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I can't wait for 2028. Simply because y'all will need to find a new joke other than "Trump Bad".
I don't fuckin like the guy but you guys are seriously obsessed it's so annoying.
And the funniest thing is he feeds on all this attention. If everyone just stopped giving him attention he would lose what's left of his Cheeto mind but y'all can't do that because he gets under your skin so badly.
If he's still alive in 2029, there's a good chance he'll still be President then. And I mean after January.
The rules that say he can't will all be thrown out over the next four years.
Remember in 2017 when he called Xi "king" of China? Xi apparently liked that. It doesn't matter whether Donnie only thought Xi liked it or if he actually liked it, it showed what's been going on in Donnie's head.
He wants to be king, and kings only step aside when they die.
I say all this in the hope that I'm wrong. But I think the US will have more than an election to contest in four years' time.
I'll place a gentlemans bet with you right now that he doesn't touch the 22nd amendment in any way.
Check back in with me in 4 years to collect your dollar if you're right. Or you owe me a dollar when he steps down like he is supposed to in January of 2029.
If he's assassinated or anything else external happens to him the bet is neutralized.
Deal?
As best as I can tell, the 22nd amendment talks about how no-one can serve more than two terms. It does not, however, give a limit on how long a second term can be.
As such he wouldn't need to touch that particular amendment to retain power, and so I can't accept the bet.
It took a minute to find the right place, but the four-year maximum term length is actually set in Article II section 1 of the Constitution proper.
And now bear in mind that Donnie is quoted as being in favour of "termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution." should the circumstances require it.
He's going to try it. And since he's immune from prosecution, what's going to be done about it if he doesn't leave?
This is it.
Either that, or instate emergency powers using the rules already in place. He's already tested the fence enough to see that the "checks and balances" don't actually affect what he does.