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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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[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 10 points 58 minutes ago (5 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

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 5 points 29 minutes ago

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

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 4 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 12 minutes 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.
[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 2 points 26 minutes ago

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

Oh wait!

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 1 points 22 minutes ago

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

[–] oz1sej@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

He will be president for the rest of his life.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 14 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

$50.00 for a fucking Made in China hat.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago

With tariffs, $120

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 50 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (4 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.

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 2 points 57 minutes ago

He doesn't care about that. Because he's going to jail after regardless. So whilst he may be president, he's fucked suffer way

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

But then we get Vance

If Trump dies in 2026 then there are 10 constitutionally valid years of Vance ruling.

Do you think the Constitution will stay unaltered until 2036?

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 40 minutes ago

Yes, all the ways to alter the constitution are fundamentally broken.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

Because of this comment, I think I’m going to start saving a little money for a quick trip to DC. I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I think I want to be there when it does.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

We'll see. But I'll be marching at your side if it comes down to it.

[–] Skunk@piefed.social 5 points 2 hours ago

I don't get the "rigged 2020 election" argument.

Did he forgot about his first mandate? If he won in 2020/21 it would still make 2 mandates and he theoretically would not been able to go for 2024/25.

OFC it is just a shit excuse to please his crowd, but math are math, one + one still equals two, 2020 election or not.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Let me guess ... a 3rd term cannot end after four years but is a term for life .....

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 31 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours 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:

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

I was thinking of making a sign to be carried at a protest. One side would say "Honk if you support Trump." The other side would say something like, "Only the assholes are honking."

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Performative acts like that shirt are the proof-of-faith that the republiQans require. It's very tied up with Evangelical Christianity in an awful way.

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 56 points 6 hours ago (13 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.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It still isn't currently legal for him to run for a third term.

Being a convicted felon made it illegal for him to run for a second term. Still didn't stop him.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

are you sure about that? theres been candidates literally in prison receiving electoral votes before

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 hour ago

I'm sure Spongebob has received write in votes before. That doesn't make him a legal candidate.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

It's more than likely just another grift to leech money from his drove of idiot supporters.. but who knows with this asshole

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

This is why they are so actively defying the courts and ignoring their rulings, especially the Supreme Court, and he'll be doing it as often as possible between now and Election Day 2025. That way, when he defies them to serve a 3rd term, it will just be the latest in a long series of violations, and people will be too fatigued to fight about it.

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[–] snf@lemmy.world 26 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

To be clear. It's not just "the law" it's the goddamn constitution

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 26 points 5 hours ago (18 children)

Just a piece of paper unless someone enforces it.

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[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 3 points 3 hours ago

$50 hat bro is he fr 💀

[–] valkyrieangela@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Could be a major grift, could be a very serious motion to run again, we don't know what's real because he'll try anything and knows his shit licking supporters will be right behind him to thank him. I'm skeptical but I'm ready to face the worst.

[–] TacticalCheddar@lemm.ee 1 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

Legally the only way he could run again would be to modify the Constitution which is simply impossible since the Democrats will never agree to it.

Which means he'll have to do it the Trump way by forcing things. => 2028 comes up, he announces he's going to run again and his fanbase will support him.

=>The Republican leadership will then have to choose between supporting him again or not supporting him and splinter the party. They will probably choose to support him which will trigger probably the biggest constitutional crisis since the Civil War.

=>Democrat states and maybe a few Republican will refuse to put him on their ballots and the Supreme Courts has to get involved. A Supreme Court that is dominated by 6 Republican appointed judges at the moment (3 of whom were appointed by Trump). If more Democrat appointed judges die during his current term, then there's a fair chance he'll have complete control over it by the 2028 election. They might actually reinterpret the Constitution to let him run.

I'm honestly very concerned for the US. Maybe he chokes on a chicken wing and we can avoid this whole mess.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 37 minutes ago

We've just recently seen there are only two justices willing to follow Trump off the cliff when push comes to shove.

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