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In reply to the discussion: When his second term is over, he won't leave. [View all]Ms. Toad
(37,916 posts)30. He won't have a choice.
He will be escorted out - willing or not - by the people who work for the 48th president, beginning January 20, 2029 at noon.
Obedience to Trump comes because he has the power of the office, and because of that the ability to wreak havoc in the lives of people who oppose him. As of 12:00 PM on January 20, 2029, he returns to being an ordinary citizen - with no possibility of becoming president again. No power to withhold money (even on a temporary basis), no power to award contracts, no power to sic the justice department on anyone who dares oppose him.
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I have a feeling he will be gone within six months. I had a dream monday night he died of a heart attack
Trueblue1968
Thursday
#41
Oh, I didn't want to make it seem hopeless! It will just be very, very hard to get him to go...
CTyankee
Thursday
#6
My posts are grounded in physical reality, and reject dystopian fantasies
Fiendish Thingy
Thursday
#18
So, you're staking your position that the military will commit treason?
Fiendish Thingy
Thursday
#20
The military that Hegseth is systematically gutting of anyone not loyal to Trump over the Constitution?
LR3
Thursday
#21
If the military doesn't prop up Trump via a coup, he won't be president after 1/20/29
Fiendish Thingy
Thursday
#33
Once again you are imagining that they give one shit about laws or following precedent
LR3
Thursday
#39
So, when a new president not named Trump is inaugurated in 2029, what will the military do?
Fiendish Thingy
Friday
#49
Have heard that the ballroom isn't scheduled to be completed until 2029 and can't imagine
allegorical oracle
Thursday
#12
By then, he will be rotted meat in his gold-laden, over-sized sarcophagus.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
Thursday
#25