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Fiendish Thingy

(21,124 posts)
40. Why have you surrendered in advance?
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:28 PM
Thursday

Trump is not yet a fascist dictator, despite his hopes and dreams and the enabling of his party.

Trump has much power as president, but he doesn’t have the total control of a true dictator.

He can only become a true dictator if we let him.

Will you let him?

P.S. Ferdinand Marcos left peacefully when enough of his people took to the streets

P.PS. They may not follow the laws of the legal system, but they can’t disobey the laws of physics, which they will have to deal with once the new president is sworn in on 1/20/29…unless of course your prediction of a military coup comes true.

Will you accept my invitation to create an “I told you so” post if your prophecy comes true?

You joined DU on election day last year, but haven’t been very active…until this defeatist thread seemed to pique your interest…why is that?

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The tyrant will not vacate the White House voluntarily. dalton99a Thursday #1
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
If they bring him out feet-first, I'll be okay with that. Aristus Thursday #2
have you seen him try to walk? NJCher Thursday #3
He needs double-hip surgery, it was announced a few days ago FakeNoose Thursday #27
Stop perpetuating defeatist mythology Fiendish Thingy Thursday #4
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
We are in this together Fiendish Thingy Thursday #8
Of course, we always must resist tyranny, Our founders are counting on us! CTyankee Thursday #11
We? Aren't you Canadian? BannonsLiver Thursday #17
You didn't want to make it seem hopeless? MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #26
Not according to Republicans on X womanofthehills Yesterday #53
Did you forget the sarcasm thingy? Solomon Thursday #14
My post was reality based Fiendish Thingy Thursday #15
Your "reality" is based on expectation of conformance to norms LR3 Thursday #16
My posts are grounded in physical reality, and reject dystopian fantasies Fiendish Thingy Thursday #18
Stamp your feet and insist that your opinion is "reality" all you want LR3 Thursday #19
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
You clearly haven't thought this through Fiendish Thingy Thursday #23
Again, you think they are bound by laws or the Constitution LR3 Thursday #31
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
Why have you surrendered in advance? Fiendish Thingy Thursday #40
It is quite the opposite LR3 Yesterday #42
Your prediction of a military coup was implicit in your other prophecies Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #45
No, unless you define a military coup, as the military doing nothing LR3 Yesterday #48
So, when a new president not named Trump is inaugurated in 2029, what will the military do? Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #49
As opposed to stomping your feet and insisting that it's true? EdmondDantes_ Thursday #22
Nah, I'm not insisting that I must be right because only my vision is "reality" LR3 Thursday #24
Some of us have noticed how he ignores laws synni Thursday #29
He can't ignore the laws of physics Fiendish Thingy Thursday #34
Your interlocutor is Canadian. BannonsLiver Yesterday #47
Thank GOD one person on this board pushes back on this wimpy democratsruletheday Thursday #37
Trump tried to stay last time and we got a riot LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #5
Is it bad karma to wish the worst on him? CTyankee Thursday #7
No, "karma" and "wishes" aren't real JoseBalow Thursday #32
fuckin' A right.... democratsruletheday Thursday #38
God help us if he needs an organ transplant in order to live. Baitball Blogger Thursday #9
Probably from some poor schlep who is on Death Row. CTyankee Thursday #10
Have heard that the ballroom isn't scheduled to be completed until 2029 and can't imagine allegorical oracle Thursday #12
Before 2028 comes, area51 Thursday #13
By then, he will be rotted meat in his gold-laden, over-sized sarcophagus. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #25
What a great thought! Heh, heh, heh... CTyankee Thursday #28
He won't have a choice. Ms. Toad Thursday #30
Yep, the power goes off at noon on January 20, 2029. Sogo Thursday #35
That is an awesome idea!!! MorbidButterflyTat 23 hrs ago #55
Plus - half his party no longer likes him womanofthehills Yesterday #54
It doesn't matter if he won't leave. Sogo Thursday #36
Or he may control the Republican Party so long as he is alive? kentuck Yesterday #43
Let's hope he's totally incapacitated by then... CTyankee Yesterday #44
Then we will know that he "has stuff" on all of them. Sogo Yesterday #50
He will be 82 in January 2029 JI7 Yesterday #46
Unnamed sources say the President is 'riddled with arthritis' Coldwater Yesterday #51
He won't make it. Jeffrey is calling, and the two will be together again soon. usonian Yesterday #52
He's building his bunker bcbink 23 hrs ago #56
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