Donald Trump has announced he will run for president in 2028 during a rambling speech to the Washington press corps.

Trump was speaking at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner when he appeared to make the announcement.

I won three times, now I’m gonna do it again,” he said, while putting on a cap that read “Trump 2028″.

“I’m gonna do it again. It should be easy.”

He went on to add that he won in 2020 but the election was rigged.

The 80-year-old was met with a smattering of applause, but even he did not seem excited by the moment.

Over the dead body of every patriot that stands for the Constitution, which reads in pertinent part:

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice

-22nd Amendment

*Edit: Here’s the video of his announcement:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xyzWui2OX2I&t=2s&pp=2AECkAIB

He seem like he’s just joking to you?

  • flandish@lemmy.world
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    it’s a stark reminder that the constitution is not immutable. amendments are changes, and they may seem “hard to do” but with this regime and supreme court, they won’t stop until they pretend they did this legally. remember: nazis were legal.

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      Yeah but what mechanism could they possibly use to change term limits or mute article 5 of the Constitution (2/3 to call, 3/4 to ratify)?

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        The Supreme Could could declare it a political question, and/or is not self enforcing and would require an act of Congress to Implement.

        This is a view that a majority subscribed to in Trump V Anderson regarding the 14th amendment.

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    Good Lord. If trump looked any more like roadkill, he’d have to fight to keep RFK Jr from trying to eat him. He looks like absolute dogshit. I didn’t think it was possible for somebody to look worse than Steve Bannon, and to be fair it’s really fucking close, but trump does manage to look like a slightly worse, bloated corpse here.

    But he’s also a shitty president and a shitty person. Fuck trump. I can’t wait to open my bottle of bourbon when it happens.

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      RFK: Oh look!, I need to remove his penis for later. … wait, where is the penis? I should be here somewhere!

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      That part will never happen. No matter what - he’s getting away with it. He’s too old to face any real consequences.

      What we need to ensure is that responsibility doesn’t end with him. We need a new round of Nuremberg trials and his cronies and enablers need to be held to account.

      No mercy. Those in the military who executed illegal orders should be court-martialed and executed.

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      At this point we take small victories like him leaving office after his term and never coming back again

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    It’s official. He’s going for the Putin-esque “democracy”…a dictatorship where you beat the crap out of people at the polls for voting opposition.

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    If I could trust the system to actually enforce the Constitution, I’d say bring it on. The 22nd amendment never prohibits running when you’re ineligible to be elected. I’d actually love to see him run, “win”, and then have to watch his opponent get sworn in because he’s not eligible.

    IF I could actually trust that the Constitution would be enforced.

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      They absolutely hacked the election, you can tell by the projection of Biden hacking the machines then all the suddenly they’re radio silent on this election.

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    Thank GOD he’s NOT messing with the Amendment that LETS ME MURDER CHILDREN so I can FULLY Support this!

    -LITERALLY Republicans!

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    And I’m sure NOW the military will stand up, right? After all, their job is to defend the constitution not the fucker in office. Right???

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    This is my theory: 1. Trump will try to declare a national emergency at the end of September or early October in order to stop the midterms from happening due to the ongoing “conflict” with Iran or any other geopolitical situation that he has caused himself. 2. The midterms will still take place, although it will be heavily scrutinized by the right with the possibility of violence toward people on the left on election day. 3. The midterms will heavily favor the Democrats leading to a total wipeout for Republicans in all states as a result the Republicans will cry foul and that they were cheated, causing immediate January 6 style riots all over the country and possibly even the capital again. 4. Regardless of the results of the midterms, Trump will use their results too justify him running in 2028 and at the beginning of next year he will do everything in his power to get the Supreme Court and anybody else to stand behind his presidential run and next summer, he will immediately pivot into campaigning. 5. While I do believe it is over for Trump and the Republicans, there’s always that small what if. If he manages to stay alive until 2028 I have that saddening feeling that there is a very good possibility he could win again. I will happily eat my own words on all of this, after it’s just a theory…stay safe and informed everyone.