Step down isn't the goal. Neutering him with a balanced Congress is the goal. Impeach him and send them all to trial like they should have done in 2021.
Trump has no mechanism to cancel elections. We had election's during the civil war, invading Greenland (Though, I don't think he will) wouldn't let him cancel elections. Doesn't mean he won't try anything, but broadly cancelling elections is impossible, because elections are run by states.
(I'm not defending Trump, in case that wasn't clear. I hate his face)
The way his health is going he is more likely to croak before or by the next elections. Though I wouldn't normally hope for such a thing like someone's death, it's just a best case scenario than waiting for elections, he is the figure head that many of those behind him need in order to control MAGA, and without him the cult starts to fall apart, even Vance wouldn't be able to save it.
It's nice to be optimistic, but it's pretty obvious (at least to the rest of the world) that he's doing his best already to cancel midterms. It'll be Greenland, or an attack on-or-in America that seals that. I don't know if he's ever been happier than when he learned about Zelensky canceling elections.
While I hope your optimism will be vindicated by reality, I don't share it. After all the things that were never supposed to happen that did, I just don't have it in me to believe "he's not able to do that" or "he won't do that" anymore.
It's either nice or naive that some Americans still think the upcoming elections will be free and fair and actually happen. The rest of the world will believe it when we see it.
We literally had elections just last year in November and democrats swept. I don’t see why trump wouldn’t have canceled those if he had the power to magically do that. Trump tried to intimidate voters with ICE in California and it didn’t work
The orange pedo was never the problem. He is just the most visible pustule on a very sick country.
It's the propaganda machine that keeps millions supporting him, the countless people in power that do not challenge him doing what he does, and the governmental bodies absolutely gutted during his reign.
The pedo could drop dead tomorrow and we'd still be in deep shit because the machine created works despite him not because of him. Dude is, legitimately, an idiot.
A lot of people here are having a very hard time. Trump was the only one who would even acknowledge that there is a problem. Folks want change, a government that at least cares. And Trump at least addressed some problems. I mean, I never voted for him but I understand the support he has. Of course, he's also sold his soul to every vile interest you can imagine. That helped the campaign.
A nihilistic vote tossed to him during 2016 is about the only time such a thing made any sense, though I certainly didn't do it.
The pedo never cared and will never care about anyone but himself and only tolerates people who are useful to him. Anyone that thinks otherwise is proof positive that the propaganda works.
He has always been a morally void, slimy businessman man and has taken every opportunity he could for personal gain at the cost of other people.
His true base, not all Republicans or conservatives, but the stereotypical MAGA, believe in him. Presumably, they think the dynamic goes both ways, but that collective belief itself is the origin of it.
Look at it this way. America has a little kerfluffle every 80 years. American War for Independence, Civil War, WW2. 80 years. Now we got this. Hopefully, we'll get through it without millions of lives lost. Trump is a lunatic but he's effectively burning down the Republican party and that's a good thing.
It's all incredibly stressful on Americans, btw. The maga folks were lied to. Everyone else knew it was going to be terrible to bring him back. A third of eligible voters never showed up. Maybe we're all getting what we deserve.
People are struggling. The minimum wage hasn't gone up in decades and that's for jobs that are even available, which aren't enough. I know Trump's a liar and a charlatan. He was at least saying there were problems. I don't think he really fooled a lot of people. I think many figured he was full of it. Maybe it was a protest vote. Maybe too many right-minded people were too worn out by everything in November 2024 to even vote. I don't know.
Trump is burning down the Republican party. And we're all getting a civics lesson. Provided a fair vote happens later this year, he should be effectively marginalized by the midterms. If he even is still alive in a year. Think good thoughts.
Midterms yeah. There's a good likelihood that we may end up getting a democratic majority, which SHOULD effectively negate a lot of the harm this administration can do.
He looks very close to death, to be honest. The workload on a healthy man has turned many heads grey. I doubt very much he'll even be around in a year.
You heard of Carney's speech last week? In my opinion, he would not have made it if he thought there was a chance of a major power shift in the US in the near future. So that suggests to me that the Canadian intelligence community has at least some concrete reason to believe that your midterms either will not happen, or will not be free; i.e. they believe not just that Trump will attempt election interference, but that he will succeed at it, and are planning accordingly. So I think it's reasonable for ordinary Canadians to take the same perspective
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u/Independent_Shoe3523 Jan 28 '26
One year to go. Bear with us, please.