Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
He could just refuse to leave. What's Congress going to do. What's the Supreme Court going to do?
Confirm the winner, then they waltz in, take reins of power and arrest him and his cabinet if they refuse; civil war if necessary
That's what should happen, but with the current group of dunces in charge? Absolutely not.
Call it an official act and with a bit of luck it falls on a maga judge and voilà!
Presto! Chango! President for life!
The only thing that keeps a president in power is the threat of the military, and funding. Take both away, and suddenly you're nothing.
Which is why he's been putting his own loyalists in charge.
Which is why the continuing resolution was an insane political move by 10 democrats who had already seen the trajectory of consitution violations under way. Never forget. The senate voted to continue this madness instead of defunding him and forcing him to heel.
That what Maduro did in Venezuela, he just refused to leave when he lost the election, and the rest of the government went along with it.
I thought HitlerPig might attempt that in January 2021, but he really blew ALL of his political capital with his Insurrection. If he had tried to remain in the White House after that, they would have dragged him out in cuffs.
@henfredemars @ObviouslyNotBanana at that point the military would surely drag him out because it would officially be a coup, so they'd be bound to do it. And no, putting Pete Hegseth in charge doesn't mean he's suddenly captured the whole military. He hasn't even managed to kick out any LGBTQ+ people yet.
NBC News asked about a possible scenario in which Vice President JD Vance would run for office and then pass the role to Trump. Trump responded that “that’s one” method.
That isn't a method. At in the sense that Trump obtains the title President. But we've seen during this administration that the President can delegate broad authority to others with zero questions.
So we could have a President who is still the President in name but has passed 99.9% of their duties to Trump who is an "independent contractor".
This is quite literally the foundation they're building with Musk.
This is what Medvedev and Putin did in the 2010's, isn't it?
Yeah. Then Putin took back the role of President using the argument that Medvedev being President allowed Putin to run again despite term limits.
Medvedev became Prime Minister, then everyone in Parliament resigned all at the exact same time, leaving the President as the only one running the place.
Putin rewrote the Constitution and that was the end of that.
Lets all remember putler was a healthy man in his 50's at the time. Not a 82 year old bag of McDonalds. The putin long con isn't really there due to cheeseburgers and coronary events. Inshallah.
That's basically what Putin has done, alternating between Prime Minister and President, allowing him to stay in power indefinitely. He's probably coaching HitlerPig to do the same thing.
Vance would have to run (and win), with HitlerPig as VP, and then defer most responsibilities to HitlerPig.
There's a major problem with this. The biggest reason HitlerPig wants to be president is because he can't be prosecuted while he is president. SCOTUS gave him immunity superpowers, but that immunity does not extend to the VP. Once he does not occupy the presidency, he can be immediately arrested and prosecuted.
That depends on a lot of variables such as DoJ cooperation, pardons, etc., but he would still be vulnerable to state charges, prosecutions, and imprisonments. He may think that President Vance will protect him, but what if they all decide that HitlerPig has fulfilled his duties, and he can be thrown to the Blue State wolves, giving them some measure of revenge, taking some of the pressure off the Nazi government.
It should be very clearly stated that that is DIRECTLY contradictory to the Constitution still. You cannot be VP if you are ineligible to run for the office.
Elon Musk is neither President or Vice President, yet yields a massive amount of power for someone who is just "an independent contractor".
This is what I'm getting at. That a JD Vance President and Mike Johnson VP (let's just say for sake of illustration) could indicate they're bringing Trump on as a "consultant" and then leave their jobs largely up to him.
Technically speaking Vance would still hold the title President but Trump would be executing most of the functions.
The problem is that Trump doesn't need authority, he doesn't actually do anything. He needs the protections of the title. He allows things to happen and signs documents put in front of him.
Now if no one is enforcing anything then being an "independent contractor" might enough, but as laws currently exist and the precedent currently being set, he needs the actual title of President.
There are methods to stopping such tyranny.
Ursine appendages
He wants marshal law. Hence the picking fights with everyone.
Martial law pretty much overrides all other laws
Stage a false-flag operation. Declare martial law and suspend constitution. His loyal appointed chief of staff and republican controlled congress falls in line. Trump-appointed supreme court acquiesces. President till he dies on the throne.
Dude has terrible health, I'd be surprised if he makes it through this term.
Oh my goodness!
Sure didn’t see that coming!
There are "methods" for preventing it but they shouldn't be mentioned in polite company.
Pushing the ”polite company” thing is how the rich have been ripping us off for years.
I’m supposed to be polite just because these assholes were polite while ripping us all off? Get fucked.
you better believe thats a paddlin.
Americans will vote for him again or step aside while complaining about democrats
True. That's why the paddle is necessary.
I see you're gearing up for the inevitable sprint to the right and "no matter who unless it's a progressive" push.
This smells like the shit Russia did with Putin being Prime Minister.
No there aren't LOL. The same dumb shit all the time of trying to say factually untrue bullshit and letting others try to justify it for you somehow.
He's not wrong, there are ways, none legal.
So... technically speaking... there is a way that may be legally dubious, but it's not expressly, objectively against the constitution and hasn't been ruled on in any court. The term limits in the constitution do expressly forbid being elected to more than two terms or more than once if you have served more than half a term that your weren't elected president (like if you took over as VP after the President dies/resigns like LBJ and Ford). But there is nothing that prevents him from taking a position in the line of succession. He could even run as VP for another candidate. If he did so, even if they said publically that it was their intention for the presidential candidate to resign immediately once taking office and for Trump to become president again, there doesn't seem to be anything preventing that. It certainly defies the spirit of the law, but not the letter of it.
Alternatively, suppose the courts did rule that approach illegal. They just move the goal post. He could take the Speakership and be next in line after the VP. He doesn't even have to win an election to do that. Speaker of the House doesn't have to be a House Representative. The GOP could nominate him to the house and confirm him without so much as a public poll. Then, should the Republicans win the Presidency, they could simply resign both President and VP and then Trump assumes office again.
None of that expressly breaks the law. Which is fucking nuts. But they left that loophole open by writing in the language of the amendment not that a person "cannot serve more than two terms as president" but that they cannot be "elected" to more than two. Given that there are many routes the presidency that do not require you be elected to that role, that seems like a glaring omission that only requires a conniving group of conspirers willing to evacuate positions of power for Trump. Will that happen? I don't know. But can it? It does seem so.
Sure there are. Not legal methods, but when has that stopped them before?
The military won't do it, and Congress can cut all money, so...
He could go for a third term probably if he resigns before 2027.
No. Can't be elected more than twice.
Okay. New thing: if you haven't read the US constitution front to back, please do so as soon as you can.
Anyone who didn't/doesn't see this coming is absolutely blind, stupid, crazy, or all of the above
There won't be a country left in 4 years. The point is moot.
I'm a Pro Life Republican who LOVES the Constitution everytime it's used to DEFEND CHILD MURDERERS and I SUPPORT this Move!
