He’s literally already had the hats made…
JFC Americans take the phrase “burying their heads in the sand” to some astonishly crazy levels.
I stopped engaging with anyone about this because i just grew too tired and that was back in 2020 before the election. Some kid I went to highschool with that I had recently reconnected with, was posting positive shit about Trump and saying he was just joking about a 3rd term, etc etc, when Trump first hinted at this illegal 3rd term idea. I tried explaining, why is he talking about a 3rd term when he hasn’t even secured his 2nd term, he is dead serious about wanting a 3rd term dude, its obvious and he just couldn’t see it or believe it. Its all a joke, locker talk, etc. The usual.
I have totally given up engaging with these people, maybe other people have the energy to slowly and kindly walk them through to the acceptance phase of who Trump truly is, but I don’t.
They drank the Flavor aid.
BREAKING NEWS: Guy who said he wanted to be a dictator and that you will never have to vote again intends to stay President for life.
Hoping for him to not to be alive before his term ends
Hopefully he croaks before the year ends. 🐸
That assumes he will still be alive. Regardless of what his propaganda minister states, Trump is not healthy. He will be 82 by the next election. I would be more concerned about who the MAGA faithful try to get elected after the great pumpkin.
As if Democrats are any better. US politicians are too damned old. The entire government needs term limits.
I’ve never seen a democratic president insight an insurrection before after losing an election, even if they are corporate stooges
“Trump did something bad, you say?? Oohhh, I’m so mad those pesky democrats!!!”
JD thinks this is the funniest shit. Trump will never double jerk in the Epstien ballroom. Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison are almost ready to insert the couch fucker.
Pretty sure they’re going to try to hold out until after January 2028, so they can get the maximum time in office out of him.
Unless Trump’s increasing unpopularity endangers the project, of course.
“I would love to do it” said the rapist when looking at some young children.
Trump continues to express interest in same illegal thing he has expressed interest in for years because it strokes his ego to think about, news at 11.
… and the dumbest part of that statement is that America has completely normalized it.
He says dumb things, America doesn’t take it seriously, he acts on whatever dumb thing he says, America shrugs their shoulders, he goes on to say even dumber things.
Trump is only half the problem in all this.
Trump’s public statements during his first term were found to be “false or misleading” on average 60% of the time. If you tried to take everything he says seriously, you’d die of exhaustion. Merely taking him at his word is not any kind of solution.
He lies a lot, true. But he always tells the truth when he’s talking about his plans to fuck over this country for his own benefit.
Joking or not, the news perpetuates his rhetoric by publishing it.
It’s the typical narcissistic sociopath trial balloon method, and I agree the news is (intentionally or not) complicit. You test boundaries constantly, break the ones that are not strong enough to resist, and wear down the others by normalizing it.
First others say it, then joking about it, then saying earnestly he’d like it, next is “exploring options.” By 2027, he’ll be normalizing actively campaigning, and by 2028 he’ll be on every GOP- and GOP-controlled purple-state ballot, with expedited Supreme Court shadow docket decisions pending to force it on the rest of the states.
Hopefully he’ll be long dead by then, but his existence is proof of a benevolent creator that seemingly won’t let that happen.
I say only half-jokingly: The best argument I’ve seen for a deity is that the last few years defy any explanation except that such a being exists and feels we deserve to be punished.
If that’s the case, he’s going to survive for quite some time.
“Now I’m not saying that I think this is true. But would any of you be surprised to learn that he’s got a genie?”
- Luke Severeid
The Economist interviewed Steve Bannon last week
He was very upfront and plain about it: Trump will run for a 3rd term, he will win the election. This needs to be done because America is “under attack”. And if it is prevented, it is subversion of the Will of the People.
Alarm bell ringing turned up to 11
This is fucking stupid. Just try to get an amendment passed allowing this if you’re so sure. If you can convince 2/3 of each chamber and 3/4 of the states, maybe it’s the will of the people.
Good fucking luck with that tho.
If you think their illegal implementation of policy is contingent on ‘the will of the people’, you’re ‘fucking stupid’.
I don’t think that.
That’s what I’m saying.
They won’t do that. They’ll just ram a third term down our throats like everything else.
“election”
1:1 ratio of “oh he was just joking” becoming the truth
If they force a third term, then America is officially over. At that point, there is no rule of law, and ANYTHING goes.
Anything you say?
Yep. Fuck it. Laws are meaningless.
Is there a term for knowing something is illegal and still doing the illegal thing?
Impunity?
Willful disregard for the law
Yes, it’s called breaking the law
A game of, how many people can I get used to this idea before I do it.
Half of America will act surprised when he tries it. Half of them will defend him doing it a couple days later
