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just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Trump Wants to Be President for Life—and He’s Already Preparing for It

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Trump Wants to Be President for Life—and He’s Already Preparing for It

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just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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No, he’s not “joking” when he portrays himself as a king and muses about staying in office past 2028. Just look at everything he’s done this month.
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    Let’s let him be president for life, as long as that life is less than four more years. Anything beyond that has a “second amendment solution”, as I’ve heard countless Republicans describe.

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      as I’ve heard countless Republicans describe

      99% of whom are fucking chicken hawks.

      The only ones who put their money where their mouths are got arrested for occupying BLM land in Oregon, or later, Congress.

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    I mean, it’s pretty obvious to anyone paying attention.

    He wants to be America’s Putin

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    Was it not already clear last time when he encouraged his followers to launch an insurrection when he lost?! How much fucking warning do you need?

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    By dying within three years?

    • meeeeetch@lemmy.world
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      He scrapped USAID. The CIA is gonna take that a lot more personally than ‘he didn’t escalate our harebrained scheme in Cuba to a full war’.

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        I really really really hope you’re right

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        Were the CIA to effective take steps to defend American democracy from authoritarianism they could almost be forgiven for all their other fuckery.

    • ⛓️‍💥@sh.itjust.works
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      That… can be arranged

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    Give a man a fire, he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.

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    With any luck he’ll only live a couple more days.

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    Where is Luigi? We need him more than ever.

    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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      In another castle.

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    I’d also like him to drop dead. It seems our goals are singularly aligned.

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    Realistically, his life probably won’t last until the end of his term. It’s vance’s theocratic dictatorship you need to watch out for.

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    I hope someone helps him fulfill that wish immediately.

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    And to think, just one bullet could make his dreams come true.

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      Knowing American history … they only reserve bullets for the good ones

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    Gonna be a short life if he tries… lol.

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    My dudes, this pacifist in the USA with active background investigations will happily say I’d die defending my country against this outcome.

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      Yeah I’m pretty sure a majority of Americans would pick up guns for that.

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    Whose life? He can’t possibly live that much longer tbh

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    I think you meant to type Emperor For Life

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