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[–] Dkarma 91 points 10 months ago (6 children)

It would be hilarious if Trump just keeled over. Not only would his fans go nuts with insane theories but it would save the country a lot of trouble.

[–] BassTurd 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Arguably, it's the best thing that could happen for this country right now, that's also in the realm of possibility. Like, a meteor conveniently taking out the more corrupt half of the supreme Court would obviously be better, but not realistic.

[–] jaybone 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I keep thinking someone might assassinate him. But that makes him some kind of martyr, which is bad. But then I wonder who would be the next demagogue and how would they use that to their advantage?

[–] BassTurd 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think his martyrdom is a small price to pay for his lack of existence.

[–] jaybone 3 points 10 months ago

I just wonder if he’s more dangerous as a martyr when someone else takes the reins and invokes his name. Now it validates their oppression.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

A certain archduke comes to mind.

[–] model_tar_gz 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, not right now. September or October would be better.

[–] Sanity_in_Moderation 2 points 10 months ago

Agreed. Make him a martyr now and someone will take the mantle.

[–] thesprongler 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I get a little bit excited every time there's a Breaking News alert on my phone. Unfortunately the definition of breaking news is now such that it basically means someone retweeted something stupid.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

GAME OVER: [Person with center-left politics/retired GOP politician with no skin in the game] TOTALLY HUMILIATES [Trump/MTG/any GOP demagogue] with argument

…it’s a just a tweet into the void that nobody with any stake in said argument will ever read

Thanks, HuffPost, MSNBC, et al, for basically all being MeidasTouch

[–] Bennettiquette 1 points 10 months ago

all the “[person] slammed by [person]” headlines.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You know they will wait for 3 days outside Maralago for the third cumming of christ.

[–] irreticent 4 points 10 months ago

And then Jesus came...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

All those Big Macs and KFC Big Crunch's have to come back to haunt him eventually. Dude can't be the only person on Earth immune to cholesterol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Trump kneeling over and dying would be arguably the worse outcome. We all saw what happened when Dear Leader took a L, with the culmination being January 6.

In Trump land, unless Dear Leader dies in a golden light and ascends to heaven. The autopsy could be conducted live with the most unbiased person and it still wouldn't matter. There will be massive conspiracy theories about the "Biden Crime Family"/Deep state/Hunter Biden's laptop etc. assassinated Trump and that revenge needs to be taken.

Trump needs to be made irrelevant first. No one is going to storm a building over someone who is irrelevant.