Summary

Trump has repeatedly “joked” about seeking a third term, while making concerning moves toward authoritarian control.

He’s installed loyalists at the Justice Department (Bondi), intelligence services (Gabbard), FBI (Patel), and military (Caine).

His recent military purge removed six senior officers including those who determine legal orders.

These actions give Trump personal control over legal, intelligence, and military systems—potentially enabling him to declare martial law or invoke the Insurrection Act to bypass constitutional term limits.

    • @[email protected]
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      2018 hours ago

      They have to be personally affected by his actions. Good news is he’s speed running this.

      • @pivot_root
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        1215 hours ago

        The bad news is even those personally affected aren’t all going to suddenly call a horse a horse. A good number of them will bitch and whine about him hurting the wrong people while being blissfully unaware that if someone got caught lying, it’s not the first lie but just the first one that they found out about.

    • @TwanHE
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      210 hours ago

      That would make him president for life wouldn’t it?

  • @[email protected]
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    5520 hours ago

    He’s such a disgusting disappointment. A dangerous idiot given too many powerful toys.

    • Diplomjodler
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      3620 hours ago

      Here’s a lot of things but not a disappointment. Everybody with two functioning brain cells knew exactly what he is and everything is turning out exactly as predicted. Anyone who is disappointed by this has been wilfully ignorant until now.

      • @[email protected]
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        2220 hours ago

        He’s a disappointment as an American President. A disappointment as a human being. didn’t vote for him. I knew what he was and is.

  • @adam_y
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    3619 hours ago

    When this is all over. One way or another. And the dust has settled. Please remember that even moderate republicans supported him.

  • @okwhateverdude
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    3220 hours ago

    “What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.”

    Thomas Fucking Jefferson

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      Every now and then the founding fathers were based af…

      Also, I’ve always heard the “tree of liberty” part, but not sure I’d seen the “It is it’s natural manure.” Damn.

  • @Squorlple
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    2220 hours ago

    I sure hope when Trump said he wants to be president for life that his monkey’s paw curled a finger. Ideally, this would leave only the middle finger upright.

    • @[email protected]
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      213 hours ago

      Is this monkey’s paw taking suggestions for cause of death? If so, might I nominate, “death on the toilet?” It just seems appropriate for Trump.

  • @[email protected]
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    1820 hours ago

    Let him be president for life, if he agrees to have a very short life left. Then sure, it would be good news actually.

  • Tony Bark
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    919 hours ago

    If he is “joking” about it, he obviously means it.

  • @[email protected]
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    920 hours ago

    He could be president for life and still only do two mandates of 4 years, well the second mandate could even be shorter!

  • @[email protected]
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    1020 hours ago

    Waiting for an enterprising weapons manufacturer to release a new gun named the “Term Limit”

      • @AbidanYre
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        216 hours ago

        Keep it ready to go for the next time the Benchy folks start being dicks about copyright.