> Americans need to prepare themselves now for a second Trump presidency – and so does the rest of the world.
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> A good first step will be shedding any illusions that the sequel would simply be a repeat of the original. Trump 2.0 will be more focused and more capable than the initial iteration.
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> . . .
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> Next time, he won’t allow himself to be babysat or reined in by assorted appropriate adults: there will be no Rex Tillerson at the state department or James Mattis at the Pentagon. Instead, he will populate his administration with loyalists undistracted by any duty to democratic norms and conventions, committed solely to ensuring Trump’s will is done. Once those informal, unwritten constraints are off, there is little that will stand in his way.
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> He has been shockingly upfront about this. As early as last summer, Trump aides were briefing their plans for a massive presidential power grab should their boss be re-elected.
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> . . .
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> Team Trump makes no secret of its particular interest in the justice department, ditching the convention that the executive stay out of decisions over who does, and does not, get prosecuted. With judicial independence cast aside, Trump would be able not only to pardon himself and his pals, but to order investigations into his enemies, starting with the Biden family and all those who, he believes, have wronged him – including, no doubt, those state election officials who refused to fiddle the numbers and declare him the winner of the 2020 contest. If that sounds hyperbolic, remember Trump’s stated promise to his supporters: “I am your warrior. I am your justice … I am your retribution.”
It will be a shit storm based on the smells
I’m in Europe and feel uncomfortable about him getting elected once more. I mean, having Trump on the left (ironic) and Putin’s crew to our right.. 🥶 🚀💥🔥
If more states would do what Colorado and Maine have done he can’t even compete, so why don’t the blue states?
I’m still undecided between trump or RFKjr
how about we reelect Biden instead?
How has this single gombeen got so much *power* over the entire world? He’s laughing at us all.
1. If Trump wins and dismisses all pending litigations against him … What do you think will happen?
2. If Trump loses and lands in jail … What do you think will happen?
It wouldn’t be possible without a complicit media
Guy who’s never won the popular vote, who has never done anything to increase his base, is inevitable?
Yeah, fuck that noise.
I’d feel awful about Taiwan and Ukraine if he were reelected, almost sure to fall to terrible regimes with no help from the US
if Trump wins, the resistance will need to come down ballot. winning state legislatures, governorships and city councils will dull his power.
if Trump wins, it will not be a complete shock like it was in 2016. it will do no good protesting over perceived foreign influence or illegitimacy. democracy will have spoken. the next step will be limiting the damage, and picking up the pieces for 2028. refuse to be victims.
I wish the media would stop w/the scare tactics and focus on the policies and achievements that Biden has accomplished and compare them to Trump’s time in office.
Trump is a rapist and lifelong criminal, yet the media can’t seem to convince voters of this or just how dangerous he is to America and its democracy. They’d rather “promote” this race as close & exciting. The self-serving media only cares about profits.
Lol. He paid Stormy Daniels to fuck her while his wife was at home with the newborn, then he paid her again ($150k) to keep her mouth shut, and now we all know he’s got a weird lookin’ little dick.
Best deal maker ever?
Tell every left wing person sitting out the vote to give you the pro letting our lgbtq friends in camps side of the arguement. I’m not fully on board with Biden but he has my vote with a smile on my face over ANY republican.
If you sit out the vote, you’re no better than a MAGA
Nonsense 🤣
OP and a 1/3rd of our voting electorate are under the false assumption that a guy who lost by over 7 MILLION votes last time…will magically be able to resurrect all the dead republicans who voted for him before they died of anti-vaxx ignorance and maga dementia, magically convert all the women he’s pissed off over reproductive rights to vote republican lol, magically convert all the military families votes whose promotions have been stonewalled, etc etc etc.
Team crazy has done nothing but continue to lose popularity and votes since the disastrous Trump ‘presidency 🙄’. They need 10 million NEW voters just to replace their negative numbers and get to par, not to mention that 78% of his base are retirees and the elderly who are dying off quickly while the left continues to grow its base with the youth.
America’s youth is about to rise up and put team maga back in pandora’s box where it belongs. Taylor Swift alone can drive this next election so far left that republicans won’t see office for decades until they shake the maga virus or die off.
The midterms were a hint that there is no tolerance for the platform of hate republicans think everyone should want. Just because they are loud and ugly, does not make them many.
They don’t have the votes…and its not even close!
Clean up your own shit….in any functional democracy he’d be in jail years ago.
Saw the link to the guardian, laughed and didnt click it. Anything they write can safely be ignored. Just like the daily mail.
I have to laugh how even the Republicans are starting to idiot-proof the oval office in case he gets in again.
The other week they joined in a bipartisan bill to prevent the President from withdrawing from NATO, such a change has to be passed by Congress now.
In other words, they want the votes from his cult, at the same time as clearly seeing him as a loose cannon who needs to be controlled and handled.
It is going to be very difficult to get through 2024 without something between a full blown terrorist insurgency(because Trump loses the election and court cases) and Trump dictatorship (because he wins the election).
I’ve voted for both republican and democrats. Voted for Bush once and Obama once, once was enough. I hated voting for Hilary. But for the life of me, I can not see any redeeming quality in trump. I’m a southern living in the south. Can anyone tell me why they favor Trump without pointing out Biden’s short comings. Why is trump likable, relatable? This isn’t college football. You don’t always have to root for your “team.” But I do need answers.
Vote Blue💙💙💙💙💙
Brace ourselves for a storm that smells like poop and ketchup? Is it going to rape us or just grab our pussies?
This man needs to be removed from the world stage urgently.
Trump: who cares about shot 6 year old? Don’t get magnets wet
Media: Watch out! HES HOT!
Just throw the clown in jail then nobody needs to do shit
And Putin must be loving this.
Simply vote for Biden!
And DJT’s done…
I’m so mad at Optimum online that I want to see Trump rise to power and destroy the world.
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A bit from the Op/Ed:
> Americans need to prepare themselves now for a second Trump presidency – and so does the rest of the world.
>
> A good first step will be shedding any illusions that the sequel would simply be a repeat of the original. Trump 2.0 will be more focused and more capable than the initial iteration.
>
> . . .
>
> Next time, he won’t allow himself to be babysat or reined in by assorted appropriate adults: there will be no Rex Tillerson at the state department or James Mattis at the Pentagon. Instead, he will populate his administration with loyalists undistracted by any duty to democratic norms and conventions, committed solely to ensuring Trump’s will is done. Once those informal, unwritten constraints are off, there is little that will stand in his way.
>
> He has been shockingly upfront about this. As early as last summer, Trump aides were briefing their plans for a massive presidential power grab should their boss be re-elected.
>
> . . .
>
> Team Trump makes no secret of its particular interest in the justice department, ditching the convention that the executive stay out of decisions over who does, and does not, get prosecuted. With judicial independence cast aside, Trump would be able not only to pardon himself and his pals, but to order investigations into his enemies, starting with the Biden family and all those who, he believes, have wronged him – including, no doubt, those state election officials who refused to fiddle the numbers and declare him the winner of the 2020 contest. If that sounds hyperbolic, remember Trump’s stated promise to his supporters: “I am your warrior. I am your justice … I am your retribution.”
It will be a shit storm based on the smells
I’m in Europe and feel uncomfortable about him getting elected once more. I mean, having Trump on the left (ironic) and Putin’s crew to our right.. 🥶 🚀💥🔥
If more states would do what Colorado and Maine have done he can’t even compete, so why don’t the blue states?
I’m still undecided between trump or RFKjr
how about we reelect Biden instead?
How has this single gombeen got so much *power* over the entire world? He’s laughing at us all.
1. If Trump wins and dismisses all pending litigations against him … What do you think will happen?
2. If Trump loses and lands in jail … What do you think will happen?
It wouldn’t be possible without a complicit media
Guy who’s never won the popular vote, who has never done anything to increase his base, is inevitable?
Yeah, fuck that noise.
I’d feel awful about Taiwan and Ukraine if he were reelected, almost sure to fall to terrible regimes with no help from the US
if Trump wins, the resistance will need to come down ballot. winning state legislatures, governorships and city councils will dull his power.
if Trump wins, it will not be a complete shock like it was in 2016. it will do no good protesting over perceived foreign influence or illegitimacy. democracy will have spoken. the next step will be limiting the damage, and picking up the pieces for 2028. refuse to be victims.
I wish the media would stop w/the scare tactics and focus on the policies and achievements that Biden has accomplished and compare them to Trump’s time in office.
Trump is a rapist and lifelong criminal, yet the media can’t seem to convince voters of this or just how dangerous he is to America and its democracy. They’d rather “promote” this race as close & exciting. The self-serving media only cares about profits.
Lol. He paid Stormy Daniels to fuck her while his wife was at home with the newborn, then he paid her again ($150k) to keep her mouth shut, and now we all know he’s got a weird lookin’ little dick.
Best deal maker ever?
Tell every left wing person sitting out the vote to give you the pro letting our lgbtq friends in camps side of the arguement. I’m not fully on board with Biden but he has my vote with a smile on my face over ANY republican.
If you sit out the vote, you’re no better than a MAGA
Nonsense 🤣
OP and a 1/3rd of our voting electorate are under the false assumption that a guy who lost by over 7 MILLION votes last time…will magically be able to resurrect all the dead republicans who voted for him before they died of anti-vaxx ignorance and maga dementia, magically convert all the women he’s pissed off over reproductive rights to vote republican lol, magically convert all the military families votes whose promotions have been stonewalled, etc etc etc.
Team crazy has done nothing but continue to lose popularity and votes since the disastrous Trump ‘presidency 🙄’. They need 10 million NEW voters just to replace their negative numbers and get to par, not to mention that 78% of his base are retirees and the elderly who are dying off quickly while the left continues to grow its base with the youth.
America’s youth is about to rise up and put team maga back in pandora’s box where it belongs. Taylor Swift alone can drive this next election so far left that republicans won’t see office for decades until they shake the maga virus or die off.
The midterms were a hint that there is no tolerance for the platform of hate republicans think everyone should want. Just because they are loud and ugly, does not make them many.
They don’t have the votes…and its not even close!
Clean up your own shit….in any functional democracy he’d be in jail years ago.
Saw the link to the guardian, laughed and didnt click it. Anything they write can safely be ignored. Just like the daily mail.
I have to laugh how even the Republicans are starting to idiot-proof the oval office in case he gets in again.
The other week they joined in a bipartisan bill to prevent the President from withdrawing from NATO, such a change has to be passed by Congress now.
https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-and-rubio-applaud-senate-passage-of-their-bipartisan-bill-to-prevent-any-us-president-from-leaving-nato
In other words, they want the votes from his cult, at the same time as clearly seeing him as a loose cannon who needs to be controlled and handled.
It is going to be very difficult to get through 2024 without something between a full blown terrorist insurgency(because Trump loses the election and court cases) and Trump dictatorship (because he wins the election).
I’ve voted for both republican and democrats. Voted for Bush once and Obama once, once was enough. I hated voting for Hilary. But for the life of me, I can not see any redeeming quality in trump. I’m a southern living in the south. Can anyone tell me why they favor Trump without pointing out Biden’s short comings. Why is trump likable, relatable? This isn’t college football. You don’t always have to root for your “team.” But I do need answers.
Vote Blue💙💙💙💙💙
Brace ourselves for a storm that smells like poop and ketchup? Is it going to rape us or just grab our pussies?
This man needs to be removed from the world stage urgently.
Trump: who cares about shot 6 year old? Don’t get magnets wet
Media: Watch out! HES HOT!
Just throw the clown in jail then nobody needs to do shit
And Putin must be loving this.
Simply vote for Biden!
And DJT’s done…
I’m so mad at Optimum online that I want to see Trump rise to power and destroy the world.
[https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/06/politics/trump-civil-war-negotiated/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/06/politics/trump-civil-war-negotiated/index.html)
The guy is a white supremacist. Source: I’m from the south and I know these talking points.
The message under the message is that if folks don’t negotiate with him, there will be a civil war.
I CANNOT wait to hear that he took his last breath.