[HoosierDaddy]

Abyss, on 17 September 2024 - 02:10 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 16 September 2024 - 06:25 PM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 16 September 2024 - 05:53 PM, said:

I think I have misjudged Trump. With the attempts on his life, I would have expected him to find a way to quit somehow. He's thin skinned and only out for himself. Has he got himself in too deep to get out? Or do you get used to threats on your life? Or is he more ideological than we thought?

If he doesn't become president again he'll probably go to prison.
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This.

Also, he thinks he's immortal and destined to triumphantly return to rule America and this time he'll do away w that silly two-term limit thing and then, well, you're familiar w the Emperor from WH40K or maybe The President from TRANSMETROPOLITAN.....

He's staying in the race because of ego and his "legacy" whatever the hell that means to him. I don't think he goes to prison, even if convicted because he's too old and too difficult to protect.

What I REALLY want the convictions to do is absolutely deligitmize him and his grifting buddies and all the bullshit they sold the deplorables on. If they see him get away with it, they think they can too. This way they can investigate all the side deals and selling out of the country they did and take it back.

[Cause]

Tsundoku, on 17 September 2024 - 08:45 AM, said:

Cause, on 17 September 2024 - 12:50 AM, said:

I always ponder when I see how some presidents can just casually ride the subway to work whereas the us president needs round the clock counter snipers and an armored car with built in machine guns to go a block.

1. Because America.
2. Being so big and powerful and having such an effect for so long does tend to make a lot of enemies based on the fact you are America, not so much who you are individually.

Hasn’t every American president been assasinated by an American though?

[Tsundoku]

Cause, on 17 September 2024 - 08:49 PM, said:

Tsundoku, on 17 September 2024 - 08:45 AM, said:

Cause, on 17 September 2024 - 12:50 AM, said:

I always ponder when I see how some presidents can just casually ride the subway to work whereas the us president needs round the clock counter snipers and an armored car with built in machine guns to go a block.

1. Because America.
2. Being so big and powerful and having such an effect for so long does tend to make a lot of enemies based on the fact you are America, not so much who you are individually.

Hasn’t every American president been assasinated by an American though?

See #1.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Iran has been reportedly trying to assassinate Trump. Though it's not clear whether that's via US citizens or (gasp!) undocumented migrant assassins.

Of course a large part of it is all the guns, as well as the history of successful presidential assassinations. Have non-Americans---heads of state or otherwise---who have had immense influence on military policy been provided with comparable security details? OTOH obviously few if any have had power comparable to that of post-apocalypse-inducing-nuclear-arsenal US presidents---possibly some Soviet leaders but IDK.

Fun fact: the last US president for whom there are no public records of an assassination attempt was LBJ. Apparently none against Eisenhower either, though IDK how they'd count his service during WWII as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force... I'd imagine the Nazis were trying to assassinate him. Speaking of Nazis...

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Mark Robinson, whose support from Trump guided him to [North Carolina's] Republican gubernatorial nomination [...] referred to himself as a "black NAZI!" and declared

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himself a "perv," writing of his love for "watching tranny on girl porn! That's f*cking hot!" (Robinson's campaign rhetoric has been sharply transphobic.) He reportedly referred to Martin Luther King Jr. as a "f*cking commie bastard" and said "slavery is not bad," adding that he might like to "buy a few." [...]

Despite some last-minute pressure from Republicans to drop out of the race, though, Robinson stayed in past a key [...] deadline for withdrawing. [...] he threatens to drag Trump down with him [...] The presidential race in North Carolina is one of the closest in the country. If it moves even another point or so in Harris' direction, it meaningfully widens her path to the presidency.

Mark Robinson, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris: The biggest political stories of the week. (slate.com)

I confess I lol'd at

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"he [said he] might like to 'buy a few'"

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But hopefully he didn't... and doesn't have them hidden away anywhere. Apparently Diddy did... (sex slaves, that is).

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"Mein Kampf is a good read," minisoldr [Mark Robinson] wrote. "It's very informative and not at all what I thought it would be. It's a real eye opener."

[...] "I'd take Hitler over any of the sh*t that's in Washington right now," [...]

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the "minisoldr" moniker may be a reference to 1/6 scale toy soldiers that the user linked to Robinson dressed up in Nazi uniforms. Those model soldiers — made by manufacturer Ultimate Soldier — notably do not include Nazi emblems or symbols with their models, meaning the SS insignia displayed on the photos posted by the "minisoldr" account was painted by hand.

[...] a duolingo account with the "minisoldr" username also spent several hours attempting to learn German.

'Mein Kampf is a good read': Account linked to Mark Robinson praised Hitler's manifesto - Alternet.org

Several hours? Such commitment.. or maybe he's a genius. Just like Trump!

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 21 September 2024 - 01:58 PM

[Tsundoku]

Truth via parody.