Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

Nope…conspiracy theory stuff.

When they successfully change the constitution, come back to me.

Its not conspiracy. Republicans have wanted total control since Nixon was ousted. Every Dem challenger since then has been destroyed publicly to a point the public view each as the "worst ever".

They now have total control and purged government of any dissidents (or they will once Musk is finished "cutting costs"). Who exactly is going to stop Trump when they control the House, Senate, Supreme Court and Trump has been given King Henry 8th like status. Main stream media and big tech have all fallen in line and kissed the ring.

If you think the Constitution will save you, you haven't learned much from history. I mean birthright citizenship is enshrined in US Constitution and how is that working out..

Given the amount of things that have happened since the start of Trump's first presidency that would have sounded like conspiracy theories, I'm absolutely not ruling out the fall of a democracy at this stage.

In other news, not exactly surprising. The Trump administration are now looking at banning Jackie Robinson's biography from the Naval Academy library. Obviously not huge on its own but it's very much so the kind of steps from a totalitarian state.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/trump-administration-reportedly-moves-to-ban-jackie-robinson-biography-from-naval-academy-library-235013259.html

As in orders will be complied with as legal and complained about through channels afterwards. However, the family of serving personnel do, as civilians, have rights and routes [courts and congress] of complaint beyond those of their serving kin to raise hell.

Yes it seems very much in the balance now. A lot to play for .I don't think he can prevail if the SC holds its ground - or if there a mass demonstrations/uprisings that don't degenerate into an excuse for martial law. (even then ,I don't think they can win-I don't think America ,for all its faults can go the way of China, Russia or N Korea.)

all he has to do is come up with a heap of shite term like ‘special military operation’ like the other ‘mad degenerate/abomination of a human’ whose putrid whole trump is crawling up

MAGA will certainly make hay whilst the sun is shining - Democrats are in complete disarray -half appear to be “angry” and the other half have their heads buried in the sand - there’s certainly every chance of America becoming an authoritarian state - only a fool an idiot or a lying MAGA supporter would dare dispute that

“Recent polling reflects the grim state of affairs. Just 40% of Democrats approved of the way their leaders in Congress were handling the job, compared with 49% who disapproved, according to a Quinnipiac University poll last month.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/mar/30/democrats-trump-politics

Birthright citizenship? Still in place. Performative ranting from the GQP? Also still in place.

One thing I occasionally bring up here is, don't blame the Democrats for nominating Trump. Republicans had choices - fulll disclosure, in my seriously blue coastal state, we voted for Hailey in the Primary. Any GOP'ers whining about Trump, remind them, they could've voted for Hailey. Really. Truly. I doubt we have the chaos we have now if she'd won, and damn that would've been some election.

Same thing true in 2016. Yeah, HRC was a dreadful candidate. But, the GQP nominated Trump, having lots of candidates to choose from then.

And the people saying US should grab Greenland

Nobody serious is saying that the US should grab Greenland.

It's exactly because of what Trump has done in first couple of months that I know he won't get a 3rd term.. Constitutional change requires 2/3 vote in both Congress and amongst States. Zero chance. Anyway I am not posting about what won't happen, ye can tell me I am wrong in 4 years. I think the Republicans will get beaten up in the mid terms even.

Economist pod on how Trump is crippling US economy

“Investment announcements are performative and often rehashing what started under Biden”

“Companies are paralysed”

“Uncertainty is off the charts”

Here's an interesting fact that I haven't seen in the news but have witnessed with my own eyes....i witnessed an entire multi national facility "de-rainbow" over a weekend, including freshly laid tarmac over a rainbow crossing because they were unable to power wash, in advance of a US visit

Thats precisely it. The US economy was doing well under Biden, to make things better, Trump had to do precisely nothing. In the Liz Truss situation everyone around her realised the economic decisions she had made were madness and she got her P45. There is no such mechanism for anything like that in the US, so everyone just has to live with those decisions.

On what basis?

He didn't have any legal authority, and Congress would've overridden him. The Dems had a majority in the house.

That's not to say Trump won't succeed in the future, I think the conditions are far more favourable for him now and will be even more so in a couple of years. But I don't think Pence was the deal breaker on Jan 6th.

Trump will be 82 years of age by the time of the next election.

The odds are not insignificant that he won't complete his second term after the mid terms because he will be a total lame duck at that point which doesn't strike me as a situation given his character in which he'd be happy to spend a long two years.

I think he is just trolling the media on a third term. The amount of effort he'd need to endure to change the constitution (which is extremely unlikely anyway) I just can't see him trying it.

Age does matter. Age and stress matters more.

In the end I think he'll go out in a whimper and resign before the end of his term.