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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.

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[–] [email protected] 238 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 week ago (3 children)

He has zero sense of humour: an inherent inability to recognize or invoke it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He has zero sense of humour: an inherent inability to recognize or invoke it.

There is a humor-like mocking of watching human beings suffer at the hands of government and business systems, "human tears", "liberal tears", "Ukraine tears", values of winning and defeating humanism with systems of power. Donald Trump is very motivated and works many hours to socially arrange this domination and damage over human persons that don't please his ego.

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[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

The strategy is really simple, and I don't know why it isn't obvious to everyone. The Republican party will simply refuse to run a candidate in 2028. They will claim that the country is under hostile occupation by Marxists who are attempting to destroy the United States from within and Trump will just refuse to leave office after the mid-terms (if we even make it that far before he declares war & martial law).

They don't need to cancel, manipulate, or legally challenge anything. At that point, it doesn't fucking matter what happens with the election because there is no legal mechanism to enforce the removal of the regime. They are going to dare the courts, the police, and the military to try and forcibly remove them, which we all know will not happen. Then just rule by fiat forever.

The End.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I guess that's why he's trying to get into a war.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago

Oh 100%, this is dictatorial coup 101

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Literally the farthest the conspiracy theories went in 2012 is where we're headed. Martial law, false flags, posse comitatus, seizing guns.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

"Every accusation is an admission" and whatnot...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They'll probably do something more stupid than that, like replacing him with one of his sons with the promise that daddy Trump will keep running everything regardless

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Perhaps. I think it is much more likely that Thiel & Musk attempt to wait Trump's death out and then install Vance, which will ultimately be the crescendo that causes large scale civil unrest because everybody fucking hates him.

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[–] blitzen 136 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (89 children)

Not surprisingly, the constitutionalists and “Biden is too old” ~~crowd~~ Republicans are silent.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The "Biden is too old" crowd isn't silent, but there's very little to say about Biden's age now and there are better reason to oppose Trump than his age.

[–] blitzen 25 points 1 week ago

See above reply. I should not have, mistakenly, implied democrats earnestly concerned about Bidens age are silent now. My point was to illustrate Republican hypocrisy.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (28 children)

Then have Obama run against him.

[–] sndmn 50 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's adorable how you think there might ever be another free and fair election in the US.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It should be clear by now that any "rule" the Trump administration comes up with only applies to themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 week ago (5 children)

This man needs to stroke out and die. The fact he’s not already in prison is sickening

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We know he's not joking. The question is whether the military, sworn to uphold the Constitution, will do anything about it when the time comes.

[–] imrighthere 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That time passed long ago.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

The 14th amendment could not be clearer in barring from office participants in an insurrection. Yet Krasnov is president.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

He has already replaced military leaders and top generals with cultists.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago

He doesn’t lie about what he wants to do.

He lies about his accomplishments.

It’s been like this since his first term. He’s not lying about invading Greenland or punishing Canada into being the 51st state. He absolutely wants to. Assuming (hopefully) that both these endeavors never materialize, he will claim that these threats accomplished some other goal that was made up on the spot. Which will be a lie.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (5 children)

We know, he said so before the election. You’d have to be a fucking gigantic moron of an idiot to not understand that. And still Americans voted for him.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago

why are people even surprised about this.

he says things that are in his brain. period.
He is not joking, or scheming, or planing, or 5d-chessing.

he says something. people laugh or groan, thinking its a (bad) joke. It's not. it's in his brain, so he says it. If he remembers it later, he will do it or at least try.

Why be surprised?

[–] Bongo_Stryker 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I think his age and poor health will come into play before the end of 2026 if not before the end of this year. Once he kicks the bucket, the clown committee will not be able to keep it together. That's my prediction.

Added to that: the dems will make no meaningful move to capitalize on the moment of advantage when bad orange man is dead and republicans fall into disarray.

Edit: am i just wishful thinking? Maybe, but you guys and your cold water can't extinguish my hope.

If I'm wrong, then the only alternative is to shut down this idiot circus by other means. We must resist with everything we have, and never let go of our revolutionary optimism.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

I dunno man, been hearing about the walls caving in on this too stupid to work regime since 2016…it hasn’t happened yet. Don’t underestimate them.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I would honestly be surprised if he survives his current term.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He doesn't care about court orders or rule of law. It is possible for him to try it. It is amazing he can say stuff like openly, no pushback from his base. He is pushing people to their limits something will have to give.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

but "it is far too early to think about it."

Far too early yet. Didn't he promise his voters that this would be the last time they'd have to vote?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vote-four-years/

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (5 children)

We are not gonna have elections anymore huh

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

until it's actually time for the next election, all of the third term bullshit is functionally serving only to distract from signalgate and dismantling the courts/gov etc. do not lose focus. (edit: typo fix)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah. The method involves suspending the constitution.

He needs to be driven out of office, like now.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The only thing keeping most people quiet is the idea that Trump is temporary. This will not bode well for stability.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's proven that he does not care about court orders or rules of law, so I doubt he'd be against ripping up the constitution. Not an American so forgive me if I seem ignorant on this, but I hope that there's failsafes against him getting a third term no matter what he does.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There are not. Fascism has only ever been defeated in two ways: Ballot or Bullet. And wouldn't you know it, we're fresh out of Ballots.

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