Summary
The Trump Store released $50 “Trump 2028” hats Thursday, sparking backlash online as Trump has repeatedly hinted at running for a third term.
“I have had more people ask me to have a third term,” Trump said on March 31, claiming the 2020 election was “totally rigged.”
Steve Bannon said he’s exploring “five or six different alternatives” to enable a third run.
Critics on social media called it “insane” and a sign of “fascist” ambitions. Though barred by the 22nd Amendment, Trump could run again if it were overturned by Congress and the states. However, it would require a two-thirds vote of Congress and three-fourths vote of the states.
How is it fucking soft launching fascism? The US is already at the concentration camp step, it is already fully blown fascism.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone to start selling “Obama 2028” hats.
Or Bill Clinton 2028 hats. They’re the same age, after all and the jokes write themselves.
Bill Clinton - At least he was able to balance the budget.
Bill Clinton - He’ll just fuck the interns instead of the rest of us.
He’s not soft launching shit. It is a fascist regime.
Not saying I agree with the whole 2 terms 4 years each thing americans have let alone their political system in general, but who was actually surprised? That’s what fascists do, just take Mussolini.
Prison. Now. For him and all his corrupt, openly criminal Constitution-shredding cronies. We are far past the point of hand-waving over the open criminality and corruption. And in Trump’s case, legitimate Constitutionally-defined treason. Mass arrests and convictions of these criminals needs to happen now. Right now. Even if we the people need to take care of it ourselves. Nobody is coming to save us.
I’m against violence, but I’m not sure urinating and/or defecating on anyone wearing this hat counts as violence
Then maybe you’re against aggression and OK with defense. Not all violence is bad.
In case anyone is still unsure, he is not willingly leaving in 2028. Everything that’s happening indicates he is setting up a path for him to remain. One of two things are going to happen in our future.
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We will need to march on DC in INSANE numbers and force him to leave with the threat of lethal force.
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We will have to use lethal force to make him leave.
Only other possibility is he dies of natural causes before then. But then we get Vance and we’ll probably have to do the same thing. This isn’t just Trump. The entire GOP apparatus is a fascist movement. The only reason he didn’t do it last time is because he hadn’t set up the foundation for him to remain by doing things like, I don’t know, instructing the FBI to arrest federal judges who oppose him, which is a line we just crossed today.
Fascism is here. Arm yourselves. Help others arm themselves. Train. Help others train.
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…and who exactly is going to stop him? All evidence so far suggests he will continue to do whatever the fuck he wants and continue to get away with it, simply because nobody has the power or the will to stop him
Juan Merchan was obliged to do so by the law, the Constitution, and good-old ethics. But he kissed the ring, instead.
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courts decided he’s not going to jail…
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its not likes going to jail for state charges anyways, the courts just strung along all the cases , so they can make it look like they did something.
He wasn’t actually president when they decided that
He got into power rigging the election with Elon, Russia, and ballotproof. He will magically get enough seats in the midterm to overturn the 22nd and be king til he dies if successful.
Republicans would have to win two thirds of state legislatures with MAGA loyalists to even bring a vote to overturn the 22nd. There is no way that happens legally, and Republicans know it. If they plan on a third Trump term, my bet is they will either be ignoring the 22nd altogether, or enacting emergency powers to suspend the entire Constitution indefinitely.
It still isn’t currently legal for him to run for a third term. This is how confident he is the law will be changed or ignored.
This is one law he can’t ignore. If the ammendment doesn’t pass the house and senate with a two thirds vote and the idiot gets sworn in for a third term, it becomes legal hunting season. He would instantly become a domestic threat to the Constitution and any US citizen could legally attack him or anyone giving him aid. The US citizens would all basically become bounty hunters, and anyone that fought back to defend the illegal third term asshole would be considered a domestic threat as well.
Pray this man is really this stupid. I kind of want to see that drama unfold.
If the ammendment doesn’t pass the house and senate with a two thirds vote and the idiot gets sworn in for a third term, it becomes legal hunting season.
How long ago would someone have said that about “if the president ignores a ruling of the Supreme Court in order to deport American citizens without due process”?
Or “If people in plain clothes claim to be Federal agents and grab people off the street without badges or warrants”?Our whole government has decided Trump can do these things. Republicans follow him like a cult leader, but democrats stand by and open doors for him.
If ICE comes to someone’s property they can be sent packing (and have been). If ICE stops the wrong person on the street they are likely to get messed up … they are just customs agents. The only reason they are getting to run wild like this is because they are catching slightly ignorant people off guard (not trying to be insulting, just meaning that they don’t know their rights).
There is no fix for the Supreme Court … most of them are corrupt and need to be impeached, but they is no legal path to do it.
Our whole government has decided Trump can do these things. Republicans follow him like a cult leader, but democrats stand by and open doors for him.
And if the same thing happens when Trump runs again in 2028 what will be the difference?
Trump is not eligible to run for president again. It would take a two thirds vote from both the house and senate … it will not happen.
If he declares himself president after this second term it would be done illegally, and any US citizen could then attack him legally as a domestic threat to the Constitution. Trump is stupid, but he is not that stupid.
Trump is also not “allowed” to ignore court orders, yet here we are.
Yes, but some ignoring that portion of the Constitution and declaring themselves president illegally basically makes it legal to attack them.
Critics on social media called it “insane” and a sign of “fascist” ambitions.
I don’t believe that ‘being able to be elected by voters one more time’ is even close to being the same as a ‘fascist dictatorship’.
Except it’s not being able to be elected, because he’s served two terms and that limitation isn’t just a law, it’s an amendment. I don’t care how much of congress they control, changing it will require a new amendment and that’s just exceedingly unlikely to happen, much less happen before the end of his current term. So if he can’t change the rules, attempting to stay in power anyway is absolutely fascist dictatorship material.
The 22nd amendment does not prohibit Trump from serving a third term. It prohibits Trump from being elected a third time. Weak ass document.
If only it covered vice president succession as well… Oh wait…
What are you talking about? The amendment makes no mention of VP or succession.
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
The amendment doesn’t have to because VP already has the same requirements as president in the main body of the Constitution.
Amendments are only the change being made, not reiterating what already existed. VP used to just be the second place in the presidential election.
VP already has the same requirements as president in the main body of the Constitution.
Show me how this keeps Trump from being allowed to succeed into POTUS. Yall are backpedalling because you’ve never actually read the Constitution.
The 22nd amendment prohibits Trump from doing this
No it doesn’t
well sure, but the “main body” (the articles…) does
If this joke of a nation had any merit at all, these coy suggestions would be disqualifying and his flabby, corrupt ass would be on the sidewalk or in jail tomorrow. Unfortunately, Americans are lazy, entitled, stupid, and collectively rich enough to pretend that there won’t be consequences to our shortsightedness.
If no-one stops him, then the US only has itself to blame.
The tangerine pufferfish has an incredible ability to say a thing enough that it becomes true enough to happen.
it’s ment for americans. more than soft people
