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Contempt as Trump claims he can run for third term: ‘This is what dictators do’
(www.theguardian.com)
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I say let the gop change the amendment and then freak out when Obama wins a 3rd time.
Fox News etc had the stupider republicans convinced that Obama was going to declare martial law to get a third term. This was something I had family members scared of.
Every accusation is a projection…
They're trying to wittle it down to non-consecutive terms so it ONLY applies to Trump, but I agree. Run Michele as President and Barack as VP. Show them what thefuck is what.
That would apply to Obama's hypothetical third term too, no?
They're literally trying to specify "non-consecutive". Barack already had his two terms do is not eligible.
They're just throwing shit at the wall at this point.
Oh. I thought since his third wouldn't be consecutive with his first two, it'd be legal. I guess it depends on how they define consecutive.
You don't include future possibilities in requirements to get to that future possibility.
"Hasn't already served two consecutive terms" doesn't care if the third would be non-consecutive.
And their minds will explode if he does the inauguration in a tan suit.
Which he absolutely should do, and to rub it in even harder get some Kenyan tribesmen to do a traditional African dance. Really fuck with them as hard as humanly possible.
Bro... 🤦
Yeah, no shit. That what progressives told you this fat fucking fascist would do.
Why three terms? If hes doing such a good job when do we need elections anymore? We need trump till death and then then name his successor. It wont be JD. Itll likely be someone from his family. Ivanka fits the bill. He needs to get JD out and let ivanka in.
Careful, the scrapers might give the wrong message and this comment could end up in a 3 IQ news story about how alternative social media is warming to trump.
Not really. But they are that fucking stupid.
It's easy. If there's too much pushback, he's "just joking." Then he'll do it anyway. He "doesn't want to," but he "has to for national security." Then he'll talk about how "foreign governments don't want me to be president because I'm too good, America has never been greater, China wants me out. They've put viruses in the those vote counting things. You can't trust an election. The whole system needs to be fixed. It's war. It's too dangerous to have an election in war time. Our enemies are paying people to vote illegally. They look like us now. They're smart. They're really evil, but they're smart these Chinese. They look like us and sound like us. They have Canadians coming down here and stuffing ballots and they look like us. Those Canadians really sneaky, they look like us. It's true. They look like us. And their country is so terrible, it's sad, Canada, they have no money. They totally relied on us and I shut it all down. They were stealing from us with their tariffs. Do you remember that? They were stealing from us, and I shut them down, and now they're broke. It's so sad. So sad. But now they take money from China and stuff our ballots. And China gets in there with their computers and their viruses, they're really smart those Chinese. Ching chong ping pong and they're inside the computer. I don't know how they do it but they do it. It's true, they just go right inside our counting things, because our guys are so dumb. They really are. It's all immigrants in our universities and they can't keep up with these Chinese. But they wouldn't listen to me. I kept saying, 'we have to stop with all these immigrant students.' But did they stop? No, because they didn't believe me. They didn't believe me! And now we have all these immigrant students, and they're so dumb. It's sad how dumb they are. And our guys can't keep up because there's so many of them. They send them over in waves. It's like an invasion. Wave after wave of these immigrants, they say they're students, but it's an invasion. That's what it is, an invasion. Because we're at war, and we can't have an election when we're at war because it's not safe. So I'll stay president, because I'm the best. It'll be great. I'm great. I really am. Look how I shut down Canada. They'll be begging us to take them over any day now. They're already saying it, Canadians. They hate their government. So weak. Their Governor doesn't know what he's doing. He's so bad. So we'll rescue the Canadians. That's what I'll do, I'll rescue the Canadians. We'll get them one way or another. Because they're attacking us. They're sneaky you know. Those Canadians. They look like us and they're stuffing our ballots. They do it all the time. So we can't have an election. I want to have an election. I really do. I want to. But we can't. We just can't. We're at war. We can't do it."
Sorry 'boot that, eh.
I recommend some paragraph breaks my friend.
Tell Trump.
I would if I could.
I can't, so I'm passing the friendly advice on. Been writing and working in communications for years, not trying to be an ass, but literally if you want your points better understood, you have to give the reader "pauses" in their mental dialogue.
Someone made fun of me several decades ago for it, I was butthurt, but I got better. I pass it forward.
Yeah, I stopped reading after the first sentence when I saw the size of that paragraph.
It was a joke. Look at the other stuff I write.
Just this huh not the…. points at dozens of examples of what dictators do
He’s doing it one way or another. Americans better face that.
HE has ALREADY done what dictators do. GAME OVER!
Its not game over, not by a long shot. Its not even game over if the fascists solidify their rule. There will always be dissidence and rebellion. If you're feeling like we're not doing enough right now you aren't involved with the right groups. There are people.setting things in motion against these all over the country. Let's shake these AI blues and start rebuilding our faith in each other and our communities. Fascists are only strong when the people are isolated.
I like this comment, and your optimism. You’re right about atomization of the individual, that’s how they keep us ineffectual. Seek out the similars and organize to take action!
It's refreshing seeing optimism. Thanks for that.
- Disappearing people with unwanted opinions without legal investigation.
- Have judges condone clearly illegal acts.
- Pardon already prosecuted and sentenced criminals because they gave the president money.
- Willfully destroy government institutions under the guise of fraud and cost savings, but never making clear where the money will go now.
- Accept bribes and claim its all legal.
- Allow bribery for those in his staff/judicial system.
- Use the justice apparatus to put pressure on and silence political enemies or those with unwanted opinions.
- Install an extra, and unmonitored, internet service in the White House.
- Declare war on allies.
- Covertly speak to centuries long enemies and prefer their opinion over your own intelligence agencies.
- Steal Top secret documents and distribute them to unknown international agents.
- Steal an election and declare no new voting is needed when he's in power.
- Start an Insurrection.
- Perform an illegal rugpull with crypto in your name and shrug it off.
- Threaten schools and educational institutions to only promote the official vision.
- Destroy the department of education so that only propaganda will be taught in schools
- Destroy Healthcare and Social Security, making it harder for the common man to rise up.
- Declare it illegal/terrorism if protests arise against one of his inner circle.
- Shout that whatever he does is for the country, but none of his actions actually benefit anyone else besides his own interests.
Yup, it all fits the bill.
Dude shut up. Getting so sick of you weak doomers. Ffs.
So now truth is doom?
You are NOW living in a dictatorship. Adjust your lifestyle accordingly.
Spoiler: he won’t live to run a third term.
Walmart is way too entrenched to switch. They own the supply chain from the soil to the store. They write half the ag bills.
Wrong post?
Everything he does is what dictators do. Somebody explain to me why America has collectively allowed him to run the country
Dictator for day 1
Special operation for 3 days
I'm beginning to think they don't understand time
Why not third term? Will US citizen storm the capitol or even do something to stop it in the next months ? I guess yes, don't know when. Will Trump pass laws to be president for the rest of his life? Most likely. Do the rest of the world have to worry? Yes but its not in their hands!
It's in your hands to change the feature, speak with your friends and family, change this.
ps: and we are in the first year of presidency, imagine the rest!
He’s 85…he’ll be lucky if he survives life until the end of this term.
Trump is 78 years old.
Awe. Damn.
There’s still an entire cult of people that will step up in his wake if he dies.
He is a symptom, not the cause.
Damnit I'm wrong and it all still terrible
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