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themaguffin

(4,445 posts) Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:59 AM Mar 31

The 3rd term talk is to maintain his grip on the GOP & not be seen as a lame duck [View all]

I'll add that anything is possible with this shit show administration, but he can't run. Period.

This is just loyalty bullshit. Is it possible that he or some top advisors do want to somehow have him run..?
Maybe. Again, we are in a strange place, but one thing is for sure, the talk maintains the pretense that he isn't a lame duck and that his party must be loyal to him.

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The 3rd term talk is to maintain his grip on the GOP & not be seen as a lame duck [View all] themaguffin Mar 31 OP

And to take eyes off of Signal Gate JustAnotherGen Mar 31 #1

This right here is the reason ' johnnyfins Mar 31 #2

As far as I'm concerned... Hope22 Mar 31 #3

3rd term talk is a distraction from the horrors and crimes he is committing. Don't let him distract you RAB910 Mar 31 #4

Who / what is to stop him? If he runs in the GOP primaries and wins, who stops him from running in the general? LiberalArkie Mar 31 #5

He would not be legitimate. I don't know how it plays out, but I'm not dooming about it. themaguffin Mar 31 #6

I am not either, either it will happen or it won't. Nothing I can do about it. Kind of like the old thought process that LiberalArkie Mar 31 #12

I don't think it's an accident that this third term talk came on Baitball Blogger Mar 31 #7

I'm not a cool person like you Bernardo de La Paz Mar 31 #15

This is why in an interview when Trump was asked if he wanted Vance to succeed him, elocs Mar 31 #8

This is dangerous thinking. intheflow Mar 31 #9

Agree Johnny2X2X Mar 31 #10

Like he projected dweller Mar 31 #11

I'm not saying that it's not serious. I'm simply point out that themaguffin Mar 31 #13

I've studied and spoken about rising fascism in the US for 20+ years. intheflow Mar 31 #14