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Please be the republican nominee.
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Keep in mind that is exactly what I thought when Trump announced his candidacy in 2015.
Hmmm.
You make a good point.
On the other hand, look at the history of presidents and their parties. It ALWAYS swaps parties unless there is a particularly popular vice president. Literally, back to Washington.
The US isn’t like Japan where the LDP wins consecutive elections for decades on end.
The republican candidate was GOING to win in 2016.
We are now in a time of chaos. I feel Dems will probably sweep the midterms and maybe win in 2028, but it’s unclear. We’ve only had one nonconsecutive president before.
I wouldn’t put money on James (Vance).
Remember when the Supreme Court interfered in the presidential election because of hanging chads and effectively kept Gore from winning, thus leading somehow to the death of Harambe and bringing us to the bad place dimension where everything always gets worse and almost always in the worst way possible?
Yeah.. like you said, history likes to repeat itself.
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Nominees don't matter anymore. They won't let anyone who will make a meaningful difference in. If someone meaningful gets in, they'll be blocked from making any changes.
we lack the pitchforks and the will to do jack all about anything.
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Hegseth in a debate. Now that I'd like to see. What a putz.
You guys laugh, but there seems to be enough wannabe-macho small-penis dudebro idiot voters that could get the loser elected. Do not assume it won't happen.
I'm not from the USA, neither an English native speaker, but is Peter Hegseth in any way charismatic? I find Trump totally repulsive, however I can understand his "charism" that attracts people to vote for him when he's there mumbling his rampts and narcistic histories. So far, since 2025, that I can remember, anytime I saw any video of Peter Hegseth speaking he seems to have the same charism as a door.
This, would, of course, be important for a presidential candidate If there is any "democracy" left during the election time, since Trump's popularity is decreasing, his government does not seem too promising on having "good results" to show when the election time comes, therefore the transfer of charism and therefore votes that Trump would be able to execute would be limited, and the new candidate would have to work on his own.
Given the current state of affairs, as an external observator and not too familiar with USA real politics dynamics, I find it's easier for Trump and republicans to continue the rampamt breaking of laws and just really push for a 3rd term, as he's been publicly "teasing" since his 2024 campaign...
P.S.: Just to finish up, there's also the fact that Trump is old as f*, and seems to be becoming more senile by the minute (i.e.: his almost at the age his dad was diagnoses with dementia iirc), so maybe the thing is they would just be forced to move on from him and the "3rd term" thing would really just not come to fruition due to bad timing (Trump going full demented, dying, etc...). Or maybe if his popularity keeps going down, who knows if the democracts can obtain any majority in the midterm elections and put up an impeachment on both houses this time, this would also chance the outlook of things and force the republicans to choose a new candidate sooner than later.
The only thing hegseth has going for him is his 'TV look' and willingness to eat shit if it owns the libs (our conservatives have no shame, and love embarrassing themselves to get a reaction from 'the left')
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Guy who lost a war with Iran wants to be president.
Must be the type who has failed upwards his entire life.
I mean so far that has been very true
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Over trump's dead body (literally).
Trump is not planning to willingly leave in 2029.
president of fifa maybe.
Gonna try and pull a Putin with Trump?
Take Trump as his running mate, then if he wins resign so Trump can be President again.
That is against the constitution. The 12th amendment says if a person is ineligible for president they are also ineligible for VP
Only thing possible is running for congress and then being speaker of the house, then both VP and President resign.
Ah you're right. I had to go back and read the specific text. Been so long since I have sat down to read any of it I had forgotten that was covered.
I stand corrected
There’s still merit to what you said. Trump is a convicted felon. That alone he should have been impeached and removed but they let it slide. If they let that go who’s to say they don’t let other stuff go too.
Do it! Dems need any help they can get.
Isn't that what they thought they were doing when they talked about Trump so much? Turning the joke candidate into this
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That man deserves life in prison for his war crimes.
Wonder if he and Trump are going for a Putin/Medvedev situation.
Didn't Putin allegedly get a little mad at this situation ? Trump couldn't mentally survive not being officially the big guy for a day.
That is likely true. I can't imagine him calling anyone else "sir" or "Mr. President."
That's why the felon in chief flew off like a gigantic baby before President Biden was ushered in.
The delicate flower couldn't even deal with it for a few hours because he's a terrible human being.
Hilarious, because we all know it's just going to be the orange pedophile again.
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President Kegsbreath..
Oh fuck, I need to keep my wallet closed. Last time a person who obviously cannot get elected became the GOP candidate, I bet a lot of money against his win. :(
Fortunately, I did the same 4 years earlier when the same happened :)
Trump vs Hegseth, who is worse?
I vote tie.
Hegseth is worse because he will live longer.
That's a valid point. I don't think he could win though. He's a drunk.
I recall hearing the same thing about George W. Bush and we all know how that turned out
Also, surely there’s no way the American people would vote for Trump twice
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Does Pete Hegseth’s liver know it’s expected to make it all the way to 2028?
The hateful ones live the longest.
Iran war didn't go well, now he planning to be the boss? Well, let's see how it goes for him.
Wow. Cocaine really is bad for you, huh?
Hey you leave cocaine out of this.
We all thought the current president was going to lose in 2016 when he was dicking up the republican primaries. Don't discount these hacks. RFK would be the strongest challenger if not for his speech impediment, how is he going to run a nazi rally with that voice?
Vance won't get it, Rubio won't get it.
Completely normal for a genocidal empire that murders schoolgirls with impunity.
Actually, I hope he does run. He would make it easier for progressive to win because everyone hates him.
What are you talking about? You do realise this is the country that elected Trump twice, right?
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Postponing release of Epstein files as long as possible for the pedolord
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