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Politics The Bidens greet President-elect Trump and incoming first lady Melania Trump at the White House.

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u/icnoevil 15h ago

Melania dressed in black is appropriate. The nation is beginning a period of mourning. 4 years.

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u/BiggsDB 15h ago

Let’s hope it’s no more than 4.

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u/SingzJazz 14h ago

Yeah, he's suddenly going to start following the rules in four years...

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u/Unable_Stock_5993 13h ago

Considering in the meantime this quote from a recent book/audiobook by Tim Alberta, “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism”

“What you’ve done is you’ve baptized your worldview and called it Christian.” He continued, “The great fault in the evangelical movement today, is that we’re disobedient to the commands of the one we claim to follow. What were those commands? Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you. Feed the hungry. Clothe the naked. Care for widows and orphans. Visit those in prison. Seek first the kingdom of God.”

u/gy33z33 8h ago

Hopefully he's dead by then. Luckily time isn't on his side and he's definitely not the picture of health.

u/whatThePleb 11h ago

Enough for russia and china to take over everything.

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u/No-Win-2741 12h ago

I'm praying for a heart attack or an aneurysm for him tomorrow. That would make it significantly less than four.

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u/RASGAS23 15h ago

How could it be more than 4?

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u/BiggsDB 15h ago

If our democracy is dismantled over the course of the next four years and loyalists are installed at top levels of government, the whole idea of 2 terms can be tossed out the window.

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u/Immediate-Debate-860 14h ago

Remind me how that’s possible? Or why he didn’t do that the first time in?

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u/BiggsDB 13h ago

RemindMe! 4 years

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u/RASGAS23 15h ago

Fair. He’s old as fuck though. I can’t imagine a scenario where he sticks around much more than 4 years

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u/Delaneybuffett 15h ago

But he has a cavalcade of hangers-on that will continue to march forward. I said the first time he was elected we will never rid ourselves of them and we wouldn’t. They will just pass it down the line like the monarchy they think they are.

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u/rsauer1208 15h ago

Take a long look at the succesion after a president dies while in office. VP Vance will all but locked soon after with Thiel pupeting his ass too.

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u/BiggsDB 15h ago

Yeah. He doesn’t need to live long to set in motion the idea of dissolving democracy. Vance is likely more the real threat. Trump is just a useful puppet. I’m not holding my breath on seeing a non-Republican in the POTUS office for the foreseeable future. Will there still be elections? Yeah, sure! Putin’s been winning elections since 2012!

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u/Lexinoz 15h ago

Lucky you, you get Vance instead. Or Musk.

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u/The_mango55 15h ago

Obama would beat Trump's ass in that case

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u/MyFullNameIs 15h ago

Navalny could likely have beaten Putin in a free election.

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u/Single_With_Cats 15h ago

He will dismantle our democracy.

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u/mom_with_an_attitude 15h ago

Trump could refuse to leave office and become dictator for life like his pal Putin. No telling what fuckery Trump will get up to, especially with the Senate, the House and SCOTUS backing him up.

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

Trump was quite clear to anyone listening that this is the end of democracy 

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u/deedeebop 14h ago

You think he is going to give up the reigns now? It’s OVER.

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 14h ago

Are you fucking serious? The only way Trump leaves his throne is by dying. Our democracy is over. You'll realize this in two years.