Vampire [any] to askchapo • 2 months agoHow realistic is it that Trump dismantles America's political system (elections, term-limits etc.)?message-squaremessage-square52 fedilinkarrow-up162
arrow-up162message-squareHow realistic is it that Trump dismantles America's political system (elections, term-limits etc.)?Vampire [any] to askchapo • 2 months agomessage-square52 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareMF_COOM [he/him]hexbear10·2 months agoI'm not from the US but I'd be pretty surprised if deciding on the length of a presidential term limit is something a president could just decide on. Like doesn't something like that require an act of congress? I'd be surprised if it doesn't require a supermajority to even get through there. link
minus-squareVampire [any]hexagonhexbear4·2 months agoBut that's the point: will he go extralegal link
minus-squareMF_COOM [he/him]hexbear7·2 months agoI mean he can do whatever he wants, but like there has to basically be a significant consensus backing him or he just gets removed by force on Jan 21. He doesn't have to believe in the law but if everybody else does that doesn't really matter. link
minus-squareVampire [any]hexagonhexbear3·2 months agoHe has millions of backers. Whether it'll be enough is the question. link
minus-squareMF_COOM [he/him]hexbear9·2 months agoYes, but only a fringe group of them want to elect a dictator for life and of them only a small selection of those would fight to make it happen. link
I'm not from the US but I'd be pretty surprised if deciding on the length of a presidential term limit is something a president could just decide on.
Like doesn't something like that require an act of congress? I'd be surprised if it doesn't require a supermajority to even get through there.
But that's the point: will he go extralegal
I mean he can do whatever he wants, but like there has to basically be a significant consensus backing him or he just gets removed by force on Jan 21. He doesn't have to believe in the law but if everybody else does that doesn't really matter.
He has millions of backers. Whether it'll be enough is the question.
Yes, but only a fringe group of them want to elect a dictator for life and of them only a small selection of those would fight to make it happen.