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In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm not so sure I agree that he will be held accountable for his actions if he doesn't win. I think he still narrowly avoids prison even if he doesn't win, or maybe only spends like 3 days maximum in prison, sadly.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago

I really don’t think his Supreme Court is going to allow him to have a custodial sentence. They showed they were fully on the Trump train by finding immunity in the constitution when it plainly reads otherwise.

[–] FlyingSquid 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There's also the possibility of house arrest. I'll take that.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

It doesn’t seem like a real consequence. Also, what if he breaks it? Will there be a consequence for that? I don’t see it happening.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For most people, it would be a horrible punishment to be forced to spend your older years at one of his resorts*… surrounded exclusively by people who are happy to support him financially.

*or maybe “resort”, anybody know if you can stay at any impeached ex-presidential resorts besides mar-AHHHH!!!-lago?

lol:

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

surrounded exclusively by people who are happy to support him financially.

I think you greatly overestimate who would plan on sticking around if Trump ended up disgraced after the election and under house arrest. He will have completely outlived his usefulness.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I hope so. Maybe it would just be these four

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

i think the reason it's considered a resort is because hes only allowed to stay there for like 30 days at a time, no longer. Since it's not legally considered to be a "private residence" and that has something to do with it's tax status i think? Which i think is also due to it's zoning status.

I believe this is pretty common amongst rich people who own multiple properties.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He is not a healthy man, Trump will die before he's held accountable for anything. He's lived a long life of being a terrible person and the only consequence he'll face for it is the stress of court cases through his final years and the knowledge that only 40ish% of voters would vote for him again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Nah, the miracle of modern medicine with being able to afford the best doctors in the world will keep him for many years to come.

[–] TurnpikeRangers 10 points 3 months ago

You may be absolutely correct, but we know for a fact that he won't be held accountable if he does win.