- cross-posted to:
- usa@midwest.social
- conservative@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- usa@midwest.social
- conservative@sh.itjust.works
Republican President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, but that it was too early to think about doing so.
Trump, who took office on January 20 for his second, non-consecutive White House term, has made vague allusions to seeking a third one but addressed it directly on Sunday in a telephone interview with NBC News.
“No, I’m not joking. I’m not joking,” Trump said, but “it is far too early to think about it.”
“There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know,” he said. He declined to elaborate on any specific methods.
Just heard an interview on BBC radio this morning with an American explaining that there are avenues for Trump to do this by abusing the line of succession. It sounds like they want to appoint him as Speaker of the House and then have the president and vice president abdicate.
You’re getting too technical.
The real simple solution is to…
Step 1: Say you’re running for president
Step 2: Win primary unopposed
Step 3: Appear on national ballot unopposed
Step 4: Announce that you have won
Step 5: Anyone who claims you didn’t win is in violation of the Abolish Woke Act of 2027 and subject to indefinite detention
Yeah, there was already established law to prevent him from running for president. It got ignored. He ran anyway. He won anyway. He became president anyway.
Any of these legal mechanisms only work if they are upheld.
Under a Liberal President, a Liberal AG, and Liberal Courts no less.
Even after '16, Democrats doggedly insisted he would be easy to beat. I think that, more than anything, is what cleared his path. Liberals simply could not believe he was popular enough to win.
Because the liberals had their heads stuck in the sand because they weren’t paying attention.
Except Bernie and AOC. They knew, and nobody listened.
Hey now. I’m pretty sure they listened. That’s why they turned on The Squad in the '22 and '24 elections, spending hundreds of millions at the primary level to force them out. Cori Bush and Jamal Bowman lost their jobs in the last cycle, precisely because reactionaries in the (D) party were listening. Quite a few others were gated out of the system on similar grounds.
Merrick Garland. That AG’s name is Merrick Garland. It should not be forgot. Merrick Garland. He sat on his ass just like Mitch McConnell thinking things would magically work themselves out without needing to do their jobs and lo and behold things did not magically work themselves out.
What law are you taking about?
Technically an amendment to the constitution, the third section of the 14th amendment, that nobody who has engaged or helped an insurrection can hold office in the government or military (except with a 2/3 majority of congress).
Yeah, you’re not wrong, that’s another path. Full blown authoritarianism.
If the Republicans manage to get someone other than Trump in office for the first time in over 20 years I really don’t see them choosing to hand power back to him.
W was a fluke in both 2000 (Florida shenanigans) and 2004 (9/11). It could be argued that they haven’t legitimately gotten someone other than Trump in office since Bush Sr. in 1988.
Reminds me of when there was a Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev who I think was just a puppet until Putin decided there was no point in pretending.
Yes, exactly. They used Medvedev as an example.