Well... it's Trump... again. #47, here we go.

[ideologyhunter]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

And THAT doesn't tell you all you need to know about his mental state? The fact that he's still saying it?
The fact that he's still saying Canada needs to give up it nationhood and become one of our states?
The fact that he's still saying we might use the military to seize Greenland (which could then request the other NATO members to come to its defense?)
The fact that he's still saying we'll get the Panama Canal back, we'll somehow take over Gaza and deport all the inhabitants.......etc etc etc.
Yeah, don't bother telling me, I have TDS. Along with the rest of the western world.

 

[TSwizzle]

And THAT doesn't tell you all you need to know about his mental state? The fact that he's still saying it?

Very true. If he genuinely believes he can run for a third term, he needs an intervention. And if by some miracle he fenagles a way to run for a fourth term, this would indeed be a constitutional crisis!

Even if he did run again, I can't see him getting elected for a third term anyway.

 

[Elixir]

If he genuinely believes he can run for a third term, he needs an intervention.

What does the FACT that he IS running again tell you? Does he need an intervention?

 

[TomC]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

I didn't think it was possible for Trump to instigate an armed insurrection on the grounds of the Capitol, threatening the life of the VP for doing his sworn duty, to run for office.

But here we are.
Tom

 

[Elixir]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

Then how do you explain the FACT that he IS RUNNING?
Accomplishing the impossible again?

 

[Ford]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

Then how do you explain the FACT that he IS RUNNING?
Accomplishing the impossible again?

He is talking about running (and still happily accepting gobs of donations for his campaign) but he's also saying that if that pesky Amendment limiting him to 2 terms gets in the way, he'll just go around it.

He sulked out of the White House the last time (stealing as much stuff as he could on the way out), but this time he has no intention of leaving.

The sad thing is that even if by then he's drooling on himself and can't find his way out of the Oval without help, folks like TSwizz will still be like "maybe it's not so bad after all?"

 

[Patooka]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

Says the guy who thought Project 2025 was a hoax. Guess that confirms it then.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

Then how do you explain the FACT that he IS RUNNING?
Accomplishing the impossible again?

Trump defenders/voters are simply detached from reality. That's what makes 'em MAGAtards.

 

[Ford]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

Then how do you explain the FACT that he IS RUNNING?
Accomplishing the impossible again?

Trump defenders/voters are simply detached from reality. That's what makes 'em MAGAtards.

I was going to jokingly come up with a more politically correct term like "differently aware voters" but then I remembered that red hats have no qualms about throwing slurs around. MAGAtards it is.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

Then how do you explain the FACT that he IS RUNNING?
Accomplishing the impossible again?

Trump defenders/voters are simply detached from reality. That's what makes 'em MAGAtards.

I was going to jokingly come up with a more politically correct term like "differently aware voters" but then I remembered that red hats have no qualms about throwing slurs around. MAGAtards it is.

I'm done playing fair with them personally.

 

[Elixir]

Trump is doing all the things he'd be doing if his intent was to subvert the existing laws limiting his grip on power and its attendant criminal immunity, and having exhibited the same pattern consistently, it gets hard to say he's not going to lie cheat and steal, start wars, epidemics, economic depressions, sell out the country - whatever it takes to cling to power, no matter what.
HE IS RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE - AGAIN
If that fact doesn't poll real well right now, his handlers will dial it back for a few months or even a year. No hurry. Don't want to start a legal fracas that might get unfavorably resolved before the next ... uh ... election date. I don't expect the campaigning to get terribly concrete and overt until later. I do expect that they'll create a blizzard of unresolved cases that will remain pending if and when the '28 scheduled election takes place (in any form), to be dismissed when he "wins".
By the time he gets re-reinaugurated it will be a real life Weekend at Bernie's situation with the MAGAtards pretending he's okay.

 

[TSwizzle]

He is talking about running (and still happily accepting gobs of donations for his campaign) but he's also saying that if that pesky Amendment limiting him to 2 terms gets in the way, he'll just go around it.

Indeed, I have heard there is a way for a two term president to serve as president again in certain circumstances. Nevertheless the constitution seems to be very clear that Trump cannot run for reelection for a third term so I don’t see it happening.

The sad thing is that even if by then he's drooling on himself and can't find his way out of the Oval without help, folks like TSwizz will still be like "maybe it's not so bad after all?"

Compared to the prospect of a Newsom presidency, probably true. There were plenty on here that were prepared to vote for the cabbage Brandon rather than Trump.

I say it’s very important that the democrats get the right candidate for 2028 otherwise it will likely be Vance in the Whitehouse come 2028.

 

[Swammerdami]

I've mentioned Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury which gives eye-opening insights into Trump and his coterie. I wish there were an on-line copy so I could do copy-and-pastes easily. As with a chimp who flings his turds at visitors -- (my synopsis, not Wolff's) -- media attention, whether good or bad, is Trump's over-riding goal.

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

And THAT doesn't tell you all you need to know about his mental state? The fact that he's still saying it?

As Wolff details, even before the 2015 Escalator Ride those who knew Trump understood that he was just a clown, that his babblings were provocations intended to grab media attention, and therefore full of deliberate lies.

 

[Elixir]

As Wolff details, even before the 2015 Escalator Ride those who knew Trump understood that he was just a clown, that his babblings were provocations intended to grab media attention, and therefore full of deliberate lies.

Yes, like 30 years before the escalator,
I thought everyone knew he was a jackass and a buffoon.

 

[blastula]

Cory Booker goes to Washington.

Cory Booker is giving a marathon speech on the Senate floor. Why and how long can it last?

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what's set to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor Monday evening. He began at 7 p.m. ET.

www.usatoday.com

Live now.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

You also said Project 2025 was bogus.

 

[Tigers!]

Is there something in the air/water in Washington Dc that causes people to say so much nonsense and babble incoherently or cause them to behave in ways that are so injurious and ridiculuous?

How does Trump not drown in the torrent of nonsense that spews forth from his own mouth?

 

[Swammerdami]

Has anyone mentioned that Trump said on NBC this morning that he's not joking about running for a third term.

I don't think it would be possible for Trump to run for a third term. This is pretty cut and dry.

You also said Project 2025 was bogus.

Give credit where credit is due. Project 2025 is a long document, and not even in cartoon form. Trump was only half-lying when he said he knew nothing about it. Project 2025 was the work of neo-Nazis like Miller and the billionaire puppet-masters like Koch who manipulate the feeble-brained Messiah.

Imbecilic nonsense like the third term and conquering Canada are just turds flung by the shit-flinging hominid sitting in the Oval Office. His fascist puppet-masters just smile at this malarkey, bemused that this ludicrous bully -- an infantile brat who never grew up -- has captured the hearts of so many millions of Americans.

This is NOT to say that the puppet-masters won't look for a way to get an extra term, with DJT the mascot if he can be propped up like Bernie in Weekend at Bernie's. HOW will they do it? I dunno, and obviously neither does the senescent Turd-Flinger-in-Chief.

 

[southernhybrid]

I'll say it again. Trump is throwing out the bullshit that he's running for a third term to both to get attention and to take people's minds off of what he's actually doing to destroy our democracy. He's trying to get people to forget about the Signal thing, etc. so he stirs up liberals by threatening to run again. I'm not saying that the narcissist wouldn't like staying in power, but it's not going to happen. The courts have the power to remove him from the ballot if he should even dare to try, but for fuck's sake, his approval ratings will be so low by the end of his term, that I don't see anyway he could win a Republican primary. I just hope Vance can't win one either, but that remains to be seen. Vance could be worse than Trump, so let's worry about that if we must worry about the next election. Actually, at his moment, I can't think of a half decent Republican who would make a half way decent president. That is a much bigger concern to me compared to Trump.

Those who take his claims seriously are doing exactly what he wants. You are freaking out and giving the narcissistic felon lots of attention, which is exactly what he wants. Why not concentrate on something more important like trying to stop what he's doing now, instead of taking his insanity seriously? He was asked last night if he'd like running against Obama and he said something like "that would be perfect". Of course, Obama has no plans to run for a third term, but Trump sure is good at stirring up a lot of shit and freaking out those who oppose him.

 

[scombrid]

Trump and his appointments are beyond the wildest dreams that DeVos and Van Andel had when they were getting up to the early shenanigans of Heartland Institute, Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society funded by their multi-billion dollar AmWay scam. That faction pretty much has full control of the executive branch and most of Congress now. This is probably going to cut down on their lobbying costs while increasing their gross take.