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Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention (www.theguardian.com)

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Donald Trump flirted with the idea of being president for three terms – a clear violation of the US constitution – during a bombastic speech for the National Rifle Association in which he vowed to reverse gun safety measures green-lighted during the Biden administration.

“You know, FDR 16 years – almost 16 years – he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?” The ex-president and GOP presidential frontrunner said to the organization’s annual convention in Dallas, prompting some in the crowd to yell “three!” Politico reported.

Trump has floated a third term in past comments, even mentioning a prolonged presidency while campaigning in 2020. He has also tried distancing himself from this idea, telling Time magazine in April: “I wouldn’t be in favor of it at all. I intend to serve four years and do a great job.”

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[-] [email protected] 254 points 1 month ago

And that's a big part of why, despite everything Biden is doing, I am 100% voting for him. Because if Biden wins, there will be a 2028 election where we can hopefully find someone better, and I'm not convinced that there will be under Trump.

Four years of Trump came really close to turning this country into a kakistocratic dictatorship. I really don't want to give him another chance.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago

Despite what that Biden's doing exactly? I've heard about Israel weapon sales that are now being forced through by republicans as well. What else?

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[-] DudeImMacGyver 128 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The same guy who unilaterally banned bump stocks with an executive order being hosted by the NRA shows how much the NRA actually cares about the second amendment.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

Are you claiming the "take the guns first" guy isn't a strong 2A supporter? Say it isn't so!

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Bump stocks and all other focuses on rate of fire are more or less a sacrificial lamb. It provides a strong distinction between "Heh, stupid fucking loser thinking 'assault rifles' are actually a thing" and "semi-automatic versions of rifles specifically designed for and used by military forces"

When the reality is that basically every military strong discourages the use of full auto by anyone whose job is not to carry a machine gun of some form. But, because that AR-15 you bought at Walmart doesn't have full auto, it isn't a military weapon.

And because it is our god given right to carry an m249 everywhere we go, it is a horrible insult to the gun nuts of the world to lose their full auto capabilities so we should all feel warm and fuzzy and stop trying to stop kids from getting shot.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's because full auto rifles*, are typically seen as wasting limited ammunition. A modern military unit isn't likely to encounter a bunched together group of 30-50 soft targets where a full auto rifle would be most effective...unlike a mass shooter indiscriminately targeting a crowded concert.

*Rifles, not machine guns. I'm well aware of the utility of squad machine gunners, talking guns, etc.

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[-] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago

“If the Biden regime gets four more years, they are coming for your guns,” Trump railed.

Really pulling out the "greatest hits" with this piece here. He's got nothing else.

[-] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago

‘Member when Trump said he’d take guns without due process? Like he literally said that.

https://youtu.be/yxgybgEKHHI?si=5WjokT9mD_4VQ46T

[-] CCF_100 13 points 1 month ago

"regime"

He really used that word? Wow...

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[-] Audacious 84 points 1 month ago

3, then 4, then 5... Just like putin.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

"Let me tell you, folks, it’s so true. Just like Putin, right? It’s unbelievable. We start with 3, then we go to 4, and then 5. It's all about strength, and nobody knows strength like me. We're talking about a progression, a strategy. Just like Putin does, so smart. You have to move step by step, building power. That’s how you win, that’s how you get things done. Trust me, it works."

Trump in one of his rallies (probably)

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[-] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago

Ok hear me out…

Trump wants to be a dictator, sure. He was a terrible president and it would be a disaster if he was reelected.

Now that you know my position, listen to what he said at the NRA convention. He wasn’t saying ‘hey maybe I’ll serve 3 terms’… what he was saying was ‘if I get elected in 2024 then would that be two terms or three terms? Because we all know I was elected to a second term back in 2020 and so even though Biden is acting president, I am in my second term now, so a win in 2024 is a third term.’

The man is an idiot and rambled incoherently throughout the NRA speech. He reiterated his usual batch of racist xenophobic statements and bragged about his uncle at MIT… he is a one trick pony and there is plenty to poke fun at.

Would he tout the idea of a third term for himself? Sure! Is that what he did in this case, not precisely.

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago

If he gets even one we are doomed

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[-] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago

So let's see here, Trump is 77 years old, but will be 78 at the time of election. Let's just add eight years and we get 86... yep he's angling for president for life.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

Yep, and his brain will be mush, so who knows who'd really be running the show.

[-] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Will be? It already is.

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

He's angling for hereditary dictatorship.

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[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

Republicans hate the constitution, so… this checks out.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

noted fascist is a fascist, more at 5

Guys I'm starting to think that this Trump fellow might not like democracy

[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

Lock him the fuck up already

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

that's how dictators dictate

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Not the first time he's done this.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4673353-trump-suggests-he-could-be-a-three-term-president-if-he-wins-election/

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Man, all those guns, and no one shot him in the face multiple times. What a shame. Damn shame.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

That would never happen: These brave 2A champions have completely banned firearms from these conventions for security reasons.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

It's my biggest gripe against the left. Imagine betting your life on a game of football where one side is playing no contact tag rules and the other is playing full lethality death ball rules. We'll sit here and talk about how they're not playing fair, but pride parades won't march with guns. We'll cry about how horrid it is that they force their religion into our schools but we won't use the same system to fight it.

The left will die for their beliefs, but the right will kill for them. Only one of those methods leaves survivors.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

As the saying goes, "go far enough left and you get your guns back." It's not leftists clutching pearls over "gun violence;" it's privileged centrist liberals (a.k.a. MLK's "white moderates") doing that.

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

To be honest I think Clinton or Obama would have been president for life if two term limits weren't imposed.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

He really, really wants to stay out of prison.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I'm a little surprised he hasn't already tried to defect to Russia, but I doubt he's clever enough to shake his secret service detail.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Someone asked if Republicans will ever run a candidate other than Trump while he is alive. He has such a strong grip on the party that even if he keeps losing he may remain the R candidate, in 2028 and beyond.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

At this point it’s The Heritage Foundation who would win and run the presidency, Trump is just a bobble head conman running scams on his supporters

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Of course this was going to happen, it was only a matter of time.

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