Trump says he will only be a dictator 'on day one' if re-elected
www.euronews.com
Donald Trump has declined to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House.
  • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
    491·
    1 year ago

    Day One

    Dictator Trump: I am disbanding the US Constitution, and implementing a new one that gives the Office of the President supreme power. Whatever the President says becomes law and supersedes Congress and the Supreme Court. The sole purpose of Congress and the Supreme Court are to support the President however it’s requested by the President. Anyone that disagrees with the President will be immediately be found guilty of high treason and punished by death without a trial. Only the President can decide who is allowed to run for President in elections. The only person that can adjust this constitution is the President, and only in order to give the President more power.

    Day Two

    President Trump: Sorry, guys. I’m just following the new constitution that the dictator before me implemented. ¯\(ツ)/¯

    • mub
      8·
      1 year ago

      You joke, but that is uncomfortably believable.

      • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I can see why people would think I’m joking, but I am not. This is the kind of bs he would pull. He’s warning us, bragging, and setting us up to shift blame onto us at the same time.

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
      28·
      1 year ago

      Most of the nation doesn’t want this, the problem is that the 30-40% that do are the ones who actually go to the voting booths. Worse, they show up armed to the voting centers and stand around intimidating people under the guise of “ensuring security” or some other bullshit

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      19·
      1 year ago

      To be fair, he didn’t win the popular vote and probably won’t again. He’ll still get elected because of our fucked up rules, though.

    • LoamImprovement@beehaw.org
      6·
      1 year ago

      I can. My fellow countrymen are fucking idiots who literally believe every lie they’re fed as long as they get it from someone with the magic ® next to their name. The intended result of having a dogshit educational system.

  • Poggervania@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    I wish more people took after my boy Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus and actually be a good dictator who resigns like, two weeks after he’s appointed.

    EDIT: should clarify I meant a good dictator as in a dictator who does whatever needs doing to improve or solve a problem in a way that strictly leaves the people better off. Y’know, the original intent of the position.

  • ArugulaZ@kbin.social
    5·
    1 year ago

    And if Biden wins, Trump will recognize the inevitability of his imprisonment and kill himself. Then he’ll be dead from day one to the rest of eternity, which is a better deal from where I’m standing.