What will end Donald Trump's second term?
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@evan I can't vote as I think there is a strong chance of Constitutional amendment and a third term.
I guess the “election” option fits that but I think you're implying the election won't include Trump.
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@evan @mkb having the entire East Wing of the White House torn down and it is being rebuilt with a massive ballroom is not because Trumple Fatskin is a huge ballroom dancing fan.
He wants a huge space for fundraising, on federal property (which is illegal, by the way), so he doesn't have to fly back to Mar-a-Lago to host and solicit bribes from foreign governments and rich people.
@Urban_Hermit he also wants the bunker. And he may well need it to stop the torch and pitchfork crowd
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@evan I can't vote as I think there is a strong chance of Constitutional amendment and a third term.
I guess the “election” option fits that but I think you're implying the election won't include Trump.
@bkuhn I'm not implying anything. If he gets elected to a third term, then his second term ends with an election.
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@evan Exactly. We need to be prepared for his second term to roll over into an unconstitutional “third term”.
Trump is now far too exposed to war crime and corruption charges to ever allow a peaceful transfer of power.
Look for the authoritarian power grabs to accelerate over next 2.5 years.
@jasonnoffsinger The second term already violated the Constitution, so we're out in uncharted water as we sail. @evan
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@evan he's deteriorating at a crazy rate, but I have the feeling he'll cling on to his miserable life for quite a while. But it also won't be long until he keeps falling and dribbling mashed potatoes down his chin, and Vance will try for a power grab if he feels like he has a sufficient TPUSA base and can talk the rest of the cabinet into the 25th amendment.
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@evan@cosocial.ca who said it will end?
@anemone @evan
I think Warhammer has a "God-Emperor" that died on his throne, hooked into life support, and the powers that be continue their holy war of domination under the belief he is guiding them psychically from beyond the grave.That is what we're getting if we do not vote for people willing to impeach every Supreme Court Justice and prosecute every cabinet member who is hiding crimes or commiting crimes.
ZombieJesusTrump will bless your favored voter application for $100 million cash.
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@Urban_Hermit he also wants the bunker. And he may well need it to stop the torch and pitchfork crowd
@deepmud he remembers finding peace at last from a previous life in a bunker.
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@evan @mkb having the entire East Wing of the White House torn down and it is being rebuilt with a massive ballroom is not because Trumple Fatskin is a huge ballroom dancing fan.
He wants a huge space for fundraising, on federal property (which is illegal, by the way), so he doesn't have to fly back to Mar-a-Lago to host and solicit bribes from foreign governments and rich people.
Nope.
He wants the ballroom so he can build a bunker under it to hide.
Just like his hero Hitler had.
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@anemone @evan
I think Warhammer has a "God-Emperor" that died on his throne, hooked into life support, and the powers that be continue their holy war of domination under the belief he is guiding them psychically from beyond the grave.That is what we're getting if we do not vote for people willing to impeach every Supreme Court Justice and prosecute every cabinet member who is hiding crimes or commiting crimes.
ZombieJesusTrump will bless your favored voter application for $100 million cash.
I can picture Trump as the Warhammer 40,000 "God-Emperor", a rotting carcass seated upon his Golden Throne*, ruling a parody of fascism timeline after death, while forbidden technology from a new dark age keeps his corpse just alive enough for the High Lords** of Terra*** to keep ruling in his name.
*Trump branded toilet
** The Master of the Inquisition, the Master of the Assassins, etc
*** Terra, not Terror. Completely different words. Until they're not.
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@deepmud he remembers finding peace at last from a previous life in a bunker.
@Urban_Hermit I laughed when I read that because it hadn't occurred to me!
But yes. That's the truth.
I do wonder what happens to the rest of them when he's disgraced.
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@evan and won’t leave on his own.
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Thanks to everyone for their responses.
I am not hopeful for impeachment or the 25th Amendment, but these things seem impossible until they happen.
Death is always a factor for everyone, especially older people.
But if I had to bet on it, I'd say that his second term will end with the next US presidential election, in which case he will either get a third term, or someone will replace him.
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Thanks to everyone for their responses.
I am not hopeful for impeachment or the 25th Amendment, but these things seem impossible until they happen.
Death is always a factor for everyone, especially older people.
But if I had to bet on it, I'd say that his second term will end with the next US presidential election, in which case he will either get a third term, or someone will replace him.
@evan they'd have to change the constitution for him to get another term.
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@evan they'd have to change the constitution for him to get another term.
@lakelady I'm not so sure. We could also have a situation like Trump vs. Anderson, where the Supreme Court said that only Congress could decide who was disqualified to serve under section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and Congress never even considered it.
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@lakelady I'm not so sure. We could also have a situation like Trump vs. Anderson, where the Supreme Court said that only Congress could decide who was disqualified to serve under section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and Congress never even considered it.
@lakelady we've never had to tell someone not to run for a third term. And it's not clear who would get to say no.
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@lakelady I'm not so sure. We could also have a situation like Trump vs. Anderson, where the Supreme Court said that only Congress could decide who was disqualified to serve under section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and Congress never even considered it.
@evan it's pretty clear in the 22nd amendment
"Twenty-Second Amendment
Section 1No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,"
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@lakelady we've never had to tell someone not to run for a third term. And it's not clear who would get to say no.
@lakelady if there was even some chop-logic justification, that would give Republican lawmakers and the conservative press all the cover they would need to obstruct the enforcement of term limits.
If I had to guess, I think they'll try to link it with the 2020 presidential election. Because his term was "stolen", he should get to run for another "make-up" term. It doesn't make sense; it doesn't have to make sense.
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@evan it's pretty clear in the 22nd amendment
"Twenty-Second Amendment
Section 1No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,"
@lakelady I agree. The problem comes when he runs anyway, and no one can agree whose job it is to stop him.
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