President Trump did not rule out seeking a third term in office on Sunday, telling NBC News that he was “not joking” about the possibility and suggesting there were “methods” to circumvent the two-term limit laid out in the Constitution.
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Who cares if he is or isn’t joking? All he does is blab. The point is to dominate the dialog, when one “outrage” starts to lose its shine he tosses out another. I would like to know what we’re missing while we’re busy chasing each new shiny outrage.
Autocratic drift.
He said it over and over throughout his campaign:
"Get out and vote. Just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. It will be fixed, it will be fine. You won't have to vote anymore"
Even though this is unconstitutional, he is not alone: the ideologues are behind him.
He’s counting on there being a mass uprising against him by that time so he can say there is a national emergency, declare martial law and “postpone” the election indefinitely. Save this
He is already trying to interfere with the current elections. Election Day is tomorrow April 1st in Florida. The Republicans are now trying to postpone the elections because they are scared Gay Valimont and Josh Weil are going to flip 2 seats in the US House.
Americans are rebels to the core. Declaring a national emergency won’t silence Americans. The military deployed on American soil against the citizenry will test their mettle. The US fighting a guerrilla war with a nation armed to the teeth will be a sight to behold. Save this.
There are protests happening all over the country on a variety of topics every single week. Just like the last time Trump got elected. I've been part of many of them. Don't sell us short.
Objectively, that’s a bullshit post. “Most Americans”?!? With what statistical evidence did you make such a troglodytic statement? Just roll that trash and shove it up where the sun never shines.
Ask your neighbor. All I’m saying is the majority of Americans when push comes to shove would prefer to turn on Netflix and chill. I’m trying to be objective here. We’re complacent in abundance. If there’s a food shortage things will be different.
I ain’t asking no neighbor. I live in a blue state and we’re pissed off as fuck. Your condescending attitude is bullshit. You’re definitely living with neighbors who bing on Netflix. Probably you and your friends are complacent not “we”.
There will probably be an uprising I think. If it happens, it better work the first time. But he might also respect the constitution (wishful thinking). We will see if there are midterms, but I wouldn't count on it.
Trump's repeated pattern is to say outrageous things to unsettle everyone and if it falls flat, he laughs it off, and if it gets traction, he leans in aggressively. We should treat every rediculous, disasterous, calamitous thing seriously. We need to relentlessly push back.
We the people
In order to form a more perfect union
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility
Provide for the common defense
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
By "circumvent" he means "ignore"...
as he has done with all legal rulings to date...
To comrade donny the constitution only applies to other people...
Having paid for the supreme court he feels untouchable...
And a GOP that has totally abdicated all it's responsibilities in record time...
Trump: "So I'm getting hammered on the Signal story and incompetent ass clowns I hired for senior national security positions.
So what sensational thing that will never realistically happen can I say to divert the attention of the New York Times and the rest of the political media?
The intention has been declared. Anyone who considers Trump is NOT being honest about his determination to run again is overly naive and requires protection.
He wont leave power behind alive.
And the 22nd Amendment is easy to circumvent:
Will run as VP, and the VP will then either assign all powers (and the right to be in the WH/Oval Office) to Trump, or even resign. Bingo.
The 12th Amendment prevents a vice-president who isn’t qualified to serve as president. It should rule this out. Although, the Constitution seems almost quaint now, doesn’t it?
How else would he circumvent the 22nd Amendment, then? Be appointed prime minister, like Putin?
(assuming here for the moment that the Constitution is alive and astute rather than quaint?)
If the Constitution still means something, then this is an outcome that shouldn’t be possible. But he’s a lawless thug so no guarantees there. I figure he’s old, unhealthy and already doddering so maybe the actuarial tables will take care of him for us.
Removing him will not fix it. This ball is now rolling and everyone on board will continue the work. The goo has always wanted this and been scared to do it now they have been giving the green light they will continue it dismantling the federal government and rig it so republicans only win.
Anyone who continues to dismiss any his claims is a fool. A man who doesn’t read let alone study knows about the 1798 war’s act? They are preparing & 👀 to go to war so that elections will be delayed. He created an insurrection, ok with hanging Pence, war is nothing more than a stepping stone.
He’ll normalize this idea over time while creating a crisis that will serve as the reason to avoid elections or otherwise keep power (e.g., war with Europe / Canada), and it’s flagrant. Given the inventory of his transgressions, how have congress and judges been unable to find any actual recourse?
Indeed it's one of Trump's best techniques - like throwing out chaff to deflect incoming missiles. The media becomes full of the daily chaff & ignores the important stuff
TRUMP WILL BE 84 IN A FEW YEARS the decline from 80 to 85 will be spectacular to behold YAY TRUMP TURNS EIGHTY THIS YEAR WILL BE OLDER THAN BIDEN WHO DROPPED OUTHAPPT BIRTHDAY FROM FATHER TIME MR PRESIDENT
youre doing a damn fine job objectively reporting about all this and not making either side of the aisle angry.
that said, get your guts together and print these words:
"our democracy is under a hostile takeover. we need to stop reporting this as if it were normal."
Why would we expect the truth from the compulsive and continual liar, Donald Trump, or from DOGE, or from any of the other liars Trump appointed to his Cabinet? Liars lie. It’s what they do. Americans know this. And so do our friends and foes around the world.
Trump is either a narcissistic megalomaniac—(whose fantasies of world domination must be opposed)—or he is a pretentious schoolyard bully—(who is all bluster). In either case, he has destroyed our relationship with allies around the world. He must be impeached, and removed from office.
America’s democracy is under siege. You’ve elected not just an authoritarian kleptocrat, but a Russian-installed Manchurian candidate. Trump and his cabinet serve foreign interests, dismantling your republic. History warns: the longer you deny it, the higher the price.
You're missing the word "unconstitutional" in the headline and as a whole summary & 1st, 2nd and 3rd paragraph.
If you want to be thought of as unbiased media.
To do this, you first have to survive this current term of office. And not just politically. Trump is already 78 now, so he will be 82 at the end of this one. Thanks in part to the great healthcare system, life expectancy for men will be 78 in 2030.
We really can't count on this son of a bitch to die anytime soon, as much as I hope to read that news every day I wake up and look at my phone. His ghastly parents lived into, like, their 90s.
Although his father probably looked healthier than Trump even on his deathbed.
Without make-up and a toupee, I don't even want to know what Trump would look like. His obesity, unhealthy lifestyle and COVID illness are certainly not necessarily conducive to increasing his life expectancy.
Small addendum: By "toupee" I meant his elaborately styled hair. I'm not aware that Donald Trump actually wears a toupee - although I wouldn't be surprised.
If he croaks early then the nutcase Vance becomes Fuhrer. Uniforms will be provided for the Maga cultist. Muskolini salute will become mandatory in the presence of said uniform.
Treating this seriously isn’t journalism; it’s stenography for Trump. The New York Times still has some good reporters working there, but you continue to act as if we aren’t intelligent enough to see what’s happening here.
Welker’s entire exchange is what she was fed by Bannon to distract from the fact that his national security team is completely incompetent, and you are all falling for the bait because you enjoy chasing Trump’s bait each and every news cycle. He’s your assignment editor. https://bsky.app/profile/clayranck.bsky.social/post/3llml74gpfs2v
He finds ways to twist and defy the law. He is a much worse president than last term. Elon lied and said we “know” how he will be. Elon took over and Trump allowed the oligarchy to rule.
It will only get worse and America has to wake up. NYT needs to actually report the truth.
“Mr. Trump said that tariffs of 25 to 50 percent on Russian oil could be imposed at “any moment” and that he planned to speak with his Russian counterpart this week.”
We don’t buy Russian oil. There is nothing to place tariffs on. Such a maroon.
Pro tip: just arrange unlawful "alteration" to constitution through fake voting and after you pulled it off say that all previous terms are nullified
Learn from the best😉
What I’m wondering is whether ineligibility to be POTUS = ineligibility to be on ballot on state by state basis? Furthermore, does anything prohibit electoral college from voting for an ineligible candidate (even though he can’t be sworn in)? He can’t get a 3rd term, but can he seriously disrupt?
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He said it over and over throughout his campaign:
"Get out and vote. Just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. It will be fixed, it will be fine. You won't have to vote anymore"
Even though this is unconstitutional, he is not alone: the ideologues are behind him.
https://www.reddit.com/r/somethingiswrong2024/s/Cdz0ruxy7Z
Protests will happen if there is a food shortage. Other than that it will be business as usual. Nothing.
He literally promised us that he would rig any future elections like Putin:
https://youtu.be/gE7xoHJkgvE?si=5_7k2t-Pf95iw5ci
In order to form a more perfect union
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility
Provide for the common defense
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
as he has done with all legal rulings to date...
To comrade donny the constitution only applies to other people...
Having paid for the supreme court he feels untouchable...
And a GOP that has totally abdicated all it's responsibilities in record time...
So what sensational thing that will never realistically happen can I say to divert the attention of the New York Times and the rest of the political media?
Ok, got it! "
And the 22nd Amendment is easy to circumvent:
Will run as VP, and the VP will then either assign all powers (and the right to be in the WH/Oval Office) to Trump, or even resign. Bingo.
(assuming here for the moment that the Constitution is alive and astute rather than quaint?)
https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-bill-targets-gender-nonconforming-haircuts-kids-2048152
that said, get your guts together and print these words:
"our democracy is under a hostile takeover. we need to stop reporting this as if it were normal."
or you will soon be unable to.
The alternative has not changed.
explain this to you…..
If you want to be thought of as unbiased media.
Without make-up and a toupee, I don't even want to know what Trump would look like. His obesity, unhealthy lifestyle and COVID illness are certainly not necessarily conducive to increasing his life expectancy.
He was
- massively against Trump. Now he works behind him.
- a convinced atheist for many years. His wife converted him to Christianity.
So he doesn't seem to be that firm in his values and convictions. When Trump is gone, who knows whether he will still follow this way
*slow clap*
Everyone will wake up on the trains
Stay vigilant, nullify despotism. 📣 💙
It will only get worse and America has to wake up. NYT needs to actually report the truth.
We will get a response on this in 4 or 5 months.
The middle MAGA eat that shit up. Too dumb to think ahead, only about themselves and hate.
If this man tripped down those stairs it would do a service to the world.
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We don’t buy Russian oil. There is nothing to place tariffs on. Such a maroon.
Learn from the best😉
We always have known.
But we ain't ain't journalists