Summary

Should he win, Trump would become the first convicted criminal to hold the office, granting him access to the nuclear codes, while defeat could lead to more trials and possible imprisonment.

Throughout his life, he has often evaded legal consequences—from discrimination lawsuits in the 1970s to recent fraud cases and the dissolution of his charitable foundation. Accusations of sexual misconduct and a history of falsehoods have marked his personal and political life.

Despite these challenges, Trump portrays himself as a victim of a corrupt system, turning legal battles into rallying cries. This election may bring a reckoning that even he cannot escape.

  • @Rapidcreek
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    562 days ago

    Election day is judgment day for America and its people.

    Either we carry on, to ever better days, or we throw it all away.

    It’s binary. It’s really that simple.

    • @[email protected]
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      92 days ago

      This is certainly how I’ve been feeling.

      I’m not even in the US but I just can’t look away from this train wreck.

      It’s like there’s been this simmering undertone of shady conservative feelings in the US for the last decade, and this is where the public either validates it or takes a firm stance against it.

      There’s no coming back for Trump if he loses, but there’s gonna be a global shitstorm if he wins. Autocrats getting their way in Russia and Israel, global tarrif war triggering a global depression, droughts fires and storms from climate change, all supporting a lurch to the right.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 days ago

        It’s the next version of trump these fucking Neanderthals try to put in office with all of the resources and infrastructure and rhetoric they’ve already built that has me worried.

        That or trump will just keep running and running over and over until he dies which would be… satisfying, to watch.

    • @horse_battery_staple
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      22 days ago

      I don’t know about ever better days when this binary choice is happening every 4 years with the campaigns lasting for two years.