• 52fighters
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    027 days ago

    I understand one tactic is for him to serve as VP under someone else who promises to resign to allow Trump to serve again but he keeps saying there’s also other options.

    WHAT OTHER OPTIONS IS HE TALKING ABOUT?

      • @[email protected]
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        026 days ago

        No, he’ll just issue an executive order that gets rid of term limits. Who’s going to remove him?

      • 52fighters
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        026 days ago

        We held elections in the middle of the Civil War and made sure soldiers could vote. If Lincoln could do it then, we can do it now. I’ll fight to make sure we have elections, and I hope others do the same.

    • Chris
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      027 days ago

      Trump is inelagable to be president after their second term, the line of succession would jump to Johnson.

      Never been tested in court tho so I’m sure it’d get by. But at that point why even care about the rules?

        • Chris
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          026 days ago

          ineligible I think.

          I was high and couldn’t for the life of me spell it

          • @[email protected]
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            026 days ago

            been there, my guy. i was playing stardew valley while high and ordered spaghetti from Gus, only to find out that i wouldn’t actually get spaghetti in real life. it was a sad moment.

    • @[email protected]
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      027 days ago

      one tactic is for him to serve as VP under someone else who promises to resign to allow Trump to serve again

      According to the 12th amendment, “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

      This seems pretty plain to me: if you can’t serve as president, you also can’t serve as vice president. Of course, this has never been tested in court…

    • @[email protected]
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      027 days ago

      He’s making a lot of noise about Zelensky not going to the polls. So …

      War, he’s talking about taking America to war so strongly they can’t have an election.

      • 52fighters
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        026 days ago

        I guess that makes sense. I have a very firm feeling he is going to intentionally provoke a war against China. That war might already be brewing but he is much more likely to take us into it than almost anyone else.

    • @[email protected]
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      026 days ago

      Trump could claim that his term as 45th and his term as 47th are recognized as separate offices of President. Thus, he would get one extra term as 47th’s second term.

      • Random Dent
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        025 days ago

        Thus opening the door for some sort of Clinton-Bush type of future scenario where a Democrat and Republican are buddies behind the scenes and just keep running for one term and alternating for 20-odd years.

    • @[email protected]
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      026 days ago

      The supreme court has already ruled that the 14th amendment isn’t self executing and congress is required to disqualify someone from being president.

      The legal argument holds for any decision about presidential eligibility. So Trump can just stand and see if congress are brave enough to disqualify him in an open vote.