Edit: As sad as it makes me to change it, the revised headline is better and more accurate than “running his campaign into the ground,” which is what it used to be before they changed it but forgot the title meta tag.
And yet the presidential race is a tossup. Go vote if you can and haven’t already.
The Trump/GOP plan is to lose, claim election fraud, force a recount, and cheat on the recount with the SCOTUS stepping in if it looks like Trump may lose (similar to Bush v Gore). They’ve been prepping for it for a while now but since Biden dropped out, Trump may not actually win by popular vote so they have to rely on the back up plan of cheating.
I have a theory that this is by design.
His supporters have shown they’re gonna vote for him either way. If (when?) he gets into power, he’ll be deposed very quickly by his own supporters, leaving that Sock Puppet JD Vance doing whatever Peter Thiel tells him to do.
Why do you think he will be deposed? I think you underestimate his cult of personality support and I think his supporters would see it as a betrayal if he stepped down right away for any reason.
Because he’s ancient and the job is done - to elect a Dictator
As soon as he’s elected, unless I am mistaken, there’s no way for the electorate or anyone else to eject him beyond the 25th amendment and that just puts the VP in power. Maybe he’ll switch Vance for Musk at some future point?
Clearly, I’m no expert here, but there is also clearly no way the Suit-wearing Cheeto is gonna last until the next election cycle and a lot of this will end up at the Supreme Court where we all get royally fucked…
Musk isn’t a natural born citizen of the US and therefore can’t be President or VP
And yet you’re not supposed to commit light treason, but here we are… Coups work as they change laws/norms along the way
I really think JD Vance as a supreme dictator would have a very hard time keeping his seat in power without being dragged into the street and murdered Mussolini style. Donald Trump on the other hand has rabid fervent support from his supporters that I have never seen any other leader in the western world in my 34 years alive.
And yet, on the basis of what we see, clearly isn’t capable of managing the four weeks in office let alone four months.
If he wins, how you do think it would play out?
Like Reagan’s last term but less Alzheimer’s and more loud fascist rhetoric and a ton of executive orders and heritage foundation making moves towards right wing monarchy.
The trump campaign continues operating the exact same as it has for 8+ years! Get the full story at 11, only on our shitty news channel, and 1000 sister sites!
As if it wasn’t irrational in 2016
It would only be remarkable if it were rational.