King Trump

[Horace]

After all these years, this is the first conversation I’ve ever heard about the nuts and bolts of Trump plausibly deciding not to leave office. The discussion starts with commentary about Rachel Maddow doing some fear mongering about King Trump, if he wins in 2024. But the hosts make this first attempt I’ve ever heard, to investigate the plausibility. Apparently the clearest path was for Pence to refuse to certify, then scotus to grant Trump the presidency when Biden complained. SCOTUS would have done this for reasons, with some non zero chance.

I continue to be amused at the total lack of discussion around plugging the loopholes in our Democracy that are apparently waiting there for any given president to use to unilaterally decide he wants to be dictator for life.

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