots and lickspittles are standing up to him. Kid Berwyn Feb 13 #22

Tree Lady

(13,284 posts)
11. I agree nothing seems to stop him
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:58 AM
Feb 13

A few times in court in NY he looked mad, he knew he had to win to beat all the crimes.

I have no idea how but I actually hope he cheated to win because if he didn't we have a major problem with our citizens.

mr715

(3,576 posts)
3. I agree -- the pendulum will shift away from executive power
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:50 PM
Feb 12

Trump will die, Republicans will fracture, and there will a bizarre realignment along where power should be centralized.

Arazi

(8,887 posts)
6. We're going to win
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:13 PM
Feb 12

It’s going to be a miserable and deadly fight but we’re definitely going to win

rampartd

(4,641 posts)
10. the destruction is so great we can not afford to fix it
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:21 AM
Feb 13

which will cost us another election and more destruction.

we're in for a generational depression, maybe a dark age.

sarisataka

(22,696 posts)
7. How many of the predictions made since 2015
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:16 PM
Feb 12

have actually come to pass? This is just another one to add to the pile.

Our situation is not going to end just because we wish upon a star.

Permanut

(8,395 posts)
8. Roger that..
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:34 PM
Feb 12

I thought we had crossed "the line" when Mango Mussolini disrespected the Kahn family, but there have many other lines since then.

oldmanlynn

(821 posts)
9. I believe it
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:10 AM
Feb 13

There’s already signs things are starting to catch up with him. The country is rejecting, Maga values from coast to coast, and the rest of the world is essentially rejecting Maga values

Jarqui

(10,909 posts)
12. I hope you are right
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 01:02 AM
Feb 13

SCOTUS gave him immunity
AG Bondi won't uphold the law
Trump is furiously working to circumvent the election
I worry we're in a precarious place.

Jarqui

(10,909 posts)
15. Trump has been enabled by Republicans. He could not be where he is without them.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 06:54 AM
Feb 13

Vance will be enabled by Republicans.
Republicans will pull his strings too.

In my opinion, Trump dying doesn't change much overall.
Republican power brokers and oligarchs are in control and working to tighten their grip on that control.

ProfessorGAC

(76,742 posts)
18. Modest Disagreement
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 01:12 PM
Feb 13

Everything you say is accurate, but I think what changes after Trump is enthusiasm of the base.
Fewer votes is fewer votes, even if the route doesn't involve people changing the way they vote.
Also, if dems to take control of the house later this year, Vance might not find the job all that attractive.
So, I'm less pessimistic about how much things will change when the felon is gone.

Jarqui

(10,909 posts)
19. So they hire Elon Musk to count the votes (figuratively)
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 01:35 PM
Feb 13

There's a hue and cry
Judge rules against Trump
Trump says "FU, judge!!"
Judge mumbles "contempt of court..."
Trump yells "Immunity!!! And I pardon everyone else. FU, judge!!"

The AG of the country is exposing victims and protecting rich pedophiles.
The President's private army ICE is murdering people and the FBI will not investigate nor allow others to investigate.
The President pardoned people who attacked the Capitol in an insurrection.
etc

Trump knows his support is eroding.
The house just passed a bill to try to thwart people from voting they don't want voting.
They're gerrymandering and doing everything they can to cling to power.

Expecting Trump to play nice under those circumstances with his track record seems naïve.
I think they'll double down and just get more ruthless.
When he breaks the law, who are you going to call? DoJ? FBI? Get a court order he'll defy?
No way the GOP will allow impeachment.
American democracy is on thin ice.
I'm worried.

Jarqui

(10,909 posts)
23. No. I certainly hope not
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 04:11 PM
Feb 13

I hope that by recognizing it folks, in a place with more power & authority than I, can figure out a way to avoid that outcome.
But I do not feel my concerns are unjustified.
We're in a precarious or dangerous place.
I do not think it is accidental. A bunch of this seems to have Republican planning behind it.
I wonder how much planning the Democrats could do for it because Trump et al are calling the shots.

Longer term, I do not think Americans will put up with it.
You can't take freedom away from people long term. after they have tested it.
But it could get violent or ugly before it gets better.
So I'm worried.

SalamanderSleeps

(1,024 posts)
14. lawn darts.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 01:09 AM
Feb 13

Water weenies. The slip and slide.

All products of the Trump cult.

He is President Wham-O.

Too old live, too fat to die.

malaise

(296,199 posts)
16. 👍
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:05 AM
Feb 13

His movement is made of the most deplorable Deplorables and really ignorant low life scum.

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