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Trump says he is not considering running for third term

c/world · u/MonsterMonster@lemmy.world · 288 points

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In other words he's seeking a 3rd term, constitution pending or not.


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u/MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca · 1 points

Would it be legal if they made him speaker after jan and then had the pres and vp resign?

u/the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 3 points

That's a nice thought but in my experience the strongest members of the pit throw fists regardless of what anyone else does because they want to show everyone they're the strongest

u/Dicska@lemmy.world · 2 points

Also, there has been more than a few days' worth of data proving that he can't really be taken for granted for more than one and a half minutes.

u/craig9@lemm.ee · 1 points

Thanks for saying this. I saw the headline and thought something similar.

u/null@slrpnk.net · -4 points

It's not though. He's clearly trying to motivate non-voters to get out and vote for him, saying he'll fix everything if they give him another term, and then they can go back to not voting.

Like I said, there's plenty of actual insane, vile things he's actually said. No need to make things up.

u/null@slrpnk.net · -6 points

He's said plenty of crazy shit, no need to invent things.

u/ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 14 points

He promised no elections if he won this term

I believe him when he says he doesn’t want to “run”

u/DoubleSpace@lemm.ee · 11 points

He's not going to run. Did you see him dancing around and leaving early during the last six months of the 2024 election? He doesn't need to run and no one needs to vote.

u/Nusm@yall.theatl.social · 11 points

Yeah, I know that’s how it will go down. I was just making the point that, if he says he’s not doing something, then he is absolutely 100% doing it. Whether it’s a third term, or a never-ending second, he doesn’t intend to go anywhere. No matter what drools out of his mouth.

u/Sidhean@lemmy.world · 7 points

I think their point is more "Ukraine is postponing their election due to war. I think Trump will try to start a war and use similar logic as an excuse."

Fuckin get em though. Only good tankie is a dead tankie.

u/aesthelete@lemmy.world · 1 points

Oh, I don't want you to become like Afghanistan either. Nearly every insurgent is the product of a fucking tragedy.

I actually don't know what I'd do as an American if Trump started a war with Canada.

u/OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca · 1 points

And in the meantime how many of my friends and neighbours will be tortured or murdered? I don't want Canada to be Afghanistan.

u/OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca · 1 points

You'll have to excuse me if I don't find comfort in Europe coming to our aid eventually when it's convenient while my neighbours, friends, and family are detained, tortured, starved, raped, and murdered for anti-Trump sentiment.

u/aesthelete@lemmy.world · 1 points

They won't need to. A war with Canada will be our Ukraine. It'll make Afghanistan and Iraq look like walks in the park.

u/OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca · 2 points

You really think they're going to send an invasion force across the Atlantic against the most powerful military force to ever exist to liberate Canada?

Not a chance. They'll frown and shout and enact sanctions but there is no way Europe will mount a serious military operation like that. It simply wouldn't be feasible.

u/Bonus@lemm.ee · 19 points

He's so full of shit, it's coming out of his mouth.

u/11111one11111@lemmy.world · 4 points

Lol idk why buy this reminded me of the Shorsie episode when he has too many concussions that he has to stop playing because when has to shit if he tries to push he blacks out🤣

u/JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz · 115 points

He's so full of shit, when he sneezes he leaves a skid mark.

Exhibit A: https://www.trumpstore.com/product/trump-2028-shirt/?attribute_pa_size=small&attribute_pa_color=red

He's absolutely going to try it, and it's up to all of us to nope this shit until the next millennia.

u/skankhunt42@lemmy.ca · 63 points

I was under the impression that he said Americans would never have to vote again. Does that mean there is no 3rd term, just a really long second?

u/Fingolfinz@lemmy.world · 45 points

Why is this headline stating it like it’s fucking normal for this to be even coming up?

u/selkiesidhe@lemm.ee · 28 points

Lying addled PoS is absolutely going to run a third time.

Or he's saying he won't run because there will BE NO MORE ELECTIONS.

Thank fuck this nasty old shit stain is as old as he is. We gonna celebrate like it's 1999 when the day comes.

u/KbSez@piefed.social · 17 points

There is only one response to anyone and everyone that brings this up:

OBAMA 2028 !!!!!!

u/Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 17 points

He's going to be dead. He's so fucking old and unhealthy, guys. He's going to be eating a hamburger tomorrow and his heart is just going to give the fuck up on his hateful ass.

u/InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 15 points

Donald J Trump will not be running for a third term.

Donald J Trump Jr. will be running for his first term.

u/PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social · 14 points

In the mosh pit, if someone crosses a line, say they shove a small kid down or grab a girl by her breasts or throw a Nazi salute, the pit reacts.

“Get him!” someone will shout.

Then the offender gets stomped the fuck out.

If you can’t play nice the strongest members of the pit take you out.

Not sure why I’m thinking about pit protocols now.

Just waiting for someone to shout “get him” I guess.

u/barneypiccolo@lemm.ee · 14 points

EVERY person who wants to run for president says they don't want to run for president.

u/Billonthehill@lemmy.world · 10 points

![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2537a602-deaa-4ccb-89f9-d3fb7872d019.jpeg)

I heard he’s been approached for a new job - starts next week.

u/DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world · 9 points

Imagine the majority of the constituents that only read the headlines and move on; it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, It's economizing on it, and it's a disservice for this to be the headline.

Especially since he's done entire interviews saying precisely the opposite.

u/cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 9 points

He'll start a war that will force him to stay indefinitely. In the same way that Ukraine is postponing elections.

They are stuck with a good leader though.

u/thedruid@lemmy.world · 8 points

He wants to hand it off. Hell step down and give it to Vance. Seriously. That's his play if he's not the guy

u/valkyrieangela@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 points

He's not running because they're going to run a puppet actor in his place. Once the new deep state actors rig the elections in battleground states, they can bait and switch him in. Scotus will allow it as a "creative interpretation" of the constitution. Everyone is fucked here.

u/morphballganon@lemmy.world · 7 points

We already know he lies, so the only reason to share what he says is if you want him to remain influential.

u/Nalivai@lemmy.world · 4 points

In 2018, while serving his 4th presidential term, Putin publicly declared that he wasn't going to run for the 3rd term (he forgot to count the first two, stuff like that happens, you know). He is now serving his 5th term.

u/CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml · 4 points

There's all sorts of other crazy options to consider like simply "stretching" this term out for a while. Any emergency will do.

u/HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world · 4 points

For those that didn’t read the article, he was asked about his previous statements that he wanted to run for a third term. His response was meant to convey he was “trolling the fake news media.”

"I'll be an eight-year president, I'll be a two-term president. I always thought that was very important," Trump told NBC's Meet the Press with Kristen Welker in an interview that aired on Sunday.

Whether you believe those to be his intentions or not, it seems kind of important to understand he was responding to a question about earlier statements.

u/mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world · 3 points

Wasnt a Republican controlled house propose the one who propose the 22nd ammendment? So after FDR won the 3rd term?

It's laughable now how a Republicunt President would want to go around this.

u/podeniak@lemmy.zip · 2 points

Wait till he change his diapper, and the shitshow will continu stronger and wilder.