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The U.S. president’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. said Wednesday that he wouldn’t rule out a future run for the White House.

“Maybe one day … that calling is there,” Trump Jr. said at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha. “I think my father has truly changed the Republican Party.”

Trump Jr. is considered one of the most prominent figures in the MAGA movement and is seen as a potential successor to his father’s political legacy, if not the top job.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

OK lets review his accomplishments and qualifications for the job:

  1. He's smarter than Eric, but not smart enough to do much harm to the republic.
  2. Can take himself to the restroom without help.
  3. is a mammal.
  4. His sheer unfitness for the job gives the dems to run another bad candidate --Harris or some other zionist.
  5. ...
[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 day ago

I think my father has truly changed the Republican Party.

I think the guy in the kitchen microwaving the cat has truly changed the mood of this crack house party.

[–] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Drug addiction is sad, but I make an exception for this asshole. I’d love to see him spiral during a blunder-filled campaign. I’ll love to see all the byproducts, like an Eric scandal manufactured to make Jr look better by comparison. I want the quicksand of their fickle, mob of an electorate to engulf this family.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Careful what you wish for, that could actually get him elected!

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's just like us! He knows just what it's like!

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 2 days ago

I mean, who hasn't allegedly choked a stripper while high on cocaine?

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’d love to see him spiral during a blunder-filled campaign. I’ll love to see all the byproducts, like an Eric scandal manufactured to make Jr look better by comparison. I want the quicksand of their fickle, mob of an electorate to engulf this family>

Isn't this what we were all thinking in 2016?

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I ignored the troll in 2016, but far too many people fed him.

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 25 points 2 days ago

I think we predicted this too. Trump thinks the USA will become a Trump dynasty.

Good luck trying. Not sure Elon is going to buy or cheat them into office again.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago

I will not be living the rest of my life under the Trump family thumb

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The depressing thing is, America will allow it

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

We hate nepotism until President Trump tells us otherwise!

[–] altphoto 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe one day I too would purchase a presidential position.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe one day my I too will have a father who purchases a presidential position and rat fucks democracy so i can grift off of powerless citizens and become the ultimate parasite feasting on everything that's be built over the last 300 years and shitting it all out the other end

[–] altphoto 1 points 1 day ago
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It’s been a while since we’ve had a president with a drug problem.

[–] mondomon@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

Has it though?

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The last Republican president?

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This Republican president?

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Every president? Well, maybe not Biden, unless you count Ambien.

[–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago
[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 26 points 2 days ago

Here's hoping he ceases to exist before he ever gets the chance.

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago

Stupid. Ugly. Parasitic. Worthless.

A third of the population would jump to vote for that!

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Surely by then he can just inherit the title as next in line. Th RNC (run by a family member) will suggest it, the R-dominated Congress will pass it, and the Supreme Court will rule 7-2 that that is perfectly constitutional because ~~there are no wookies on Endor~~ there’s nothing in the constitution against it (and the parts that look like they rule it out actually refer to something much narrower and more esoteric).

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I know who I'd come back in time to kill if this ends up happening.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

The grift worked so well for daddy that jr wants some action.
That turd didn't fall far from the asshole.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“Maybe one day … that calling is there,” Trump Jr. said at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha. “I think my father has truly changed the Republican Party.”

He has...

It was run by a shadowy group of wealthy businesses men who wanted to side with the nazis in WW2...

They didn't like trump, but neoliberals in the Dem party were happy to take his money and tolerate him. Even encouraged him to run in 2016 because they thought it would drain resources from the establishment Republican candidate in the general.

It was one of the stupidest gambles in American political history, but the only shot neoliberals had was making the Republican party a complete and total shit show.

Luckily they fucked up so bad the voting members of the DNC gave us a nonbiased chair for the first time in 50 years. If Kamala would have won she'd have named a neoliberal chair willing to weigh in her favor the next "primary".

New Hampshire losing their delegates last year wasn't going to be a one off thing. The neoliberals were testing how much blowback they'd get, and there wasn't hardly any.

People don't understand how unbelievable fucked we'd have been if someone like Martin OMallory had gotten chair.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

they fucked up so bad the voting members of the DNC gave us a nonbiased chair for the first time in 50 years.

How do you figure? His first act was to put a bluedog zionist up to rebut trumps state of the union. How is Ken Martin anything but more of the same, if not worse?

Can you show us how the DNC has learned its lessons and acknowledged the reasons for the last election loss, if you have that data? I just dont see any change from them at all. I see Dems collaborating on republican initiatives mostly, and continuing to sell us out to the far right and AIPAC.

edit: and, we have a downvote and you run away. Same as always.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Absolutely not.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

We need a constitutional amendment forbidding members of a president's immediate family from running for president. No spouses, siblings, or children. We can call it the Dynasties Are Un-American Amendment. If we'd had such a thing, we never would have had George W. Bush or Hillary Clinton as candidates, and I think we would all be better off.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Ah, the elephant murderer wants to run for the elephant party. Perfect

[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Gown America, vote for him, gown vote for your tyranny! You can just have 8 fully years of Trump family, isn't that amazing!