Do they think people will just move on from the fact that their entire ruling class is in a cabal of Zionist pedophiles? They may get away with it, in fact they probably will, but it will always be at the back of the mind. For everyone.

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    Im not an American. Do you believe Trump would/could run for a 3rd term and win ? I guess thats the question since that would be the most blatant death of liberal democracy I could imagine.

    Mind you I dont think it matters thaaaat much. Republicans could just run a lot less charismatic candidate like Vance and fix the elections as you said. Would give them the out that the elections were / are fair even if its bullshit.

    I guess it comes down wether the people in power wanna play pretend that the USA is still a democracy (which does come with a number of benefits in the west)

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      I think if he was 20 years younger, absolutely.

      I expect him to at least be bed ridden by 2028, if he even lives that long.

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        Maybe not worth much, but might be warm news. There’s a guy on ig who has a doctorate in neurosomething (he’s a lib tho) who says trump’s got fronto-temporal dementia. He consistently puts out videos with other specialists on that field talking about the symptoms he’s shown in public (leaning forward, confusing greenland with iceland…) and says trump’s got 1-3 months left to live.

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          IMO if he actually only had 3 months left to live they’d be acting even more brazen. Either that’s a reach or he believes he’s immortal.

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            It’s a mix of the “people” in his environment trying every option possible to delay the inevitable, and him believing he’s immortal. But he’s a 79 year old with dementia so he could as well think he’s peter pan or something.

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      He and his goons have repeatedly said he plans to “run for a third term” even though that’s not a thing, what they actually mean is he intends to be president for the rest of his life no matter what people put in the ballot boxes and no matter whether that life ends in 2027 or 2197.

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      if he runs for a third term he’s already broken with the norms of liberal democracy in this country to such a great extent that rigging the election for him to win would be a given, an afterthought. he’s not gonna take that step if there’s any risk of losing involved

      probably a moot point though given his rapidly declining health