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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.

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[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

...and who exactly is going to stop him? All evidence so far suggests he will continue to do whatever the fuck he wants and continue to get away with it, simply because nobody has the power or the will to stop him

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Juan Merchan was obliged to do so by the law, the Constitution, and good-old ethics. But he kissed the ring, instead.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 hours ago

How is it fucking soft launching fascism? The US is already at the concentration camp step, it is already fully blown fascism.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Prison. Now. For him and all his corrupt, openly criminal Constitution-shredding cronies. We are far past the point of hand-waving over the open criminality and corruption. And in Trump’s case, legitimate Constitutionally-defined treason. Mass arrests and convictions of these criminals needs to happen now. Right now. Even if we the people need to take care of it ourselves. Nobody is coming to save us.

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

If no-one stops him, then the US only has itself to blame.

The tangerine pufferfish has an incredible ability to say a thing enough that it becomes true enough to happen.

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 hours ago

He's not soft launching shit. It is a fascist regime.

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm against violence, but I'm not sure urinating and/or defecating on anyone wearing this hat counts as violence

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

Then maybe you're against aggression and OK with defense. Not all violence is bad.

[–] don@lemm.ee 5 points 10 hours ago
[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 31 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

They’re also selling shirts that say “rewrite the rules” just under the rest of it. Oh boy.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Why rewrite the rules when you can just not follow them in the first place?

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago

It's called pulling up the ladder or closing the door behind you. You don't want anyone else to be able to do what you do.

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 60 points 22 hours ago (14 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 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Jail? You all are more delusional than I thought.

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 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 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 3 points 3 hours ago

most dictators are unalived before that happens.

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 48 points 22 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 19 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 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

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

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

follow by example, much like benjaman has done.

[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

Oh wait!

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 10 points 20 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 11 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 7 hours ago

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

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 96 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

In case anyone is still unsure, he is not willingly leaving in 2028. Everything that's happening indicates he is setting up a path for him to remain. One of two things are going to happen in our future.

  1. We will need to march on DC in INSANE numbers and force him to leave with the threat of lethal force.

  2. We will have to use lethal force to make him leave.

Only other possibility is he dies of natural causes before then. But then we get Vance and we'll probably have to do the same thing. This isn't just Trump. The entire GOP apparatus is a fascist movement. The only reason he didn't do it last time is because he hadn't set up the foundation for him to remain by doing things like, I don't know, instructing the FBI to arrest federal judges who oppose him, which is a line we just crossed today.

Fascism is here. Arm yourselves. Help others arm themselves. Train. Help others train.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 30 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

$50.00 for a fucking Made in China hat.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 30 points 23 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm not going to lie, this is a profitable move by Trump, because his voters will line up to get them to antagonize those outside their in group, as was the entire point of their vote, to harm their enemies as an end in itself, regardless of whether he's able to get the SCOTUS to rule that up means down and no third term means infinite terms for Republicans only.

I'm just looking forward to all the idiots giggling about their own enslavement, as I see anyone wearing that hat as a derivation of this:

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[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 66 points 1 day ago (48 children)

It still isn't currently legal for him to run for a third term. This is how confident he is the law will be changed or ignored.

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

The strategy they've been floating for years is: have two other candidates run while he runs for the house. Trump gets chosen as house speaker, meanwhile the President and VP resign, making Trump president. Then they argue this is technically constitutional since he didn't win an election to become president.

That's why it's essential that after 2026, there is a push to eliminate this loophole. It may take a constitutional change, but first it's going to take absolute annihilation of Republicans in the midterms.

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[–] troed@fedia.io 175 points 1 day ago (10 children)

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to start selling "Obama 2028" hats.

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