Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?

[Horace]

@Axtremus said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

How long did it take Bloomberg before he brought up serving a third term as NYC Mayor?

What an excellent question, Ax!

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

What’s your over/under on when he suggests he should get a third term?

Is that legally possible?

[Mik]

He can suggest anything but it won’t happen. I doubt he suggests it.

[Horace]

@Klaus said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

@jon-nyc said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

What’s your over/under on when he suggests he should get a third term?

Is that legally possible?

The process would be a constitutional amendment. Once constitutional amendments are on the table, almost anything is possible, for any president. It's always been that way, and it'll always be that way.

[Copper]

If the amendment did happen, Mr. Obama would be the next president.

Be careful what you wish for.

[Jolly]

Ain't gonna be no such amendment.

Utterings from the TDS Swamp without a shred of common sense.

[Mik]

@Jolly correct.

[LuFins Dad]

Besides, the message from the future tells us that Trump does and Vance takes over when he’s 39 years old. That means DJT must die…(checks the calendar) at least 7 months ago…

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

What’s your over/under on when he suggests he should get a third term?

Why didn't he suggest that last time?

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

Why didn't he suggest that last time?

He was too busy being a shitty Hitler.

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

Why didn't he suggest that last time?

He was too busy being a shitty Hitler.

Yeah I know right, the Jewish community really had a hard time when he was pres—OH NO WAIT THAT'S THE OTHER GUYS.

[jon-nyc]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

@jon-nyc said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

What’s your over/under on when he suggests he should get a third term?

Why didn't he suggest that last time?

He still had a second term to look forward to. But he did once suggest he was owed 2 more years in his first term due to the Russia investigation.

[Copper]

@jon-nyc said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

he was owed 2 more years in his first term due to the Russia investigation.

That's reasonable.

[jon-nyc]

@jon-nyc said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

What’s your over/under on when he suggests he should get a third term?

Did anyone have 3 days on their bingo card?

I didn’t make a guess, but had I done so it would have been around midterms. Trump is already outperforming my expectations.

[89th]

Trump doesn't like to lose, but if the rule says he has to retire in 2028 when he's 82 I don't think he'll mind stepping aside and letting his protégé (Vance) take over in 2028. That would be a good GOP legacy, and it doesn't involve him risk losing.

To your original point @LuFins-Dad I think that is a good analysis. He was certainly caught off guard in 2016 when he won, but now he knows how the Swamp works.

[Horace]

I think the better reason why Trump won't try to run for a third term, is that he'd need to amend the constitution to do so.

[89th]

Call me a n00b but I always thought it was a limit of two terms consecutively... I didn't realize it was a total of only two terms.

[Tom-K]

@89th said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

Call me a n00b but I always thought it was a limit of two terms consecutively... I didn't realize it was a total of only two terms.

“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,” 22nd Amendment.

[LuFins Dad]

@Tom-K said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

@89th said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

Call me a n00b but I always thought it was a limit of two terms consecutively... I didn't realize it was a total of only two terms.

“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,” 22nd Amendment.

Easy fix… Just make him Speaker of the house after his term, then have the duly elected President and VP step down…

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

@Tom-K said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

@89th said in Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?:

Call me a n00b but I always thought it was a limit of two terms consecutively... I didn't realize it was a total of only two terms.

“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,” 22nd Amendment.

Easy fix… Just make him Speaker of the house after his term, then have the duly elected President and VP step down…

Terrifying.