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no_hypocrisy

(54,248 posts)
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 04:29 AM Apr 2025

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 Apr 2025 OP
He can't. He'll be long dead before then, anyway. Meadowoak Apr 2025 #1
Let us pray! DemMedic Apr 2025 #3
Zeus damn, I hope so! FuzzyDicePHL Apr 2025 #9
He just doesn't want to be perceived as a "lame duck." hlthe2b Apr 2025 #2
Did you misspell "Duck"? n/t Yonnie3 Apr 2025 #4
well, he's forever been perceived as THAT... hlthe2b Apr 2025 #5
I recall It saying... GiqueCee Apr 2025 #6
Not unless he does what Xi Jinping did. Blue Full Moon Apr 2025 #7
Jon Husted says that tRump knows he can't run a 3rd time Blue Full Moon Apr 2025 #8
oh he'll raise the money but never file papers. just another grift. nt Javaman Apr 2025 #10
He doesn't need to fill out any stinking paper work. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #11
When has following BlueMTexpat Apr 2025 #12
He's floating the possibility that some sucker might pay him to back down or offer to ... marble falls Apr 2025 #13
You guys are missing the point... Hela Apr 2025 #14
He won't run. mn9driver Apr 2025 #15
Like the first time around, he has no agenda - it's mostly spitballing nonsense. LeftinOH Apr 2025 #16

GiqueCee

(3,400 posts)
6. I recall It saying...
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:40 AM
Apr 2025

... 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

(79,741 posts)
11. He doesn't need to fill out any stinking paper work.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 06:59 AM
Apr 2025

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

(15,657 posts)
12. When has following
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 07:26 AM
Apr 2025

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

(71,019 posts)
13. He's floating the possibility that some sucker might pay him to back down or offer to ...
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 07:32 AM
Apr 2025

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

Hela

(473 posts)
14. You guys are missing the point...
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 08:02 AM
Apr 2025

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

(4,821 posts)
15. He won't run.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 08:05 AM
Apr 2025

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

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