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Walleye

(45,609 posts)
2. That's probably the one thing that would keep him from doing it. He knows he get his ass kicked
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:41 PM
Tuesday

Janbdwl72

(289 posts)
10. Come on now everyone!
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:32 AM
Wednesday

You know this would take a Constitutional Amendment approved by what, three-fourths of the states. Can't be done--won't be done.

Regardless of what the lying Felon with a huge credibility problem may allege, this cannot happen.

Jerry2144

(3,341 posts)
4. Trump can't run. He could possibly try to shuffle aimlessly
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:58 PM
Tuesday

Like the zombie undead yelling brains. Cause we all know he needs one

Morbius

(1,154 posts)
8. Trump would probably be more successful if he suspends the Constitution.
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:37 PM
Tuesday

Right now he and the GOP are pretending the nation is being governed the same way we always have been, but those of us who have been watching know better. I suspect the pretense might be abandoned if the elections this November see the GOP lost the House and Senate.

Trump doesn't have to run again. He has power now. All he has to do is hold on to it; don't think for a moment he hasn't thought about it.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,750 posts)
9. Johnson's majority might not last till the mid-terms.
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:47 PM
Tuesday

If not, Democrats will be fighting this SAVE BS legislation.

Aussie105

(8,237 posts)
11. Yep. Following the good old Dictator mantra:
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:56 AM
Wednesday

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I know I'm unpopular and a real proper vote would be the end of me, so how do I get to stay where I am?

Currently we are at the 'Let us all pretend things are normal' stage, but that is wearing thin.

Shrek

(4,471 posts)
12. There is no means by which he can suspend the Constitution
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:55 AM
Wednesday

If there were, he would have done it already.

Morbius

(1,154 posts)
13. Means?
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:57 AM
Wednesday

There is no legal means, true. What makes you think the law is any hindrance to this man?

Shrek

(4,471 posts)
14. Tell me how he would do it
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:50 AM
Wednesday

Just announce it and expect everyone to go along?

If that were remotely possible he would have done it already, starting with the 2020 election.

Morbius

(1,154 posts)
16. He doesn't need everyone to go along.
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:51 AM
Wednesday

No dictator who ever seized power had the support of all the people, or even a majority. All he would need is to declare an emergency, such as "obvious election fraud," and that the key people - the military, the GOP leaders in Congress - decide that in the "emergency" he should temporarily control things. It would be announced as temporary, and then it would simply continue. He could call for a Constitutional Convention - not that he has any right, but that would never stop him - and then the Republicans could create the kind of government they can control permanently.

Far too many Americans are complacent about their government, and relatively few of us would make enough noise to be a problem. Make no mistake; America is under threat from this man.

Now, I am not saying he WOULD do this, but I am saying that he'd stand a better chance of succeeding at this than trying to run for a third time under our current Constitution.

kentuck

(115,735 posts)
15. He would spend the next four years in his bunker under the ballroom...
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:03 AM
Wednesday

With people questioning whether or not he is dead or alive?

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