Trump Unveiling 2028 Campaign Hats Sends Users in a Spiral: 'Soft Launching a Fascist Dictatorship Is Insane'
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The Trump Store is now selling $50 "Trump 2028" hats.

Summary

The Trump Store released $50 “Trump 2028” hats Thursday, sparking backlash online as Trump has repeatedly hinted at running for a third term.

“I have had more people ask me to have a third term,” Trump said on March 31, claiming the 2020 election was “totally rigged.”

Steve Bannon said he’s exploring “five or six different alternatives” to enable a third run.

Critics on social media called it “insane” and a sign of “fascist” ambitions. Though barred by the 22nd Amendment, Trump could run again if it were overturned by Congress and the states. However, it would require a two-thirds vote of Congress and three-fourths vote of the states.

  • Libra00@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Except it’s not being able to be elected, because he’s served two terms and that limitation isn’t just a law, it’s an amendment. I don’t care how much of congress they control, changing it will require a new amendment and that’s just exceedingly unlikely to happen, much less happen before the end of his current term. So if he can’t change the rules, attempting to stay in power anyway is absolutely fascist dictatorship material.

    • Ferrous@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      The 22nd amendment does not prohibit Trump from serving a third term. It prohibits Trump from being elected a third time. Weak ass document.

        • Ferrous@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 month ago

          What are you talking about? The amendment makes no mention of VP or succession.

          No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

          This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

          • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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            1 month ago

            The amendment doesn’t have to because VP already has the same requirements as president in the main body of the Constitution.

            Amendments are only the change being made, not reiterating what already existed. VP used to just be the second place in the presidential election.

            • Ferrous@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              1 month ago

              VP already has the same requirements as president in the main body of the Constitution.

              Show me how this keeps Trump from being allowed to succeed into POTUS. Yall are backpedalling because you’ve never actually read the Constitution.

              The 22nd amendment prohibits Trump from doing this

              No it doesn’t

              well sure, but the “main body” (the articles…) does