Will Donald actually be strengthened by being a Lame Duck?
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Donald lost a good portion of his first term due to a little bit of a learning curve as far as staffing as well as just learning the basics of governing. I also still think that we was as surprised as anyone that he was elected. He wasn’t able to get much accomplished legislatively.
The opening two years of this term should be quite different. He’s in a much stronger position in dealing with Congress, he has a much better understanding of what needs to happen in the various departments, and he doesn’t really need to worry about reelection. So a lot of those 3rd rail subjects like Social Security or Congressional term limits are wide open to him. And he has the popularity to push Congress Critters to go along or get sunk by him in Midterms…
And if he’s pushing populist policies, it will be very hard for AOC and such to cosplay as the resistance.
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@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?
Interesting question. He may even bring it up before inauguration.
How long did it take Bloomberg before he brought up serving a third term as NYC Mayor?
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@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.
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Ain't gonna be no such amendment.
Utterings from the TDS Swamp without a shred of common sense.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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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…
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@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?
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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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.
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