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no_hypocrisy

(51,016 posts)
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:43 AM Tuesday

Trump being cryptic in discussing a "third term".

He knows, his WH staff knows, his attorneys know that the Constitution won't allow him to run for a third term.

But if he doesn't leave January 20, 2029, there is no third term, just an extension of his second term -- indefinitely.

He also knows that he can't implement all the proposals in Project 2025, take over Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal, and loot the Treasury in 45+ more months. Not enough time. Even with Elon's $$$$.

So, either it's political rhetoric, something for FOX News, or he's not going anywhere.

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Trump being cryptic in discussing a "third term". (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Tuesday OP
The Constitution is clear. Trump's strategy is to bully Congress, the courts, the media and civil society Eugene Tuesday #1
He has always said his first term didn't count as he was harassed all the time. Irish_Dem Tuesday #2

Eugene

(64,257 posts)
1. The Constitution is clear. Trump's strategy is to bully Congress, the courts, the media and civil society
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 06:54 AM
Tuesday

into submission as far as he can and then defy anyone left standing to try and stop him.

Trump is quoted to have said, "Fuck the law. I don't give a fuck about the law. I want my fucking money." He made a business career of flouting the law. For Trump, the law is whatever he can get away with.

Irish_Dem

(67,349 posts)
2. He has always said his first term didn't count as he was harassed all the time.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 07:46 AM
Tuesday

He planned to not count that term from the beginning.

No one will stop him from doing what he wants to do.

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