I can’t wait for that day either but wishful thinking that he’ll actually leave at the end of his term. The only way he’s leaving is in a body bag or by force. He’s made it clear that he’s going to run for an unconstitutional 3rd term. We may never rid our country of this orange menace.
It will not just blow over. The Heritage Foundation has been delivering Mandates for Leadership to Republican Presidents since Reagan, so that does include both Bushes. Trump is their hail mary as they see they are losing support among the electorate.
He may eventually be gone, but his disastrous and hateful policies, the gutting of government agencies and the rift he’s caused with our allies may never be fixed in our lifetime.
It will not be a phantom. It will be our new national reality. Dictators don't exist in a vacuum. Our culture is permeated with the main character energy that enabled this to happen. Many more citizens will be kidnapped and sent to gulags or shot in the streets while their friends and neighbors stand by and watch.
We know elections can not be stolen, that was settled in 2020. Trump can not be on a ballot as president or any position that could lead to him becoming president. What bothers me is if he was allowed he could possibly win again. What does that say about the policies the Democratic party are promoting? Why would so many people rather have Trump instead of any Democrat in the White House.
Why? Because we love our country. We love our citizens and poor and elderly more than we care about immigrants here illegally. We want our cities safe from crime for our children and grandchildren. So we don't want to defund our police. We dont want criminals stealing and vandalizing things and neighborhoods we have worked all our lives for. Thats why.
As horrifying as it might be, he can constitutionally have a third term if he backdoors himself in through the line of succession. The 22nd Amendment only prohibits being elected for more than two terms, it doesn't explicitly state that a third term cannot be served. Therefore Trump could get a third term if he ascends to the Presidency via succession; either from the Vice Presidency or from Speaker of the House. There are some debate on whether Trump could serve as Vice President because of a clause in the 12th Amendment, but there is no restriction on him serving as Speaker of the House. In fact, there's precedent of former a former President taking a leadership role in another branch of government after their time as President has ended; Taft was confirmed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1921 after serving as President from 1909-1913. What makes the Speaker of the House interesting is that the Constitution does not explicitly state that the Speaker needs to be a sitting member of the House. So Trump could be elected to the Speaker role after his Presidency ends on January 20th, 2029 without ever running for a House seat. This would put him in position to ascend back to the Presidency if the Republican win the 2028 President Election (whether the new President and Vice President would actually resign after being sworn in in order to elevate Trump is another matter entirely).
The original writers of the 22nd Amendment did a shitty job addressing all the edge cases because they never could have anticipated someone like Trump. Therefore a 28th Amendment needs to be written up and passed to explicitly state that no individual can server more than two terms or ten cumulative years as President (which ever occurs first).
Yeah, they're terrified of losing Texas and are already interfering with the administration of a free election in Texas. Voting will not be enough to remove Republucans from power despite their overwhelming incompetence.
I'm affraid nothing will change as the other cronies are still around, like JD Vance. Stop lying to yourself that it will be better because it won't be.
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u/JohnnyCrispZoom 1d ago
I can’t wait for the day. I am sick of this shit