When Donald Trump took the oath of office once again, it was the last time he’d be able to do so under the country’s constitution. But that hasn’t stopped his team from flirting with the idea of running again, writes Alex Hannaford – and the Democrats are nowhere to be seen...
      • alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        22 days ago

        I remember the Russian military recruitment offices burning these past years, and their railroads getting sabotaged.

        The western press proudly stated “this is what happens when you don’t allow people to protest, they turn to sabotage”.

        But I guess this administration missed the memo.

      • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        Lol, lmao even. There is, and will be, no “national militia.” What’s going to happen is that the American people will sit in their couches, maybe cry, and say “why is this happening to us, somebody save us.” Anything that doesn’t take effort.

        • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          22 days ago

          We are quite factually already NOT doing that. Get involved with a movement before you post doomer shit like this. Remember, every war we ever lost has been against fighters that blend in with the population. Its why we lost Vietnam, why we lost in Bush’s little scandal, and why they’ll lose when Trump tries to do this. Our biggest hurdle isnt getting people off their asses.

          • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
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            22 days ago

            “yeah this thread is discussing how the American people are actively burning teslas and dealerships and all that but ameriturds totally won’t do anything”

            I’m watching news every day about how the Turd Reich is cracking down on anything that opposes them, but yeah the people totally aren’t doing a thing.

  • atempuser23@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I assume Schumer will agree to this because we wouldn’t want deny the American people a choice. I wish the democrats lived in reality.

      • RainbowHedgehog@50501.chatEnglish
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        22 days ago

        They kind of already are. It’s thought that 45 is developing dementia. 45 talks differently than he has ten years ago. People dismiss it because he’s always been out there, but he’s definitely declined.

        When his father, Fred Trump, developed dementia he was given a fake office and fake papers to keep him busy. 45’s papers aren’t fake but people behind the scenes are manipulating him.

        • AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee
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          22 days ago

          Oh, I know, but that is more of a figurative weekend at Bernie’s. I’m saying that they would literally wheel around a corpse if they felt they had to. They would hollow him out and turn him into some sort of animatronics controlled marionette if they could or just make a silicone shell for the literal puppet.

  • mapmyhike@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    I don’t see him surviving this term. He is too old, his mind and body is going. He could be living his best life but instead is destroying everyone eleses.

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
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      22 days ago

      Don’t depend on this. I didn’t expect him to survive his first term, but there’s something about evil that seems to keep the body animated long past its best-by date.

  • skozzii@lemmy.ca
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    22 days ago

    I remember when Republicans used to say things like “if you threaten my consitumitutional rights I will fight you to the end”

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      So do I, but this problem is much bigger than one man. He could not do what he’s doing without support from many rich donors and his party (which in turn relies on the support of the 30% of the country that reliably votes for them). Trump and many of his voters may be idiots but most of those other people are not, at least not in the intellectual sense of the word. They are making a calculated choice to enable fascism because they think it’s better for them personally than democracy. That belief and it’s associated threat to our country isn’t going away when Trump dies. In fact, it might get much worse if they can find someone who can advance that agenda without being a bumbling fool most of the time.

      • AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee
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        22 days ago

        Thankfully the French created a device that is perfect for solving such issues, we just require the societal will to do so.

    • CallateCoyote@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      I’m told we really shouldn’t wish death on anybody… so I really wish he had gotten a bullet in his brain and been a vegetable hooked up to life support machines for many, many years.

      • Omega@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        I don’t support the death penalty because those individuals are no threat to society, many of them are innocent, and the government shouldn’t have that kind of power when it’s unnecessary.

        None of that applies. Also, I don’t wish him dead. I just want him gone. The method of his removal is just a secondary concern.

        • damdy@lemm.eeEnglish
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          22 days ago

          I want him utterly embarrassed with no chance of being martyred, booted out in shame and even the most fanatic republican would turn him down a crust of bread. But for now a accept beer and whiskey/whisky.

          • rosco385@lemm.eeEnglish
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            22 days ago

            This! If Trump leaves office in anything but shame and universal disapprobation, a new Trump with a different name but the same tactics will emerge. Americans need to learn the lesson for this madness to end.

            • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              22 days ago

              I wanna see them end up broke and in some crackhouse living pathetically with a team of SS agents standing guard just to make sure they don’t become martyrs (or defect to russia), and people just walk by their shitty houses and yells curse words at them, the entire social media shit on them for fucking up the economy, and they just live out their old miserable life in shame with 90% of the country hating them.

              That’s the only way to end maga, forever.

          • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            22 days ago

            Lol, evil people are famous for being able to work together 🤣

            We can throw them on an island that’s perfectly habitable, and they’d starve themselves because they never worked a day in their life.

            I won’t shred a tear, its a natural causes… 🤷‍♂️

  • StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Yesterday, former President Donald Trump told a group of supporters that they won’t have to vote again if they elect him to the presidency. “You won’t have to do it anymore,” Trump said at the Turning Point Believers’ Summit in Florida. “It’ll be fixed; it’ll be fine; you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.” - The Atlantic, July '24

    ‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.’ - Maya Angelou

  • SirMaple__@lemmy.caEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Canuck here. When is the Civil War kicking off? I’m sure they’ll be a fair number of Canadians who will come and help remove him from office. We’ll for sure send some of our highly trained Canadian Geese to assist lol

    • JayleneSlide@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      our highly trained Canadian Geese

      This explains so damned much of their behavior. I for one look forward to these operatives helping us out with our myriad domestic issues.

    • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      When is the Civil War kicking off?

      The people who care the most about saving this country have the most to lose, while those who lick the boots of the fascists are too mentally and physically infirm to fight.

      So yeah, the answer is never. Sorry.

    • moncharleskey@lemmy.zip
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      22 days ago

      When the Civil War happened there was a somewhat clear division between northern and southern states due to slavery, but now that division is between neighborhoods and houses, amongst families and coworkers. Add that into life in a surveillance state and it’s going to be hard for a civil war to gain traction I think. But I’m sure any day now those 2A nuts are going to go up against the tyrannical government they have been prepping for, right?!

    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      The party who should be starting the civil war has spent the last two generations screeching about how evil it is to arm yourself.

  • PurpleSkull@lemm.eeEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Trump already looks 20 years older 2 months into his second presidency. Look at pictures of him yesterday. How on earth would he even run for a third term, physically I mean? He will be the oldest president EVER by the time his term ends. 2 Years older than Biden when he left. A third term would serve no one but the actual rulers Peter Thiel and Musk behind him…oh.

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Just remember, if his new administration has proven anything, it is that the difference between legal and illegal in the American political system is mostly down to everyone being willing to go along with that law. There is very little actual teeth behind a lot of it at the high up federal level.

    So it might be unconstitutional for him to run again, but who is actually going stop him? He has more guns and more sycophants than the court system.