A Kings fate is often regicide.
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President for Life | Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
(www.theatlantic.com)
He shouldn’t bother, I mean he’s only got a couple of years left on earth. Why go to all the trouble and work.
Because otherwise the rest of his life is a trial.
Again it’s probably not that long. How much does it matter.? I guess he doesn’t see it like that.
He's on the final stage of malignant narcissism. He's gonna want to hurt as many people on his way out as he can.
Because it secures the future of the regime. That's how kings work
Well if his health continues as it appears it is, he may actually be president for life. And at the same time not make it until the end of his second term.
Don't tease
I like your optimism.
Pwease?
Sure pal keep believing you can live forever, he should be happy to live to the end of his term, unless one of his diseases ends his reign.
He has a kid literally named BARON. If the constitutional term limit of two is violated, then the age to be President surely can be. Plus you get the added bonus of a clueless kid that can be manipulated easier!
I am being sarcastic, but also slightly scared that’s how it would play out.
They will eventually attempt to prevent anyone who registered/voted Democrat from purchasing firearms.
Buy them now. Help everyone you know get armed.
President for life may hopefully mean shorter than what it seems like currently
Dude literally doesn't have that long to live. How does he think that's going to work!?
Doesn’t matter about him when it comes to that (not discounting the damage he can do in then interim), the result us we may have some shitty royal family with one of his offspring taking over or some other awful dictator that will continue in the same vein.
Just because he eventually dies doesn’t mean things go back to normal or get better.
I'm not questioning his motives in the context of things turning to normal when he eventually dies. I'm questioning his motives in the context that his actions seem to indicate that he'll live forever. As if somehow Trump believes biology doesn't effect him.
But then we're talking about a guy who thinks a glass of water destroys magnets.
He’s a movie trope dictator. Acting like he can live consequence-free, forever; and secretly knowing he won’t, so his decisions are even worse.
If you're rich enough, you get to pay somebody beat up this dude named Peter and then you own the key
/s
Fighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat and the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich and the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America
Spreading the disease
Everybody needs, but no-one wants to see
The way society
Keeps spreading the disease