I think he will, but there might be a real primary challenge.
This is a sensitive question. Remember rule #1.
Man I understand sensitivity, but getting preemptively mad that someone might mention that in 4 years a really old guy could die of old age seems weird to me.
Just a preemptive warning. I’ve seen political threads get pretty heated. ;)
How would that even be against the rules? Pointing out an old guy might die is the epitome of “no shit Sherlock” posting.
I don’t see him running a lot already.
Last time he ran was to dodge the Vietnam draft.
I’m leaning towards “no”. His fragile ego will have taken two nasty blows in a row. Plus in four years he’ll be even older and more fragile, and it’s already pretty bad.
If I’m right, I’m sure he’ll endorse some other maga-clown instead.
I don’t think he’ll endorse anyone except maybe for pay. And I don’t think anyone will want his endorsement. Most of his endorsed primary candidates failed (as I recall, valid to double check that). It may not be a mark of death, but it doesn’t look like it helps.
I can’t be arsed checking/verifying your claim about the endorsement failure, but I do remember something similar, so it’s probably right.
I think he’s really good at compartmentalization and it wouldn’t surprise me if deep down he does think the election was stolen from him. I also don’t think he’ll be satisfied being on the political sidelines so he’ll run as long as he’s able.
Donny Jr hoping for daddy’s approval.
He might have his endorsement, but never his approval.
Jesus Christ, that’s brutal.
Like you’re stabbing a corpse at this point good sir.
Considering how many failed businesses he has under his name, I doubt failure is enough to hurt his ego. He’ll just make something up so he can pretend he’s still a success. Like how he claims he won the last election despite it being yet another failure to add to the pile.
Narcissists don’t know how to recognize their own failures
Yeah, while the cluster b two axis graph of opinion of self and opinion of others is useful it’s important to remember that narcissism is often rejection of acknowledgment of personal flaws. They don’t actually like themselves
I like your funny words magic man
He will absolutely run. But who wants to vote for a two time loser?
But who wants to vote for a two time loser?
…and that’s why (missing) money is going to tell him No.
What do you mean? Hasn’t lost and never will. /s
He eats too many hamburders to survive another four years.
One can pray for the cholesterol bullet to not miss as well.
Whether he runs again is not the right question. The council for national policy, an extreme right organization, is behind trumpism, supreme court justices trump nominated, and project 2025 which has been around since Reagan era but with different names. They will choose a different candidate as their wrecking ball who is younger and as fiery, unethical, without principles and an “outsider” as trump represent. Whether it’s JD Vance or someone else.
I don’t think that will work. I’ve had this same thought, but there just isn’t anybody in the public lexicon who fits the bill.
Agreed. A lot of money has been spent on crafting agenda and shaping public and party opinions. Although malicious, Project 2025 seems carefully considered. I assume the wealthy investors bankrolling the project have considered Trump’s mortality as well.
He will continue running until he wins or dies.
In other words, until he dies.
I sure hope that he won’t win
Unfortunately for us the worst people live the longest. Just look at henry kissinger
I think there’s a bit of bias there. History’s worst are considered as such because they died “a bad person,” which is of note to us, whereas most of humanity is good or at least complex.
Not only is news more sellable when its negative, but our books record the moments of tragedy more than peace, even the human genome favors “remembering” the negative in order to survive.
I feel like he would continue trying even after his turn limit if he won
No cap 50/50 odds he tries a postmortem run. Can’t put odds on whether it’ll be in spirit or “Weekend at Bernie’s”-style.
He is going to need a lot of money to stay out of jail, so yes, he will keep running to fleece until the last cent out the cultists.
No because in a video I just saw when he was speaking to a group of christians he said this is the election you need to vote in because when he is president there will be no more voting. He said this three times just to reinforce it.
Obviously just locker room talk. People are just taking his comments about ending democracy and becoming a dictator on day one out of context. He’s speaking metaphorically.
–“Centrists” still voting for Trump, probably
I’d like to believe that congress would never allow him to change the constitution and subvert due process, but you just never know what might happen with this guy.
He’d just do it and the supreme court would tell any legal challengers to fuck off
They might roll him out on a wheelchair and wipe away the fluids dribbling out of his ends but “run” is not a word I would use.
Run is a word that I would use when someone is leaking fluid out of their butt, though
I appreciate your input on his output, Dr. Butts.
They’ll see him rollin’ etc.
I’d be really surprised if he’s still alive
“I still miss my [wife|president] but my aim is improving”
Yes.
His ability to make a career out of running for president is too lucrative to give up, sadly.
Pretty difficult to run from prison.
Not at all. The guys designing the early drafts of the applicable laws seem to never have considered a convicted felon persuading millions and millions of people that it, or his active prison sentence, doesn’t matter because PwN tHe LiBs. Frankly, how could they?
Even though I’d like him to drop off the face of the Earth, I kinda hope he does run. He’ll be even less coherent. His insane rambling will be worse. He’ll have to run as an independent, because Republicans won’t bet on a losing horse again - and he definitely would lose. It’ll be a major public humiliation, and he deserves as many of those as possible.
Oi independent and split vote is a possibility.
Just more reason to laugh!
I feel like he’d just keep running until he wins and becomes a dictator or he dies.
