Trump Considering Pulling U.S. Out of Constitution

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it “maybe the worst deal ever,” Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he is considering pulling the United States out of the United States Constitution.

“I’ve seen a lot of bad deals in my life, but this Constitution is a total mess,” he said. “We need to tear it up and start over.”

Trump was scathing in his remarks about the two-hundred-and-twenty-nine-year-old document, singling out for special scorn its insistence on three branches of government. “The branches thing is maybe the worst part of this deal,” he said. “The first thing we do when we pull out of the Constitution is get rid of two of those branches.”

He also called the First Amendment “something that really has to go.”

“No one in his right mind would put something like that in a Constitution,” he said. “Russia doesn’t have it. North Korea doesn’t have it. All the best countries don’t have it.”

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[dalton99a]

1. .

[NastyRiffraff]

2. I know it's satire, but

it's uncomfortably close to what could be the truth.

[dameatball]

3. Yup, almost enough states are interested in a constitutional convention for it to happen.

Then......holy hell!!

[lunatica]

4. It would have to pass in every state to get er done

It won’t happen that way.

[dameatball]

6. It was my understanding that it calls for 34 states to request a constitutional convention where

amendments could be proposed. Then those amendments go back to the states and 38 states must approve them. Is that incorrect? My info is just from casual googling, so I could be wrong. I hope I am.

Article V addresses it.

[lunatica]

10. You're correct except it has to pass in 38 states

Thanks for correcting me.

Both the House and the Senate have to pass a proposed amendment by two-thirds majority each in a joint resolution and the President doesn’t get a say, or get to sign anything. OR by a constitutional convention called by two-thirds of the State Legislatures. It should be noted that none of the amendments were passed by the states in a constitutional convention, probably because it is so complicated. Obviously it’s built into Article V to be extremely difficult.

The proposed amendment still has to be ratified by three-fourths of the states which comes to 38 states. The President can sign the ratification as a witness, but doesn’t have any say otherwise. That includes starting the process.

Right now the House Republicans have just over half the seats, not two-third or three-fourths.

I’m very optimistic that no member of any party would vote to abolish the Constitution.

Thanks again for questioning my assertion. It lead to me learning something!

[dameatball]

12. I wish your original number was correct....:) It was only recently I learned how close we are.

[bdamomma]

8. yea, for real

ssssshhhhhh................he is crazy enough to do it too, then we have our revolution.

[grantcart]

9. Borowitz has pioneered a new genre "Non fiction satire"

[treestar]

5. Lol borowitz

Not far from not being satire

[Gothmog]

7. I love good satire

[mvd]

11. Satire that unfortunately has a bit of truth to it

If Trump could, he would wreck the Constitution.