u/SqnLdrHarvey

Since donald trump retook power, he has lived up to what he said about ruling as a dictator from Day One.

He has ruled by decree (executive order).

He has unilaterally committed aggression against two countries (Venezuela and Iran) and has another in his sights (Cuba).

He has ignored court orders.

He is building a throne room on the White House and plans to build an arch to his "greatness" that looks very much like the one Albert Speer designed for Berlin as the capital of Grossdeutschland (Greater Germany).

He rules a 99% compliant party, and those who do have the temerity to stand against him are exiled (Liz Cheney, Thomas Massie).

Merrick Garland let him walk, out of fear, incompetence, complicity or a mix of all three.

SCOTUS ruled him above the law, which has never been done for a president before.

He is openly talking of defying the 22nd Amendment and trying to run again.

The Democrats have been reduced to "controlled opposition" (and save it with "WhAt dO YoU ExPeCt ThEm tO Do tHeYrE iN ThE MiNoRiTy aNd HaVe tO FoLlOw PrOcEdUrE AnD nOrMs?") who can only call for "hearings" and "investigations" and write "strongly worded letters."

Now the IRS have been forbidden to ever investigate him and his corrupt brood.

We are not going to see the Epstein files until after the old sod kicks off. If then.

I know I'm going to catch it from both sides - on one hand the "lol cry harder" MAGA drones and the "trust the system, just breathe and vote blue, bro" crowd on the other - but I honestly do not care.

Has the American experiment truly ended?

And, yes, I know I'll get "bot," "Russian troll" etc for this. 🙄

Online I frequently see people asking what can be done about our "elected king."

"Midterms."

What will stop him?

"Midterms."

How can he be brought to justice?

"Midterms."

How can he be reined in?

"Midterms."

You get it.

But, to play devils advocate...

What if it isn't the "blue wave" hoped for?

And if it is...

Does anyone really think Strongly Worded Letters Schumer and Hearings and Investigations Hakeem are going to allow it? It's not "civility," "bipartisanship" or "going high." At the very least, they're not going to do anything without "inviting (begging) 'our colleagues across the aisle' to cross the aisle for the good of the country," which isn't happening.

Also remember that between the election and when a new Congress is sworn in, Emperor Trumpatine will have two months to go scorched earth.

Has anyone made contingency plans, or is "midterms" the basket that Democrats are putting all their eggs into?

Is he "jUsT tRoLlInG yOu" yet again? 🙄

And so many of you claim to be "Christian," while completely ignoring the statue of the Golden Calf and warnings about idolatry throughout the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.

Tell us how that adds up.

What it looks like are the gigantic statues of the Kims in North Korea or the statues of Saddam Hussein that existed in Iraq.

I minored in sociology and social psychology. MAGA is a cult of personality, full stop.

And I know there are those here who will say "I love how he makes the left squirm!" If that's what gives you "fulfillment," I truly pity you.

trump is saying now "When I get out of office eight or nine years from now..."

So who will stop him if he tries?

He owns the courts and the Republican Party.

SCROTUS made him above the law.

Uncle Thomas, Sam-I-Am and Johnny Boy will bend over backwards to find a constitutional loophole enabling it.

So who will stand against him?

Strongly Worded Letters Schumer?

Hearings and Investigations Hakeem?

YES I KNOW there are true believers here who (inexplicably) believe there are still guardrails and all they have to do is say "but the Constitution..." I KNOW what it says. I also know he has shredded it from Day One, with near-impunity.

YES I KNOW he has disciples here who will say "HeS jUsT tRoLlInG yOu LoL."

YES I KNOW that there are going to be states who resist it. I also know there are deep-red states who will gladly bend the knee to him, as they have done since 2017.

YES I KNOW there are people who think "midterms" will solve everything.

YES I KNOW there are those who say "he won't live that long.". I also know Fred Trump lived to 93.

And YES I KNOW I'm going to get labelled "doomer," "divider," "troll" and "Russian bot." 🙄

But, honestly, can he be stopped, and if so, how (please don't say "vote blue").

I voted for the guy twice. And I'm not sorry I did.

But like every other meme I see is begging him to come out of retirement to "save" us.

Despite trump "teasing" an illegal third term, Barack Obama will do nothing of the sort.

He was a Constitutional law professor. He knows the Constitution backwards and forwards, and, unlike Emperor Trumpatine, he has far too much respect for the Constitution to try to run again.

To keep pining for the Obama years is illogical.

Obama, or anyone else, is not going to "save" us from trump.

And I know I'll catch hell for saying this. I do not care.

I come from a background of abuse and bullying that gave me PTSD.

I have never felt like a "normal" human being.

AA telling me I wasn't a "normie" only exacerbated that.