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Trump again invokes claim he has the ‘right’ to run for third term as president
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Bristlecone lemmy.world Bristlecone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#152 · Quote Reply

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice Those are the exact words of the 22nd amendment. It's explicit. There's no ambiguity or room for other interpretations. Trump was elected twice, he's hit his limit, that's it.

Conservatives don't give a shit about "laws" or the constitution

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DylanMc6 [any, any] lemmy.dbzer0.com DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-12-04
#153 · Quote Reply

Didn't the 22nd Amendment not allow for people to run for a third term?

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nibble4bits lemmy.dbzer0.com nibble4bits@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#154 · Quote Reply

if he can run so can obama.

Their spin for it work for Trump and not Obama is that they claim the intent was no more than two "consecutive terms" but consecutive or anything of the like does not even appear. It says once you're elected to two terms you're ineligible for any more, and can even block you from running as the vice president so he can't pull a "run as VD Vance's VP and have him resign" bullshit.

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DylanMc6 [any, any] lemmy.dbzer0.com DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#155 · (edited) Quote Reply

Obama has absolutely no interest in this shit show. That's half the joke of the current state of the Presidency. You need to either be a grifter, a soulless climber, or a senile coot to pursue the job at this point.

Does this mean there should be a nonpartisan Presidium?

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DylanMc6 [any, any] lemmy.dbzer0.com DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-12-04
#156 · Quote Reply

Narrator: There wouldn't be.

Not with that doomer attitude.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-30
#157 · Quote Reply

He's coming out of that building on Inauguration Day one way or another.

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UltraGiGaGigantic lemmy.ml UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-08-23
#158 · Quote Reply

Ask trump who won in 2020. When he says he did, tell him thats two consecutive terms.

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Scrollone lemmy.zip Scrollone@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-10-12
#159 · Quote Reply

And a surprisingly (depressingly) large number of law and order preaching conservatives are supportive of him doing it, despite him not being allowed to do that literally being written into the highest legal document in the country.

At this point, we should also legalize becoming a President if you're not born in the USA.

Imagine Zohran Mamdani as President...

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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#160 · Quote Reply

Does this mean there should be a nonpartisan Presidium?

I'm hearing good things about a Triumvirate executive branch

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DylanMc6 [any, any] lemmy.dbzer0.com DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#161 · Quote Reply

I'm hearing good things about a Triumvirate executive branch

From what I've read, there was a proposed amendment that would overhaul the executive branch to where three people would act as a collective head of state and government. I think three presidents in the same office would be more interesting than just one.

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100854445

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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#162 · Quote Reply

From what I've read, there was a proposed amendment that would overhaul the executive branch to where three people would act as a collective head of state and government. I think three presidents in the same office would be more interesting than just one. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100854445

TIL. I had no idea. And now I'm going to have to read up on this.

I was making a reference to the Roman Triumvirate which was famously unsuccessful at keeping one individual from consolidating supreme executive power.

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Whostosay sh.itjust.works Whostosay@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-07-16
#163 · Quote Reply

The Guardian has always condemned Trump They have consistently pointed out his corruption, failures and all the bullshit If you think The Guardian is supportive of Trump in any way, I question your level of media literacy

If you can't read the above which is directly quoted from the guardian, I question your general literacy.

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#164 · Quote Reply

Cool, then Obama needs to run too.

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#165 · Quote Reply

They heard it. They also know that because you don't agree with them on everything that you are a dirty liberal, and thus everything you say is a lie and you should be in jail.

Also, they had no other choice. A vote for Democrats means "those people" would get welfare benefits, the border would be wide open, xtians would no longer be allowed to pray, and everyone would be trans and vegan.

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Formfiller lemmy.world Formfiller@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-12
#166 · (edited) Quote Reply

At this point, we should also legalize becoming a President if you're not born in the USA. Imagine Zohran Mamdani as President...

Bad idea then we would get stuck with netynahu, musk or thiel

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#167 · Quote Reply

I suspect there is a great deal of crossover between maga supporters and flat earthers

I saw the Good Liars asking donnie supporters about how old the Earth is; and you see some of the dumbest answers.

Haven't seen them probe on the flat earth thing (yet), but being a young-earther is really quite ignorant as well. Oh, and of course, schools shouldn't teach evolution, because goddidit is better for young minds to contemplate, I guess. 🙄

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DylanMc6 [any, any] lemmy.dbzer0.com DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-12-04
#168 · Quote Reply

With a mortar launcher.

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#169 · Quote Reply

I bet in his third term he will definitely release the Epstein files right guys?

I'd love to see the Good Liars asking some Qanon geniuses their thoughts on the state of the Epstein files.

Where did all those brainiacs go, anyway?

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#170 · Quote Reply

And that's why Vance and the other fascists are waiting until after the midterms to get rid of trump.

Vance is such a thoroughly unpleasant asshole. Of course, I thought the same thing about donnie for years.

But I don't think "JD" "Vance" has this weird hold on the idiots like donnie does. I guess we'll see.

Shrug. Somehow, Ted Cruz manages to get elected and it doesn't seem that anyone really likes him.

I suppose if the Democrats run a woman and/or someone non-xtian or non-white, there will be people that find a way to support "JD", I guess.

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douglasg14b lemmy.world douglasg14b@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#171 · (edited) Quote Reply

And a surprisingly (depressingly) large number of law and order preaching conservatives are supportive of him doing it, despite him not being allowed to do that literally being written into the highest legal document in the country.

Pieces of paper are just pieces of paper if it's not enforced.

And lucky us, laws are only enforced against us, not for us. In reality, for the average person, the law kind of doesn't matter anymore. It's been hijacked as a useful tool for neo-fascist oligarchs.

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Cheebus lemmy.world Cheebus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-26
#172 · Quote Reply

Sure, but we didn't enforce the 14th amendment section 3, which clearly states that he shouldn't be president currently. No one enforced our laws, so we have NO LAWS. Which means, he can just run for president again and if no one enforced the law then it could happen again. I agree with you on the law, but NO ONE IS ENFORCING ANY LAWS LATELY!!!! So what the fuck does any of it even matter anymore? Hmm?

This November is gunna be fucking fire one way or another

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Bane_Killgrind lemmy.dbzer0.com Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-15
#173 · Quote Reply

He also has the right to get shot in the head by one of his SS, but we all know that's not happening.

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queermunist she/her lemmy.ml queermunist@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-10
#174 · Quote Reply

there should be riots in the street rn though.

They're waiting for the elections to fix everything.

When that doesn't work...?

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Thebeardedsinglemalt lemmy.world Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-17
#175 · Quote Reply

I didn't vote for him, but I was pretty sure that his plan was to hire people to do everything semi-competently so that he could focus on fucking around and enriching himself. That was a very disappointing thing to be wrong about.

Well, you were only wrong about the first part.

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Thebeardedsinglemalt lemmy.world Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-17
#176 · Quote Reply

I suspect there is a great deal of crossover between maga supporters and flat earthers

Shockingly, I had a coworker who is one of those that thinks they're the smartest person he knows. He was one of those reddit-know-it-alls who spent a lot of time replying to people telling them they're wrong. He claimed he was one of the most well informed people because he "reads both sides". And by "reads both sides" he read the shit he agreed with and the headlines of an article from tHe OtHeR sIdE. He was also a staunch blow rogan supporter.

When he said he was "well informed" I replied "that's what a lot of flat earthers say". He got pissed and didn't even reply. A fellow coworker of ours could barely hold in the laughter

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mfed1122 discuss.tchncs.de mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2025-03-31
#177 · Quote Reply

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice Those are the exact words of the 22nd amendment. It's explicit. There's no ambiguity or room for other interpretations. Trump was elected twice, he's hit his limit, that's it.
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Thebeardedsinglemalt lemmy.world Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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#178 · Quote Reply

In the third term, he's gonna lower the price of gas and groceries & end the wars in Ukraine/Iran. Day 1. Bigly.

The funniest part is he could do 2 of those very literally right now by just...stop attacking Iran.

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Thebeardedsinglemalt lemmy.world Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-17
#179 · Quote Reply

If there's still a Constitution by then.

You meant the current constitution his whore Natalie wipes his disgusting orange ass with?

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
Joined: 2026-02-22
#180 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

They just say things in pursuit of their goals. Maybe sometimes they don't even realize because they're riding the emotional high of siding with their in-group, but some do. Some know they're lying scumbags.

But might makes right. What're you going to do to stop them? Nothing. None of us do anything. So the scumbags keep winning.

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radiofreebc lemmy.world radiofreebc@lemmy.world
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#181 · Quote Reply

Cool, then Obama needs to run too.

Obama respects US law. He would never do that

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radiofreebc lemmy.world radiofreebc@lemmy.world
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#182 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

Laws aren't important to MAGA

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n7gifmdn lemmy.ca n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca
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#183 · Quote Reply

It's a distraction from the Epstein files

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n7gifmdn lemmy.ca n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2022-12-10
#184 · Quote Reply

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That's what I always figured this was. Vance runs, trump VP, and promises to resign as soon as he's nominated, but then he doesn't and it's somehow even wiser

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kofe lemmy.world kofe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#185 · Quote Reply

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I thought his original run in 2016 was a joke. Course the man himself is a joke, so at least there's that

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Natanael infosec.pub Natanael@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-01-18
#186 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

14A3. He's simply disqualified

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Gammelfisch lemmy.world Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-05
#187 · Quote Reply

Another constantly repeated f'ed up distraction from what everybody with a sane mind wants to read.

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SocialMediaRefugee lemmy.world SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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#188 · Quote Reply

He can also bend over and shove his head up his...

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HugeNerd lemmy.ca HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-06
#189 · Quote Reply

Obama respects US law. He would never do that

Yes, he respects it so much he outbombed George Bush and managed to deport more people than Trump.

But looks nice, so that's cool.

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AntiOutsideAktion lemmy.ml AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-06-26
#190 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

That's how the presidency has always been; Obama is a soulless climber.

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raptore39 lemmy.ca raptore39@lemmy.ca
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#191 · Quote Reply

I feel they will amuse and placate him up to the point where Congres has to vote on it and then, as it is the end of his term, they can turn on him with little fear of retribution

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Formfiller lemmy.world Formfiller@lemmy.world
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#192 · (edited) Quote Reply

Run Obama against his dumbass. He’s good at cleaning up republican messes

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AngryRedHerring lemmy.world AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
#193 · Quote Reply

He also has the right to get shot in the head by one of his SS, but we all know that's not happening.

A boy can dream

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megopie lemmy.blahaj.zone megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-15
#194 · Quote Reply

How much of this is him legitimately meaning it? And how much is it to shore up the willingness of cronies to break the law.

Like, if he’s not going to be there in 3 years to pardon and protect them from prosecution, then them breaking the law for him is very personally risky. He might be more concerned about the short term willingness of his underlings to keep sticking their necks out.

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xxce2AAb feddit.dk xxce2AAb@feddit.dk
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#195 · Quote Reply

Someone really needs to inform him that he has the right to remain silent.

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UnderpantsWeevil lemmy.world UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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#196 · Quote Reply

That's how the presidency has always been; Obama is a soulless climber.

Was.

He's just a celebrity now.

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myyass lemmy.world myyass@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-02
#197 · Quote Reply

Yes, he respects it so much he outbombed George Bush and managed to deport more people than Trump. But looks nice, so that's cool.

Signed off on the expansion of the patriot act. Gaslighted cannabis legalization. Didn't create a UHS. Insurance companies cried crocodile tears but profits went up. I voted for that. It's like watching WWE and thinking it's real.

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Bluescluestoothpaste sh.itjust.works Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-05
#198 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

They heard the message, this is what they want. They want a lawless society where they can get away with ripping people off just like the president does.

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YouTalkinToMe lemmy.world YouTalkinToMe@lemmy.world
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#199 · Quote Reply

Well, he is correct. He is allowed to run. He just can't get elected.

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