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Sure, there was the attempted assassination of Reagan and the fears for Obama as the first black President, but in those cases it was a lone nutter rather than a conspiracy.

How long can Trump crash the market before an angry billionaire decides to take him out? The remaining Koch brother is already pouring money into legal challenges against Trump...

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

Jesus, I ask, "why is autocracy bad" and it gets removed. Yet, they let this FED bait wash over the community. Get fucked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If there is a god, super fucking likely.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

pretty unlikely, but two people have already tried...

So i guess we can't leave cards off the table. Just needs the correct moment, and opportune time, which is going to be a huge pain point for any would be attempter. If there are any, they're likely to be like the first two.

Not to mention we would have JD vance as president at that point, and honestly, i have no idea what happens after that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The Republicans puppet him into walking back the most insane shit while they continue destroying every institution they care to. Nothing gets better. We get slightly worse predictions about what the fascists in charge are going to do next, but it'll still be terrible.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A better question would be is it even possible to do in the first place?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Highly unlikely. The arms dealers are on his side.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depends how hard you’re willing to try. (/s, for legal reasons)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Shhh! We don't know if there might be some plan in motion!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Just ask the Simpsons. They are like a modern crystal ball.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There have already been attempts. Maybe the next one will succeed.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Time travelers already tried and failed. It's a fixed point in time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah we were only a few inches away from the good timeline

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sportsbooks aren’t allowed to take bets on illegal activities so we may never know

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Billionaires love this guy they’re buying the dip and he’s dismantling the administrative state

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

And two attempts on Gerald Ford - Squeaky Fromme and Sarah Jane Moore

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He certainly has a lot of enemies but I don’t think it’s likely with his upped security being President again. I still can’t believe we were an inch short of a Trump free world…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't know that would solve everything anyway. Worst case, he'd become some kind of martyr.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Worst case, he’d become some kind of martyr.

I used to think this also, but after really looking at the current situation, I don't think it would last more than a news-cycle. It would be the biggest, hugest deal for Conservatives maybe ever, they would scream and cry and performatively act like Jesus was nailed up a second time, but then immediately pivot the emotional momentum to a new candidate to seize power with.

The reason why is because when JFK was assassinated, the whole country loved him. The only people who love Trump are the nation's stupidest and most brainless, zero attention span, zero actual values. They would act like it's a martyrdom incident but get completely distracted a week later by some other political power trying to capitalize on the power vacuum.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd take that chance.

He's a cult leader. Cults tend to collapse after the cult leader dies. It was so close to the election I don't think there would have been enough support for another Republican to win in the chaos that would have ensued within the Republican party.

It almost certainly would have resulted in a better future.

Kid shouldn't have aimed for the head. Harder to hit and nothing there anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

In fact, I think that if he were to die right now he would be immediately elevated to martyrdom - that being the catalyst for martial law.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Back then I don't know who could have picked up the reins and taken over.

Vance didn't have the following he has now.

Ramaswamy wasn't white enough (I don't think it's possible for the right or center to vote non-white-male for president.)

Nikki wouldn't have worked either, she couldn't be dumpy and she also didn't have a penis.

So it's hard to say. I think the magat mentality is here to stay regardless of if dumpy is around, but the absolute control of the party probably wouldn't survive him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

The magat mentality is the same mentality from southern slaveowners. The secessionists were given free reign to join back into society without serious repercussions and their ideas lived on with them.

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