• nastronot@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Over under Trump resigns at two years plus a day. They want JD the puppet to have a potential 10 year roadway.

    “He’s stepping down for the good of the nation. What a hero. What a martyr.”

    Then they let him rally and tour for his base until he gets bored. Let him wander around and schmooze until the dementia gets deep enough to tuck him away somewhere with a few blonde attendants and his Qatari jet.

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      His handlers might want that but good luck to them getting the rotting spray tan to step down of his own accord. Out of the spotlight and prime grift seat is not where he wants to be.

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        He can push through a bunch of unpopular policies, retire for “health reasons”, and secure full pardons for himself ans his family members from Vance.

        The question is: would Vance want that? He would take over in the wake of those unpopular policies, on top of Trump’s already incredibly unpopular regime. The Republicans would, presumably, have control of neither the Senate nor the House. If we assume that there are meaningful democratic elections in 2028, what hope does Vance have of winning? I guess that’s where I have a hard time buying this theory. I also have a hard time envisioning Truml trusting Vance enough to step down.

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          and secure full pardons for himself ans his family members from Vance.

          Vance is a disgusting human being, but he’s smarter than trump. Vance understands that pardoning trump would guarantee Vance would never be elected President on his own. Vance only has to look at Gerald Ford to see how that plays out.

          Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment. Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in, and immediately pardons Nixon. Ford serve 895 days in office (the remainder of Nixon’s term) and is booted out of the White House and never hold an elected office ever again.

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          trump literally only cares about himself. He would never take the long view necessary to keep the evil empire running after he’s gone. What happens then is not even considered.

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        Don’t worry they’ll stage another assassination, this time a successful one, blame it on ANTIFA to justify further crackdown on anything left of Hitler and cancel all future elections…

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        You let him “Tweet” and take “meetings”. I’m convinced he’s already living in a bubble. Everyone telling him the economy is great are his cronies making money hand over fist. It’s why he gets so defensive. Also cause he’s a fucking liar.

        They could definitely Truman show that guy with little effort.

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    • The move comes ⁠ahead of the November 3 midterm ​elections
    • McCormick was part of the Donald Trump ​administration during his first stint as US president
    • Kaplan was elevated to Meta’s top policy role ​in January last year, as ​the social media giant rolled back US fact-checking, ‌ended ⁠diversity initiatives and sought closer ties with Trump
    • A longtime Republican strategist, Kaplan served as deputy chief of staff for ​policy in ​the ⁠administration of George W. Bush
    • Meta is among the tech companies ​facing questions over AI’s impacts, ​as ⁠concerns mount over safety and the industry’s growing footprint among local communities
    • Trump recently said ⁠tech ​executives, including Meta CEO ​Mark Zuckerberg, had agreed to establish voluntary AI ​standards*

    The implication is that tech is cutting Trump as a dead weight lame duck without control of the legislature.