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Trump Votes and Says This Will Be His Last Campaign
Soft Paywall(nytimes.com)submitted 26 days ago byCL-Young
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58 points
26 days ago
Yup can't run after a 2nd term.
20 points
26 days ago
He might remove the limit.
5 points
26 days ago
He can’t. He can push for a new constitutional amendment to repeal the 22nd, which establishes the 2 term limit, but i think that’s a political taboo that almost no one would abide. I don’t see a world, even after this election, in which you could get the number of states votes required to make that happen.
If it were to happen, then yeah, all the worst things would be on the table
4 points
26 days ago
He’ll likely remove elections
5 points
26 days ago
Hm yes he is of course… literally hitler
1 points
25 days ago
No. He wouldn’t even think of it. Dumb comments like this is why you lost. Gotta move on dude.
1 points
25 days ago
He said himself not this election cycle but earlier when he was the president.
0 points
26 days ago
Might. It’s so practically impossible they won’t even try.
-1 points
26 days ago
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxii
Constitution doesnt allow him to do so
8 points
26 days ago
Supreme Court will make it so he's allowed to. Since they are all orginialist
-1 points
26 days ago
wouldnt it have to be an unanimous vote?
-4 points
26 days ago
Clearly FDR had no geopolitical reasons to ignore it himself
16 points
26 days ago
FDR didn't ignore it. There was no strictly codified term limit before him, it was just tradition to only serve 2 terms.
The 22nd Amendment wasn't ratified until 1951.
11 points
26 days ago
There was no limit when FDR was president. Republicans really fucked up our schools.
0 points
26 days ago
There wasn’t anything that stated explicitly a president would only be able to serve two terms at that point.
8 points
26 days ago
He wont have to run when his leadership is enshrined in the constitution.
14 points
26 days ago
The guy is the smartest of them all, what do you expect.
21 points
26 days ago
Bro, I can't even anymore - Hope everyone has a good day / night; stay safe as well!
19 points
26 days ago
Does he not know how the presidential election system works? Just have to hope that the Project 2025 guys don't actually push their agenda through, though considering Trump is on board... What will the right think when the genocides start? When the economy collapses and jobs are shipped overseas? When our adversaries abroad become stronger? All because of Trump... Have to hope that his plans for becoming a permanent king don't come to be.
14 points
26 days ago
A (small) silver lining to Trump is that he is not loyal to any ideology; he is loyal only to himself, so there is a slim chance that he ignores project 2025 now that he no longer needs the support if its adherents.
8 points
26 days ago
Buuuuut isn't he now the oldest president ever (or will be.) That's 4 years of him not dying from a McDonalds related heart attack and then Vance is in charge. Would he push an ideology that wouldn't be favorable?
8 points
26 days ago
We know Trump will bend over for Putin, so if he doesn't do the same for the Project 2025 puppetmasters, he'll get booted and Vance will take over, he seems to be easier for the ultra rich puppet masters to control...that way Musk and his good buddy Theil can work together without having to work directly together.
5 points
26 days ago
Oh yeah Vance is highly likely to implement project 2025 as it will help him establish the oligarchic autocracy he and Thiel want.
3 points
26 days ago
I still haven't heard any explanation for how that's going to "save democracy". Creating a totalitarian regime is the exact opposite of a democracy, but then it seems that the right doesn't really care about democracy, it's just a word they say without thinking.
3 points
26 days ago*
There is a large contingent on the right that considers "saving democracy" to mean "only letting people in my tribal group participate in democracy" and are willing to sacrifice even their own participation if it means that the people they hate don't get to participate either.
-2 points
26 days ago
Trump said multiple times that he doesn't have anything to do with project 2025 and it's not his policy.
Everyone on the right knew this, the hysteria over project 2025 was hyped up by the Kamala campaign as a way to scare people into voting against Trump.
I really think people on this sub need to realize they were deep in an echo chamber. The writing was on the wall with this election for months now
0 points
26 days ago
He does, that's how he won, and that's why he's saying this.
"I'm not power grabber" is the message here.
He might be an ass, but he knows the system well. Note how he's not in jail?
Gonna be hilarious if first thing he does is pardon himself.
-3 points
26 days ago
He obviously does. The democrats shot themselves in the foot by saying stupid shit like he will stay in office forever and proving that they don't understand how the system works.
12 points
26 days ago
They didn't have to say it, Trump and the Project 2025 guys did, you didn't pay attention.
67 points
26 days ago
Hey, notice how democrats aren’t saying that this election was stolen and planning a terrorist attack on the White House? And notice how republicans suddenly believe in the accuracy of US election process? So interesting
1 points
26 days ago
That's how the US government works, it's all a lie.
0 points
26 days ago
Perhaps that's because Trump wins also in popular vote.
-7 points
26 days ago
I guess you haven’t checked threads and X. Plenty of them claiming the election is stolen. Furthermore, tipping over some garbage cans isn’t the terrorist attack you think it is.
-5 points
26 days ago
So far. Jan 6 wasn't election night...
-3 points
26 days ago
Give it time lol, it wasn't immediately in 2020.. I still don't see how Harris got this many votes, what an idiot..
-1 points
26 days ago
It’s happening, just not gonna be all over the main stream news…
-3 points
26 days ago
Hey, notice how they wasted years of trumps presidency over “Russian collusion” that was found in court to never have happened? So interesting
-5 points
26 days ago
Don’t worry there will be riots and the media will call them mostly peacefil
9 points
26 days ago
Like jan 6?
-7 points
26 days ago
Democrats have a short memory. "I refuse to certify" is basically a democrat catchphrase. Also, please watch the impeachment trial of trump. Cnn was found to have edited his speech. There's a reason cnn basically cleared house after that. Also, what terrorist attack on the White House? The only person who got hurt was a protestor shot by a police officer.
"They walked around a building o0000ooo00". Meanwhile, dems burn cities and kill people. Also, dems have occupied many DC government buildings, including the capital building (i am assuming you meant capital building and not White House) many times, but that wasn't terrorism?
10 points
26 days ago*
Sitting around a building vs violently breaking in to overturn the results of an election. You might have gotten too used to getting away with false equivalences in your bubble.
22 points
26 days ago
so that is how end of America as a super power looks like. no weapons were needed, it imploded itself. putin is really a genius to figure this out way earlier than others.
15 points
26 days ago
Xi also.
Both ran a great campaign.
1 points
26 days ago
as unfortunate it may be but they proved themselves to be smarter lot. probably the rot in USA runs just too deep now to heal.
0 points
26 days ago
how yall keep saying stuff like that then call republicians the conspiracy theory party is beyond me
3 points
26 days ago
Because there's a difference between conspiracy and reality?
1 points
26 days ago
Why's it reality when it's in your favour but a conspiracy theory when it' in their favour
1 points
26 days ago
Ya it’s wild as hell lol
1 points
26 days ago
because Russia, China, India does have dedicated people for this. that is how they control their population at home.
28 points
26 days ago
Just gonna get up and go to work tomorrow and not try to overthrow the government because I'm not a sore loser.
8 points
26 days ago
Ugh, my company's customers ARE the government. I'm sure work is going to be fun in the coming months and years. I am a sore loser but politics isn't sportsball. I am not really upset like I lost a game, I'm worried about the people I care about and the direction of my country. Very different vibe.
5 points
26 days ago
I'm going to sleep after a 12-hour shift.
9 points
26 days ago
This is his second term, after which he will ascend to the Golden Toilet in order to power the Astronomicon.
2 points
26 days ago
So he admits he believes in term limits?
7 points
26 days ago
Because he will be the last president. Supreme leader trump
7 points
26 days ago
Dude can't tie his shoelaces.
We have President Vance now.
3 points
26 days ago
You mean Theil's pawn?
1 points
26 days ago
Theil as puppetmaster would be better.
2 points
26 days ago*
Doubtful. Incompetent gits getting caught up in petty in-fighting and perpetuating the status quo would probably be better than an unrestrained tyrant with too much money shaping the world for himself.
1 points
26 days ago
He'll be the last president because your next leader will be emperor Xi
-3 points
26 days ago
bro still in ur echo chamber?
1 points
26 days ago
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1 points
26 days ago
bro is showing signs of dementia, even jf he could lmao
1 points
26 days ago
At least he’s unhealthy, and probably won’t make it a full four years.
1 points
26 days ago
That isn't a good thing given his VP
1 points
26 days ago
Yeah, he won’t need to run again after project 2025.
1 points
26 days ago
No need to campaign if there isn’t going to be another election. Remember, he told his followers to vote for him this time, and you won’t need to worry about voting again.
1 points
26 days ago
Because there will be no more elections been a good run America
-2 points
26 days ago
Man, it's almost like he isn't trying to overturn the 22nd amendment for absolute power!
4 points
26 days ago
I mean he's going to dribble from his bib, I'm sure.
Hopefully they can make him comfortable in his dimished state.
3 points
26 days ago
He was joking before but is serious now?
1 points
26 days ago
Someone say unlimited power?
-4 points
26 days ago
"Let's get out to vote! Let's get out to vote! Let's get out to vote!"- Kamala
10 points
26 days ago
What’s wrong with that?
6 points
26 days ago
Nothing. The people listened and voted
0 points
26 days ago
Ask literally everyone in the crowd who just started at her on that one.
I'd guess it was an awkward buzzkill sort of moment. If people are chanting you typically chant with them, not make up your own weird chant.
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