- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
When asked directly about the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits any U.S. citizen from serving more than two terms as president, [Steve] Bannon pointed to how there are “many different alternatives” for Trump to stay in office, but did not provide specifics.
I don’t know if this happens, or if it doesn’t. There should be zero tolerance for even joking about this. The only thing that I will assert is this: If this happens, and some combination of: another branch of government, state governments, the public, law enforcement, the military, and the media, don’t immediately halt everything and throw his as in out, then the United States is over. I don’t mean ‘over’as a descriptor for decline. I mean it’s just immediately done. There is no nation, there are no laws and we have no constitution. The entire project ceases to exist immediately.
Psst… it’s already over, because that’s what Billionaires want.
Lol, the vast majority of Americans will never tolerate Kings, and we mean it. We’re willing to die to ensure it never happens here. I know you don’t believe me, so I’ll just say sit back and watch us torch our billionaire class and eat their flesh. You’d be surprised what Americans are willing to do to ensure No Kings. Its not just a protest slogan. We fucking mean it.
I’m in Australia. We have a king and it’s no big deal. Thailand has a king and it’s no big deal.
What you have on your hands is an imminient dictator. You don’t want that.
No, I don’t want either. Call it a king, call it a dictator. They can both eat shit. Fuck your king, fuck Thailand’s king. Their continued existence is an affront to every human being that breathes.
You already have a king, so there is that! But yeah I’d love to see what you describe. But dude, he tore down the WH and it’s all crickets.
To be fair, I really don’t care about the White House in general
I despise its current tenant, and it sucks that the add-on is gonna be a tacky gilded ballroom, but I’d be fine if the building got blown up by a space laser
Fuck, it was burned down already. Twice.
True, we won’t tolerate a king. OTOH, more than a third of us are more than happy to tolerate a dictator.
I really hope it’s true.
My gut doesn’t believe it is.
My heart still hopes.
Sure pal, you’re different from everyone else in the world, you are immune to fall under an authoritarian regime, sure. LoL
That good old American exceptionalism.
I mean I’m rooting for them, absolutely. Based on the current track record though, it isn’t looking good.
Willing to die in a seated position doesn’t cut it goofy
you misread
I agree with the sentiment but I don’t think it is true the two term limit is a relatively new thing, Franklin Roosevelt had four separate elections and served until he died that was only in 1945, we have changed the constitution since then but I don’t think it is fundamentally different from the majority of America, granted this was a war time president but I still don’t think it is fundamentally different.