• MTK@lemmy.world
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    Trump talking in 2024:

    • “dictator on day one”
    • “you won’t have to vote again”

    Am I suppose to be surprised?

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      I believe I was banned from r/donald in 2016 because I posted after the election something like, “trump 2024.”

      Was told I was a troll.

      Nope. It was clear since day 1 after the primaries.

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        Don’t worry they’re now doing deep reflection on their president and will recognize ah fuck I can’t finish that with anything funny.

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    The 22nd Amendment of the United States Constitution states “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”.

    Were Trump to run, states are obliged to not place him on the ballot and ignore his candidacy.

    If Trump cannot run, yet still seeks the office, it is safe to infer his intention to steal the presidency. Thus making him a fugitive, traitor, and enemy of the people.

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      I read somewhere that his only “legal” option for becoming president for another term is by running as the vice presidential candidate, and then having whoever was voted for president resign. He wouldn’t technically be elected to the presidency, and thus could exploit a loophole.

      That being said, I’m certain it would be challenged in court. The fact that it could even get that far is pretty disheartening

      Edit: as someone pointed out in the replies, this would not be allowed under the 12th amendment

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            They already blatantly ignore constitution. Per 14th amendment he already is an illegitimate president.

            He will absolutely want to stay in that position until he dies. We already were let down but Congress and Judicial and looks like we are the only ones on his way.

            Despite what others might be saying showing our dissatisfaction works and we should not stop and give up. If we give up, he will get exactly what he wants.

            https://youtu.be/kOoiJt4iQAY

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        If you are not allowed to run for president I don’t think you are allowed to run for vice president. Speaker of the house however …

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          There’s a precedent where someone would have been skipped in the chain as replacement for the president because they weren’t born in the US.

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          Yeah, another commenter linked the part of the 12th amendment that says anyone constitutionally ineligible to run for president may not run as VP. That’s quite a relief

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    Is that a real store? Has trump officially started his campaign for 2028? It’s so hard to tell jokes from reality.

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    Wouldn’t be a bad idea to buy some of the nazi stuff if you are considering of doing any goodtrouble behind lines.

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    What a fucking traitor.

    That’s probably what he was privately polling the state governors for, to see if he had the votes to amend.

    Bad news … it would be an Obama/Trump ticket if they allowed more than two terms again.

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      I really really really don’t want them to amend. I really, really don’t.

      But I’m about… ninety percent certain that if I see an Obama versus Trump election, I’ll need whoever breaks the news to me to be recording, because the mad laughter that erupts from me will soon be as ubiquitous as the Wilhelm scream.

      “What sound shall we use here to signify pure insanity?” “Ah, yes, queue up the flicker laughter.”

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      No they worded the amendment very specifically, it’s two consecutive terms is the cutoff for whether you get a third term.

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        They can word it however they like. They will never get two thirds from both the house and senate.

        Trump knows this, so he is going to try and “cheese” it and have Vance run with Trump as VP, hope they win, and then have Vance resign.

        1. Vance is gonna fuck Trump over if this happens.
        2. Trump is excluded from being the VP, he can’t go on the ballot.

        He may also try some “Speaker of the House” fuckery. Dictators are gonna try and dictate.

        Trump knows that if someone tries to take office illegally then that person can actually be attacked as a domestic threat to the Constitution … and it is perfectly legal for any US citizen to do it.

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    It would be hilarious if the Chinese companies making these shitty swag items cut him off.

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      Ask yourself, “would your founding fathers approve or disapprove you bear macing a wanna be king of America in the fucking face.” Then just follow your heart.

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      It really isn’t hard to extract pure capsaicin from peppers. Slap that shit in a bottle with alcohol, get a pressurized sprayer, and then let 'em have it.

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      Apparently he’s just walking around the white house lawn and lying about being in trade talks with china while russia disrespects him by undermining peace talks.