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no_hypocrisy

(50,950 posts)
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:29 AM Tuesday

If TSF were truly sincere about a third term, then

1. He would have filed papers already. In 2017, 15 minutes after his Inauguration, Trump filed papers for re-election in 2020.

2. He would be raising money for his campaign in 2028. He isn't.

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If TSF were truly sincere about a third term, then (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Tuesday OP
He can't. He'll be long dead before then, anyway. Meadowoak Tuesday #1
Let us pray! DemMedic Tuesday #3
Zeus damn, I hope so! FuzzyDicePHL Tuesday #9
He just doesn't want to be perceived as a "lame duck." hlthe2b Tuesday #2
Did you misspell "Duck"? n/t Yonnie3 Tuesday #4
well, he's forever been perceived as THAT... hlthe2b Tuesday #5
I recall It saying... GiqueCee Tuesday #6
Not unless he does what Xi Jinping did. Blue Full Moon Tuesday #7
Jon Husted says that tRump knows he can't run a 3rd time Blue Full Moon Tuesday #8
oh he'll raise the money but never file papers. just another grift. nt Javaman Tuesday #10
He doesn't need to fill out any stinking paper work. Irish_Dem Tuesday #11
When has following BlueMTexpat Tuesday #12
He's floating the possibility that some sucker might pay him to back down or offer to ... marble falls Tuesday #13
You guys are missing the point... Hela Tuesday #14
He won't run. mn9driver Tuesday #15
Like the first time around, he has no agenda - it's mostly spitballing nonsense. LeftinOH Tuesday #16

GiqueCee

(2,052 posts)
6. I recall It saying...
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 06:40 AM
Tuesday

... that, if It were elected in '24, no one would ever have to vote again. The implication being that It won't leave office no matter what happens, which sorta negates any need for campaign funds, or to file papers for re-election. It's just gonna stamp Its little footies and howl about witch hunts until the conservative SCROTUS majority gives It a legal binkie, and says, "There, there, now calm down and go back to destroying everything that ever made America great again."

Irish_Dem

(67,214 posts)
11. He doesn't need to fill out any stinking paper work.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 07:59 AM
Tuesday

Who will make him fill out paperwork?

Trump has just stolen the entire US federal budget.
And he rigs elections.

No need for paperwork, money, or votes.

Underestimate Trump at your own peril.

BlueMTexpat

(15,550 posts)
12. When has following
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 08:26 AM
Tuesday

the law ever meant anything to him?

His perception is that there will be no functioning election apparatus by then.

He just won't leave.

marble falls

(64,325 posts)
13. He's floating the possibility that some sucker might pay him to back down or offer to ...
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 08:32 AM
Tuesday

... not prosecute him if he goes into "retirement" offshore.

Hela

(468 posts)
14. You guys are missing the point...
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 09:02 AM
Tuesday

He's not RUNNING for a third term. He thinks he's just going to take it and it will be never-ending (assuming he's alive and/or still in power). Pretty sure by that point we'd be post-constitutional anyway.

mn9driver

(4,691 posts)
15. He won't run.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 09:05 AM
Tuesday

He doesn’t intend for there to be an election in 2028. No need to file paperwork.

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