"I'm not joking": Trump again floats running for anti-constitutional third term
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Let's just hope The Simpsons are actually predicting the future
because Lisa will become president and fix everything after trump bankrupted and robbed the place? sigh, yeah
Not that
So much for the "oh he's just joking" excuse
He's been gaslighting for over a decade now.
Remember when Obama was asked if he could run for a third, and he said he couldn't because it's not allowed. Imagine a President who respects the law, the Constitution, and the will of the people via Congress. Irony is that it was Republicans who put in place the term limits, so Trump is even against his party's previous mandate.
I also remember republicans freaking out about how Obama was going to run for a third term and declare himself king even though there was absolutely no indication that anyone thought that was a good idea. He was just popular and they couldn’t handle it.
I mean Obama did drone strike an American citizen without due process but respecting some laws is better than none.
I’m sure the magats are eating it up. When are the rest of us revolting?
Is he wrong though? We let this happen. It's our problem. Our founding fathers had a spine. Our generation is weak. No I'm not excusing myself.
I’m sorry that it’s not easy for me to stare down losing my life and maybe worse. Sorry for being here and looking for other support l. Sorry
Hey, I’m not downvoting you or blaming you anymore than myself. I don’t have the answers on what exactly should be done. But history has shown us time and time again that people are unfortunately probably going to have to die before anything gets better. It’s just the way it works. Monsters don’t just give up their power.
They’re right. What are you waiting for? Some opportunity where it will be easy and you somehow won’t be at risk?
It’s so easy to be an armchair revolutionist, much harder to stare down losing everything.
They have been, you just aren’t hearing about it because they don’t want you to hear about it. People are fucking pissed.
Yeah I know people are pissed. So I guess I’m watching for when we mount a resistance. I would be a shot leader for it, and I must admit, I’m afraid, I’m afraid of what it will mean, but still somewhat ready to join.
When the rest of us pacifist lefties, and i am also including you the person I'm replying to, buys a gun. So far, the Republicans overwhelmingly own more guns and train more often and would wipe us all out from the comfort of their diabetic mobility scooters.
Right now.
Walk the walk.
Aye
It means that a person should back up their talking with action.
It means, “yes I agree”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aye
I thought it was the magas who were revolting.
Oh, you mean like revolution.
Revolutioning? I guess I could have said starting the revolution.
Naw, you were clear. I was just making a joke.
English is a silly language.
He will probably suspend the constitution soon. He will at least make a serious effort to have the entire thing suspended due to "far left radical insurgency" or too many "illegal aliens disrupting the political process".
Idk why he's talking about a 3rd term. I don't think anyone expects him to live out this one. He is very old. 4 years of being a fascist dictator might as well be a decade off of his lifespan. There's no way he'd be physically capable of running again. Being the most vile human being alive is actually very bad for your physical health.
Why suspend it when you can just ignore it?
Look a fascism lite in Russia or Turkey -- they still pretend to have democracy and rule of law -- that's the power of pretending.
There also comes a point where they don't have to hide anymore. They're doing Nazi salutes on television. They're pardoning white supremacist neo Nazis. They're already there. Why pretend when they can just deny that such a thing exists or should exist in the first place? Fascists will love it, and that's where his core supporters are anyway.
Have you seen Mitch McConnell?
They're just going to put his name on the ballot and run it through his hand picked judges. If we just go along with it, Elon will use Star Link to clean up the votes so he wins. Then the scotus will allow because he can't get impeached and the Senate won't convict.
Only solution is Luigi.
He will run and the supreme court wont shit about it by citing some bullshit legal ambiguity. Democrats in the house will whine and then say they can't do anything about it while waving small little signs to show their indifference.
"The constitutional amendment only applies to Harry Truman"
Easy, the founding fathers didn't say anything about term limits.
Bingo
Have they actually tried arguing that constitutional amendments are unconstitutional?
Republicans are already ignoring constitutional amendments like separation of church and state with teachers having to teach the holy bible in Oklahoma. The right doesn't even need to rule something as unconstitutial the supreme court simply ignores them
The argument made for Trump being able to run for a 3rd term is that he didn't have two consecutive terms. The rule of law in this country is a joke. Nobody is held accountable for any crimes, if he runs nobody is going to stop him.
OK I was asking in context of the founding fathers comment though
The constitution is an living document. The founding fathers created it as something that changes with the times. As long as the law is amended to the constitution it can't be ruiled unconstitutional because it IS a part of the constitution. It takes a 2/3rds majority to amend the constitution and the president has to sign off on it though I think the pres can be sidestepped with a super majority vote. Amendments can be removed too with enough votes. If congress and the president decided that our government wanted turn into a monarchy then they would need to amend a monarchy into the constitution and they'd have to vote on removing term limits from the constitution. If congress decided that every one has a right to a free Nintendo switch 2 then that could be amenended too and then every american would receive a Nintendo switch. Anything can be amended!
Federal law isn't part of the constitution and the supreme courts can rule any law unconstitutional of it violates any of the amenents. Abortion was never amended and thats why states can get away with outlawing abortion while other states can allow it.
This system only works if the checks and balances are actually working and the laws are enforced. The founding fathers knew the system would break down one day and thats why we have the second amendment.
OK but that still wasn't my question.
But don't worry about it
Right wing voters will vote for him again and leftists will step aside and say the democrats are just as bad
At the rate Trump's dismantling the Constitution, who really thinks there'll be elections in 2028?
Of course there will be elections. Very few dictatorship skip elections outright nowadays.
Yeah, Trump will just win with like 270% of the vote
2028? Try next year.
Huh, did not know the next PRESIDENTAL election was in 2026. /s
What does he have to do to be taken seriously? It's like a man on an active shooting spree and everyone says "he's just kidding"
Third term is on the table? Obama should run that'd shut them up really quick.
He's too much of a boy scout to ever do that.
What i'd do to turn back the clock to Obama's era. I have my doubts now I'll even be alive for a better president
Neither are we
Yeah, somehow I'm guessing a better sniper will show up before then
He wasn't mentally fit this time and that didn't stop the hordes of magas lining up to vote for him. I have no doubt that they'll be fine voting for the weekend at donny's version of trump.
This time they'll hook an AI trained on his posts and the gibbering of monkeys to Twitter and nobody will be able to tell the difference.
So what’s being passed through the house that he keeps trying to distract us from? Is this to make us look away from social security while they carve it up? He always makes these stupid outrageous statements when he is trying to distract from something sinister happening elsewhere.
I wonder where the republicans that take the constitution so litterally are right now? If I understand right, there's a difference between full on MAGA-cultists and actual replublicans. It's clear the democrats are worth fuck-all at this point so I'm keen to see if there are republicans with integrety. Or you know, the democrats getting their shit together.
Trump getting elected after this term will result in JD Vance becoming president, I'm almost completely sure of that.
They're biting their toungs and waiting to hear what to think next
One of those methods betting a full blown dictator?
Show him the 2024 A24 Civil War movie... TV is the only thing he understands and that'll scare him straight
I hate that A24 made a documentary of our near future.
They tried hard to focus on the moment and not "what lead to this"... but even so it was really on the nose
Ok we get it. You want us to try something. Message couldn’t be clearer.
That threat should be enough for anyone...
But he’s not a Democrat, so it’s fine
I remember some republicunts were ready to bear arms whin there were rumors that Obama wasn't going to step down after his second term. These idiots dont give a shit as long as its there guy.
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Cool.
Your party has proven that one can avoid taxes, but I don't think you can avoid death as well.
trying hard to see the glass half full: it's good that he implies that there will still be elections
They'll be like Russian elections
Not on my watch. I actually meant that oath I took against all enemies, foriegn and domestic. Unlike Trump
Extra extra, 80 year old fat man thinks he is going to live 8 more years
Technically, he could run as VP with the explicit plan to have the actual president step down as soon as they're in.
But I don't know if Trump would even be down for that. He just wants to run for a third term full stop.
There is a part of the constitution that prohibits someone that has completed 2 terms as president from being vp afterwards.
My understanding is because of the way its worded that it could be generously interpreted by SCOTUS to favor Trump running as VP. I can't remember the specifics but I remember reading such.
The 12th amendment prohibits anyone disqualified from running for POTUS from being VP. It’s quite clear.
And he's probably getting one. Unless he dies.