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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago (9 children)

The 22nd amendment to the US Constitution bars Trump as a viable candidate for the Office of the President. It would require an additional amendment to be possible and there's no way that 3/4ths of all US states will agree to that shit.

The only potential loophole that I can discern is that there's no clear consensus on if Trump would be allowed to run as Vice-President on someone else's ticket. If he can, then, theoretically, he could run for VP and then have the elected President immediately resign, making him the President again.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

...there's no way that 3/4ths of all US states will agree to that shit.

We've had an extraordinary number of "there's no way that..." moments in the past decade most of which have been connected to Trump, why tempt fate like that? The 2024 election map has more than the 38 red states needed to ratify a constitutional amendment.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Or he's gonna wipe his ass with the Constitution in an X live stream and declare Jan 6 "National Patriots Day" while Fox commentators claim he's joking.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

If they do it, it will be by suspending the constitution entirely. Don't need any states for that.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So right at the end of the 12th amendment there's this line.

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

So as of his presidential win this election he's ineligible to be vice president.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The Supreme Court will just "interpret" that away.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago

With as much as this Supreme Court is riding Trump's dick I wouldn't put it past them to rule in his favor if this made it to them.

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

Could he then be nominated Speaker of the House, and then have the President and Vice-President resign?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

I'm pretty sure no.

There's a whole bunch of stuff in different parts of the constitution and us code that mention intelligibility in the line of succession. There might be a loop hole around this though I am no constitutional law expert

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

The Putin Ploy

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 day ago (4 children)

“He jokes all the time,” said Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., who was in the room at the time. “I think it's one of the problems with politics is you can't even tell a joke without being excoriated.”

Definitely, that's the problem in politics. Ffs.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

"excoriated"

That's certainly a $10 word for a Republican.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, with having control of literally every aspect of the government they actually could change this country for the worse. However, it's theoretically possible that some of them grow a spine.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

More likely is they tie themselves into a giant king rat of greed.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

I mean, we might as well just go all in. It seems like most everyone is running headlong into apocalypse anyway.

I just don't have the capacity for this. Ugh.

[–] [email protected] 142 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This guy really thinks he's never gonna die. I'll be surprised if he survives this upcoming term, and not even from a Minecraft related cause, just poor health.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He got the wrong ideas from all these god emporer memes back in the day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Moneo! Bring another attorney general!

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

I'm sorry, a 'Minecraft related cause'?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What is a "Minecraft related cause?"

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Creepers in the White House, it's a known problem in the dark corners of the building. Half of what the secret service does in the morning is clear the building of creepers that spawned over night when no one was around to block hostile mob spawns.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A lot of dumb people thought they could talk about killing politicians on the Internet if they ended their message with "in Minecraft" so they could claim they were just taking about a game. At least one of them has already been arrested proving their plan doesn't actually provide any defense.

So a Minecraft cause would be someone plotting (and then presumably actually) killing them.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago

When you're talking about actionable threats, I.E. real world violence, but want to appear only hypothetical, the meme is, "I'd kill X in Minecraft.".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Death by Ender Dragon.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He won't need to run. He already said he will be a dictator. Dictators don't need elections.

This is what we get.

Revolution is the answer. Killing the rich.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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