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Jack Valentino

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14. More than "half" of the country is AGAINST a dictatorship!

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:40 PM

Sep 20

so "half of the country" does NOT support a dictatorship!

Don't overstate the support for fascism---

such talk is defeatist, hyperbole, and NOT factual!

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Trump is clearly mentally unstable. What would will happen if his own party tells him he can't be president after [View all] Doodley Sep 20 OP

What if they told him he can't be president after tomorrow? Wonder Why Sep 20 #1

To paraphrase W Bush, the answer could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. . Doodley Sep 20 #8

Long long long before that there will be no elections Eliot Rosewater Sep 20 #2

I'm not so sure half the nation want that. Polls show only 25% strongly support Trump. Wait until inflation kicks in. Doodley Sep 20 #4

No more elections means approval ratings don't matter. Eliot Rosewater Sep 20 #9

More than "half" of the country is AGAINST a dictatorship! Jack Valentino Sep 20 #14

He's kind of a nut isn't he. I think he'd nuke if given an excuse, yes Blues Heron Sep 20 #3

Scary. Doodley Sep 20 #6

He's itching to, he has the code, it's like a car in the garage begging to be taken for a spin, no good just parked! Blues Heron Sep 20 #10

Kind of?! buzzycrumbhunger Sep 20 #11

If the Dems win the house in 2026 Johonny Sep 20 #5

I think if they promised him an unlimited bank account for life and no possibility of prosecution, he'd go for it. chowmama Sep 20 #7

But will he live that long? QED Sep 20 #12

I don't believe he'll live that long.... one way or another Jack Valentino Sep 20 #13

I thought he wouldn't last until January, 2021. Aristus Sep 20 #16

Yes, he'd start WW3. Turbineguy Sep 20 #15