• endeavor@sopuli.xyz
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    Waiting for the merch commemorating members of the public stringing everyone in the administration up.

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    Does everyone remember during Trump’s first presidency, President Xi had just made himself president for life. Trump brought this up at a rally and said “maybe we should try that” and the crowd cheered. It was never a joke. Everything he says is testing the waters to see what reaction he’ll get. Now there’s a group trying to get him elected to a 3rd term. I think a Republican congressman or two is also pushing for this.

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      I think a Republican congressman or two is also pushing for this.

      Remember the progression with his election denial as well.

      Jan. 6, 2021 and there were just a handful of plants who would try to object to the counting, before all hell broke loose, while the rest think they’re being savvy and staying in their base’s good graces while not taking flak by not denouncing it. Four years later, and they don’t bat an eye when the literal insurrectionists that nearly killed them are all pardoned, and nobody will even go on record calling it anything but Trump’s version.

      By 2028, expect to see lockstep party agreement on this, as well as plans to actually do it - whether allowed or not - already well underway.

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    this is how he operates… he denies, then jokes, then encourages others to joke, then when they do he gets serious, then act like everyone was always serious.

    this man will NEVER willingly give up a shred of power.

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    There are shirts that say “Rewrite the rules,” so it’s pretty clear that they know this isn’t allowed and are trying to start early and normalize tearing up the Constitution.

    Also:

    Republican senators on Capitol Hill later downplayed Trump’s comments, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, of South Dakota, telling reporters that Trump couldn’t seek a third term “without a change in the Constitution.”

    Thune also said Trump is “probably messing” with reporters who ask about the possibility of a Trump 2028 campaign.

    So they’re going with the tried-and-true “it’s just a joke, bro” defense, until of course it isn’t.

    Asked to comment, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt referred NBC News to the Trump Organization “since it’s their website,” adding, “but it’s a cool hat and I suspect it will be highly popular!”

    New tagline just dropped! “Dictatorship: It’s A Cool Hat and I Suspect It Will Be Highly Popular”

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    “Rewrite the rules” is a clear campaign slogan.

    This is a HARD line for me. This fucker doesn’t get to run again.

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      As an adjudicated insurrectionist, he’s disqualified under the 14th amendment from holding his office. We’re already past that line.

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      Well, running for president isn’t really running if the result is already fixed. So you have that going for you.

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    I have thought to myself for a long time… what would happen once people started putting up Trump 2028 flags in their yards? What would happen if those houses started burning down as a result?

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      I mean, at LEAST throw a handful of pocket salt on their yard each time that you walk by.

      Maybe find out their names and give generic complaints to their employers.

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    Turns out it’s nowhere near as complicated as everyone said it would be to change the constitution. All you’ve got to do is buy yourself a Supreme Court.

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      Nah, turns out you don’t actually have to change it at all. If nobody is willing to enforce the rules laid out in the Constitution, then it’s just a worthless scrap of paper that means nothing. He can just do whatever he wants now, nothing matters.

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        Every child knows a rule only counts if a) you’re caught breaking them and b) you’re punished for breaking them.b

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      and ignore them because they’re incapable of enforcing anything. Turns out half of our representatives are nazis and the other half are spineless cowards.

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      The Supreme Court has often stood against him and is now. He thought he could buy them, you thought he could buy them, they don’t agree with either of you.

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    He could pull a Clinton and build Melania as his successor. It wouldn’t change his politics, but would at least be a prettier sight.

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      I can’t look at her any more these days either. She reminds me of Roald Dahl’s description of people with ugly thoughts.