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

Cosmetics too!

Stockpiling pharmaceuticals that have a long shelf life before potentially devastating import taxes

One of the reasons Trump won is the same reason why televangelists can become millionaires in America - there is a large portion of the American public that are gullible morons who are very easily swayed by people they consider to be powerful and charismatic.

I saw a comment which said AOC and Harris have annoying voices. Even if that is the case (I don't think so personally), it really shouldn't matter. They are running for the job of running the country, not to be a contender on America's Got Talent. But the problem is that so many American swing voters are incredibly superficial and naive that they'd vote for someone doing a clown show over actual competent, yet comparatively boring, people.

I won't be watching that season of Designated Survivor…

The wheels on the cybersuck are falling off

BREAKING: Judge finds flying migrants to El Salvador after orders not to "demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt."

Can Trump pardon 'the government'?

He doesn't need to if no governance is taking place

The two party system lends itself to this nuttiness. If they had multi-party coalitions like most countries, Trump would be somewhat more of a peripheral figure in US politics (sort of like their Nigel Farage) and very unlikely ever to be President.

Impeach and remove Trump - Vance elevated. Vance chooses VP (some MagaNazi)

Impeach and remove Vance - MagaNazi is POTUS.

Nothing short of violence will remove both Trump and Vance at the same time and elevate the Speaker. So, removing Trump is fine, we won't get to impeach Vance before he's got a VP and Congress+Senate will not rush.

A two party system is effectively coalition government only the coalitions are permanent. Only in a two party system could the likes of Hilary Clinton and AOC be in the same party.

A 2-for-1 impeachment? I guess it can happen - but not before a Democrat is Speaker. Talk about coups!

Not sure what the Constitution says about trying to remove several at once, i think since it applies to Federal officials you can certainly impeach both POTUS and Vice President at the same time. Lots of popcorn!

Thinking a bit more, it's Vance that'll be hard to get. CFTrump's got lots of things you can bring him up on charges about, but Vance can't make policy or anything like that. He's just an empty suit, really, who is an ignoramus and spineless.

It's still an incredibly high bar to have to clear in order to keep authoritarianism out, whatever way you slice it. It's also pretty unrealistic to expect that the incumbent party can garner the same numbers as when their candidate was the one pushing for change.

When you're running against a guy like Trump, who was openly promising some pretty disturbing things in his electoral campaign, never mind the fact that he incited a violent attack on the US Capitol, and he's still topping polls and looking set to match his previous performance, THAT is where things have gone wrong. Once that is the case, you're really just waiting for a sufficient gust of wind to make the whole rotten edifice of US democracy collapse. A person like Trump shouldn't be getting half a million votes in a healthy society, never mind 77 million.

Mr anti-Semitism himself, Donald Trump...

"Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he hasn't heard from Trump since the arson incident at the governor's mansion."