this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
940 points (99.3% liked)

News

28981 readers
5920 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Summary

The Trump Store released $50 “Trump 2028” hats Thursday, sparking backlash online as Trump has repeatedly hinted at running for a third term.

“I have had more people ask me to have a third term,” Trump said on March 31, claiming the 2020 election was “totally rigged.”

Steve Bannon said he's exploring “five or six different alternatives” to enable a third run.

Critics on social media called it “insane” and a sign of “fascist” ambitions. Though barred by the 22nd Amendment, Trump could run again if it were overturned by Congress and the states. However, it would require a two-thirds vote of Congress and three-fourths vote of the states.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 59 points 20 hours ago (8 children)

Third term has nothing to do with being a grift for money or whatever. He's using that as a tool for power

It's simple. He's going to jail when he's done being president. And he's pissed off so many people he's definitely getting shanked

He cannot pardon himself for state crimes

The entire point of running a 3rd term is to stay out of jail

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Jail? You all are more delusional than I thought.

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

He got convicted. Just not given a prison sentence

And he can't pardon State crimes. Tax fraud is serious. And there is no where to escalate this to. He has no control over the courts in ny

He only wasn't sent to jaildue to the possibility it would be considered election interference.

And, I'm not sure he can't even appeal it

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Do you know of any dictator that was deposed by a court?

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 3 points 1 hour ago

most dictators are unalived before that happens.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago

follow by example, much like benjaman has done.

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 48 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He is going to ride the courts until he dies or too old to care. They had 4 years to lock him up for his previous crimes including Jan 6th. He won't see jail time and he knows it

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. Remember how stressed he appeared during the last lawsuits.

Make the prick stress the fuck out so he can't sleep at night

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

he couldn't sleep at night because he was getting all his sleep during the hearings

[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Like how they put him in jail during Biden’s term?

Oh wait!

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you think he ran for presidency again... He was convicted. Legally, he can't argue he's running for a 3rd term, so the judge can't make the same. The only thing the judge did was say he'd postpone sentencing...

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I would love to live in this fairytale land where Trump actually faces consequences, but unfortunately that will never happen and people need to face reality and focus on minimizing damage.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan 3 points 6 hours ago

Trump was exactly what the world needed, to see how far it had strayed

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

"Power creates power. The more power you weild, the more you accumulate."

  • Curtis Yarvin, brologarch that wants Trump to literally mass-drown journalists and Dems in foam to seize power.
[–] Rin@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

courts decided he's not going to jail....

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

During his presidency...

And he can't pardon state crimes

God knows how many more state crimes have been queued up since then....

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

He wasn't actually president when they decided that

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago

its not likes going to jail for state charges anyways, the courts just strung along all the cases , so they can make it look like they did something.

[–] oz1sej@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He will be president for the rest of his life.

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And if that's a month, two, who are we to judge God's plan or the Luigi who carries it out.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

To put on my own conspiracy hat for a moment, he's getting set up to be the fall guy. He's following a playbook he didn't write, the people that did write Project 2025 know how unpopular it will be, and the final play is setting trump up as the tyrant to be deposed by a real dictator. Sure hope I'm wrong.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago

My worst nightmare is him getting killed right before the next election cycle ramps up and the fascists running a campaign "in memory of Trump".
Maybe they'll have kicked off the war with Iran by then too, so they can say "This is no time for a change in leadership".

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

Sure, everyone has seen the checks and balances in action