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intheflow

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9. This is dangerous thinking.

Reply to themaguffin (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 09:29 AM

Monday

To assume he's not serious about anything that comes out of his deranged mouth. He's serious. He will invent a reason to declare martial law and will suspend elections indefinitely. This is Dictator 101 stuff. Diminish this threat at your (our) own expense.

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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 Monday OP

And to take eyes off of Signal Gate JustAnotherGen Monday #1

This right here is the reason ' johnnyfins Monday #2

As far as I'm concerned... Hope22 Monday #3

3rd term talk is a distraction from the horrors and crimes he is committing. Don't let him distract you RAB910 Monday #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 Monday #5

He would not be legitimate. I don't know how it plays out, but I'm not dooming about it. themaguffin Monday #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 Monday #12

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

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

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

This is dangerous thinking. intheflow Monday #9

Agree Johnny2X2X Monday #10

Like he projected dweller Monday #11

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

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