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Fiendish Thingy

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32. Walk me through how Trump gets a third term
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 02:00 PM
Dec 2024

“He decrees himself dictator for life” isn’t a third term, it’s a coup, and would collapse both the US and world economy, if somehow it succeeded (likely only with the support of the military.

More likely, any such attempt would result in Hegseth, Patel, etc. getting shot in the face by a military duty bound to follow only lawful orders.

A true third term would require Trump being placed on the ballot, at age 82, in all 50 states. There would be numerous court challenges, and if this SCOTUS were to rule Trump was allowed to run and serve again, they would be saying, in essence, “the black letter law of the constitution is meaningless, and we are powerless”.

Alito and Thomas might go along with that scenario, but I don’t see Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett voluntarily ending their careers and giving up their powers to one man- they haven’t been willing to do so before (the immunity ruling is not the same as ruling a limit of two terms is in fact not a limit of two terms).

Trump’s presidency will end no later than January 20, 2029. JD’s tech bro overlords have other plans in mind, and they don’t include Trump.

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Steve Bannon, another Putin lover, who hates the United States, and would love to see it destroyed Walleye Dec 2024 #1
Bannon is truly a Lenin Lover. Captain Zero Dec 2024 #16
I wish Steve would suffer the same fate as Lenin. Sorry. Walleye Dec 2024 #20
Or Trotsky maxsolomon Dec 2024 #41
When Satan finally calls Trump home, Ocelot II Dec 2024 #23
Funny, right wingers have been bug-eyed insane and screeching Commie! at left leaning people for decades. hadEnuf Dec 2024 #35
Well, Magoo48 Dec 2024 #33
He'll be 82 and in far worse shape than Joe Biden is now, if he's not actually dead. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #2
I have a real feeling JD will be president by then anyway Walleye Dec 2024 #21
Isn't Eloon going to be the real president anyhow? Ocelot II Dec 2024 #24
Yes, for the rest of our lives or the foreseeable future probably Walleye Dec 2024 #26
Age is only a problem when it is a Democrat. hadEnuf Dec 2024 #36
Presuming The Dotard is still minimally functional in comradebillyboy Dec 2024 #3
I thought this fucker was supposed to be on trial by now. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2024 #4
He will probably get his SECOND PARDON Captain Zero Dec 2024 #18
Nope, it's a state charge, boonecreek Dec 2024 #30
C'mon leprosy, work your magic Blue Owl Dec 2024 #5
Leprosy is much too slow and easily treated. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #27
.... Blue Owl Dec 2024 #46
Also from Bannon's speech: "Lock them up and throw away the key" DeeDeeNY Dec 2024 #6
The vast criminal conspiracy? Like independent thought? Initech Dec 2024 #9
That is where they should be and yet somehow they will now be the ones in charge. DeeDeeNY Dec 2024 #11
And unlike the last time, they're primed and ready to unleash their full asshole and middle finger on America. Initech Dec 2024 #14
Well, he knows a little something about being locked up Walleye Dec 2024 #22
I'm OK with that - TSF vs. Obama (NT) Victory at Yorktown Dec 2024 #7
Fucking HELL NO!!!! Initech Dec 2024 #8
I'm going to focus on the stuff Sundance1220 Dec 2024 #10
Not to worry gab13by13 Dec 2024 #12
There is no "loophole" Fiendish Thingy Dec 2024 #13
Remember this is the group that tried installing fake electors in 2020 DeeDeeNY Dec 2024 #17
Walk me through how Trump gets a third term Fiendish Thingy Dec 2024 #32
Nailed it! PortTack Dec 2024 #37
Exactly DeeDee. And thirteen of those criminally charged B.See Dec 2024 #48
If there was ever a cartoon villan that deserved having a piano dropped on him.... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2024 #15
Add Roger Stone, Rupert Murdock, Alex Jones, musk, Jordan Peterson, that PUA asshole SunImp Dec 2024 #44
Oh, I agree. The list is very long indeed. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2024 #47
Eff that malaise Dec 2024 #19
Viewed a documentary a few years ago that spanned Bannon's years from allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #25
"The United States is not a fascist dictatorship..." J_William_Ryan Dec 2024 #28
He's not "setting the stage"; he's bullshitting, in front of a bunch of dumb MAGAs, to get them to like him muriel_volestrangler Dec 2024 #29
I'm so sick of this clickbait bullshit nonsense. Initech Dec 2024 #34
Hear that Obama? Red Mountain Dec 2024 #31
trump will not survive his 2nd term. William769 Dec 2024 #38
Knew this reasoning would be coming for another Trump term. GoodRaisin Dec 2024 #39
NO. He doesn't. And he's made that B.See Dec 2024 #49
Always looks like a case where cirrhosis of the liver has run amuck struggle4progress Dec 2024 #40
So is RFK Figarosmom Dec 2024 #42
Gee. What a surprise. I always figured they'd try this if he somehow lives that long, but this is pretty overt. Karasu Dec 2024 #43
If Donnie is going to be Julius Caesar Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #45
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