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You will not see that level of civic responsibility from Republicans ever again. Not after 40 years of hyper-polarization and constant purges of congresscritters who were insufficiently conservative.
Nixon did it because he was convinced he was about to be the first president to be impeached and removed from office. Instead he resigned and was immediately pardoned.
Tbf nixon saved so many resources by just skipping the impeachment. Dictator don is willing to spend millions or more to delay his impeachment as much as possible.
The GOP didn’t turn on him because they had “a spine and self respect”, “Faux News” was created because Nixon resigned and the goal was to basically create an alternate truth WHICH led to the child rapist known as Donald Trump
There's nobody else in their... "Party" who looms quite as large...
What?...
JD Vance!?...
I know him... That can't be... That's that... chubby couch fucker who spoke to me... all those months ago... What was it? '25?... That poor man they're going to eat him alive...
Ocean's rise! Think Tanks Faallll! Next to the Donald they all look smaaall. All alone.... Watch them run... They will TEAR each other into pieces Jesus Christ this will be fun...
Da da dat da daaaaa dat da da daayyaaa daaaa da da...
I’ve kinda felt like since trump is more of a figurehead than an actual policy maker, getting him elected was always just a way of getting in power. A mid term switch to Vance sets him up with two years of experience before the next election and allows him to run as an incumbent potentially twice. This move wouldn’t surprise from the party
Please, and yes. Give him dementia village. I am willing to sacrifice the Kennedy center, if he would just shut up go away and host KidRock extravaganzas.
Some podcast I listened to during Trump's first term had the idea of just giving Trump and Magats their own fucking Disneyworld, or Magaworld, theme park in exchange for getting out of politics. Make a Trump casino its Disney castle, and let every surrounding inch be some Maga fueled fantasy land based on owning the libs, being anti-woke, and of course Mickey Mouse style Trump merch everywhere. In a way, that's really all that those idiots, including Trump, want. A giant "safe space" theme park.
It already exists. It’s called Mar a Lago. You ever seen footage of what he gets up to in that place? It’s the worst reinforcement regimen for a personality disorder I’ve ever seen!
Honestly give them the entire state of Florida, if they need more land they can have Alabama & Mississippi too. Kill 3 shit stones with 1 really stupid rock.
Texas, then we build a wall around it and they can finally have their day in the sun. “We succeeded from USA! Our own country!” Sorry folks no re-entry.
I was all for putting his wall up across the Florida border, rename the state to "Trumpistan" and just let that be MAGA Mecca. The trade off is they can't leave Trumpistan once they are there without passports.
Then JD Vance will take over, who is less insane, but have the same dangerous ideology and don't get distracted from their big plan by small things like Trump is.
Vance is at least not dementia ridden and is not as stupid and narcissistic driven as trump
Which makes him potentially even more dangerous than Trump.
Vance received an elite legal education. He understands the rule of law. His remarks in the leaked Signal chat were refreshing, as he was the only recipient who pushed back on Hegseth's delusional reasoning.
He is, however, Peter Thiel's proxy, which is terrifying.
I think, at bottom, JD will do whatever the highest bidder requests. He also appears to primarily be a social climber.
Nope. All of the fucked up, evil, depraved, vile, ghoulish shit he has done is finally walling him in. He doesn’t get to slip off into happy dementia land smiling and shuffling and waving at paid actors while basking in the phony cheers and canned laughter in response to his “racist grandad” stories.
He can spend his final days in a padded cell in total isolation. Nothing to distract him from the horror of his fall. No happy little picture books or FOX and Friends segments or Truth Social rants. No visits from his children (who would probably just as soon forget he exists anyway). Nothing but a fresh diaper and bland meal served through a slot without a single word of acknowledgement. He deserves to enjoy minutes that feel like hours, howling and whimpering, sobbing and raging, til his voice gives out and he is too exhausted to do more than curl into a fetal ball and stair in semidelusional despair at his featureless cell walls until he falls asleep, and then wake up to the same nightmare, no perception of time, ad nauseam, like a dark, twisted parody of Groundhog Day.
Ozymandias should pity him. Sisyphus should be grateful he got off so lightly. Prometheus should look at him and say “At least I have a view!”
If he does he won’t be immune to prosecution any more right? No way was raping kids with Epstein on his island adventures covered by presidential immunity right? This was way before he was president.
But Vance will pardon him in exchange for it. I think this is also why he’s testing state pardons so he has a precedent fur Vance to take care of any state crimes too.
Vance would be made to resign. No way the RNC would let such a Fringe part of their coalition run the show. It would be a Nixon ordeal all over again. My money is on Desantis.
That's true of succession due to death or if the President and VP both can't perform the duty of president for some reason.
If trump resigns, vance take over and congress appoints the VP/approves Vance's choice for his own VP. Then if Vance resigns, that person takes over and the cycle repeats for their VP.
*unless they both get impeached/resign at the exact same time? Is that even possible? If so. Maybe then it goes to the Speaker?
He'll get Nixon'd by Vance and be given a blanket pardon. Besides, you'd be waiting years for Democrats to take over and they don't have the stomach to try and prosecute a former president. I'm not sure state charges are all that viable, he was already convicted of several and can't be prosecuted for them again.
He'll get pardoned by Vance or SCOTUS let's him off the hook. He's got his get out of jail free card and a few billion in the bank. He's good as far as he's concerned.
More like Miller wants Trump to stay in power because its the only thing protecting his Nazi ass from being thrown in a cell or worse for the rest of his miserable life.
He's already not doing any part of the job of president. There's no benefit to anyone in his orbit (except jd) if he steps down; in fact it's detrimental to the millers and voughts of the world who are doing what they want with the full weight of his authority.
Let's not start getting our hopes up for such massive shifts. Indistinctly recall Trump casually talking about how people wanted him to step down, back in the spring. He talks about this kind of stuff because he finds it amusing, and because he likes mocking people who don't like him.
There is absolutely zero reason for anyone to be easing up on the pressure on these criminals.
Trump doesn't want to move to Russia, he'll be pardoned if he ever steps down. Also, why would Putin harbor him? The second he is no longer of use to the Russians, they will completely abandon him
If he steps down, Vance takes over, the same DoJ, same everything else. Ford set the precedent that he could be given a preemptive, blanket pardon for anything and everything cause our Constitution is fucking awesome.
I wouldn't be surprised if he does and times it so Vance can have a third term (not that Vance would be able to fulfill his half of that deal because he's a couchfucking babyman.)
Nope, if this were a thing, I'm betting he can't stand anyone having something as prestigious of a position as president for longer than he got to be, so will tank the office before that happens.
He needs a full reality show from prison. It only broadcasts in the prison. It’s called CCTV and he lives out the rest of pathetic miserable life there in fear and discomfort.
He’s just trolling you idiots, you actually think this demented criminal pedophile clown is actually gonna give up the only thing that’s keeping him from prison???
He never, ever trolls at his own expense, and he's also always extremely transparent that the only thing on his mind is the last thing someone talked to him about because he's a dementiatic idiot. It's entirely reasonable to assume that this means that his team are internally telling him to step down and take on a gig hosting at the Kennedy Center, likely under the assumption that Vance will blanket pardon him and his family for... well, everything.
Okay, so, let me get this straight. Don’t leave White House peacefully the first time. Cause an insurrection. Lie about it to get back in and protect yourself from the damage. Then, “win” and proceed to destroy the country. Then, fail as president, again. Ask if you should exit the bogus immunity you got for being president to no longer be president, but head an org that has no safety?
I mean, there must be a catch, right? Like he’s going to get pardon by JD. Or something weirder. Seems like this is not well thought out.
Absolutely. Assuming this isn't just idle rambling, no way in hell would he go without a pardon coming down the day of. And you bet your ass he'd argue "I didn't serve my full term so it doesn't count!"
The only way he'll remotely leave quietly is when all the stress/big macs kick in and the reaper finally takes pity on us all suddenly.
Create a mock-up version of the Kennedy Center with paid actors. Put him up there and pay them to applaud him all the time. Put it on streaming video and charge for watching him.
I actually think it would be worse for Trump to die or step down at this point. As it stands, he seems to be running the party into the ground with his toxic brand and unpopular policies.
If he steps down, we get president Vance, which is embarrassing even to think about, but could also be a huge boon for Republicans. As it stands now, I don’t think Vance has the popularity to take the MAGA crown from Trump, but if you give him three years in the Oval Office it’ll allow him to build his credentials among MAGA loyalists, become the next GOP candidate, and earn the vote of those conservatives who are sick of Trump but hesitant to vote blue.
Exactly and it's baffling watching doi many Redditors act like this is already a victory for the good guys. It isn't even the first time he's joked about stepping down this year.
It's endlessly maddening seeing so many people instantly take the pressure off the second they get a sliver of optimistic news.
As a person who adores going to see shows at the Kennedy Center, and has multiple family members who work there, I'd take a ruined cultural center that I'll never go back to over a ruined country that I can't escape from any day.
Hope he does; it will be easier to prosecute him for in-office crimes - and he'll be fully exposed to the adjudications already against him, so, no, it's just more bullshit.
Can we all agree to say that “he can’t do it. There’s no way Trump would ever give up the easy job of President to instead take on the massive weight of hosting the Kennedy Center.” Let’s reverse psychology this idiot into resigning the presidency!
Trump made a joke. He has no intention of quitting. He was telling about hosting the Kennedy awards. He made a joke just like he does constantly at his rallies.
I think he would be so good at that, some would say the best. I mean I was watching him talk and I said to my wife he is the best, please Mr.President host the award shows!
God, if that’s how his reign ends, what a wet fart of an ending it would be. What an utter failure of the entire American system that he gets away with everything then just… quits of his own accord.
“Any performer who isn’t professional enough to perform for patrons of all backgrounds, regardless of political affiliation, won’t be welcomed,” Grenell said in a statement earlier this year. “In fact, we think it would be important to out those vapid and intolerant artists to ensure producers know who they shouldn’t hire — and that the public knows which shows have political litmus tests to sit in the audience.”
Then follow up with this-
The new board also moved to cancel a performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., despite the group not making plans to withdraw from the schedule.
I’m thinking he would be better suited for a game show hosting gig. I came up with a few ideas.
Who’s smarter than Donald Trump?
Wheel of Misfortune
The grift is right
Double Jeopardy
Of course he could always start an infomercial channel to peddle his grift wares; Trump phone, steaks, knives, guitars, bibles, hats, flags, and so on.
Just walk away from anything this turd puts his name on. If you engage with it, you condone it and are complicit. If that’s the case, you are cordially invited to have intercourse with yourself.
Yep, quit and turn yourself over for all of the prosecutions of criminal activities, theft, rape, murder, fraud, and crimes against humanity.
Hope can be a part of this nation once again.
Good idea.
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I wasn't aware that's a thing a person could do.
But also, please proceed.
Yes. Nixon resigned from the office before he could be prosecuted by the senate and removed from office.
Then we can impeach James Bowman for obstruction of justice.
Lol that's never going to happen
It happened 51 years ago. It was in all the papers.
You will not see that level of civic responsibility from Republicans ever again. Not after 40 years of hyper-polarization and constant purges of congresscritters who were insufficiently conservative.
I agree, of course Trump is lying to even suggest it. That’s why we’re all here
I sang "I wasn't aware that's a thing a person could do" as King George from Hamilton. Thank you!
Ba ba ba ba BAAA ba baba ba ba ba baba ba ba ba ba ba!
Oceans rise, fascists fall!
Next to diddy they all be locked! 🎵🎶
"There's nobody else in this country who looms quite as large...
Jeffrey Epstein?"
I know him. That can’t be. He’s that little man who spoke to me, all those years ago; what was it, 2009?
-Andrew, formerly known as Prince
I wish I had gold to give.
Hopefully that “poor” man will be eaten alive
I'm perplexed!
Same omg
Nice long thread to add to r/suddenlyhamilton
They both lost their damn minds, it's very appropriate.
Nixon did it because he was convinced he was about to be the first president to be impeached and removed from office. Instead he resigned and was immediately pardoned.
Tbf nixon saved so many resources by just skipping the impeachment. Dictator don is willing to spend millions or more to delay his impeachment as much as possible.
He did but we also didn't get a good chance to practice it and weren't ready to pull it off this time.
Yeah it seems like theres a lot of checks and balances that arent working as intended.
The GOP also had a spine and self respect then
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/it-took-a-long-time-for-republicans-to-abandon-nixon/
The GOP didn’t turn on him because they had “a spine and self respect”, “Faux News” was created because Nixon resigned and the goal was to basically create an alternate truth WHICH led to the child rapist known as Donald Trump
If so, who's neeeext?....
There's nobody else in their... "Party" who looms quite as large...
What?...
JD Vance!?...
I know him... That can't be... That's that... chubby couch fucker who spoke to me... all those months ago... What was it? '25?... That poor man they're going to eat him alive...
Ocean's rise! Think Tanks Faallll! Next to the Donald they all look smaaall. All alone.... Watch them run... They will TEAR each other into pieces Jesus Christ this will be fun...
Da da dat da daaaaa dat da da daayyaaa daaaa da da...
I’ve kinda felt like since trump is more of a figurehead than an actual policy maker, getting him elected was always just a way of getting in power. A mid term switch to Vance sets him up with two years of experience before the next election and allows him to run as an incumbent potentially twice. This move wouldn’t surprise from the party
That gladiator school Bannon wanted to found in Europe can have its starter campus here.
He doesn't actually want to do it.
He wants to be president of everything, the say way his favourite 'little rocket man' does.
Do I want him prison: yes
Will I be satisfied if he just steps down and fades into obscurity: not really but it would be be better than the current arrangement
He was joking and the news seem to be thinking it’s literal.
Presidents can most definitely resign. Nixon did it to avoid being impeached. The stars are aligning for a similar pivot.
I'd pay for him to fuck off and go do that...
...ehh but even if he signed a contract to do it there is a 0% chance he'd honor it.
Please, and yes. Give him dementia village. I am willing to sacrifice the Kennedy center, if he would just shut up go away and host KidRock extravaganzas.
yes
sign me up yesterday if this deal can be closed today
Just hire some editors and make a closed loop cctv so he can watch himself on tv all day until the vacuum sucks him up his own ass.
Does an ouroboros get high on its own supply?
I can't upvote this enough
Some podcast I listened to during Trump's first term had the idea of just giving Trump and Magats their own fucking Disneyworld, or Magaworld, theme park in exchange for getting out of politics. Make a Trump casino its Disney castle, and let every surrounding inch be some Maga fueled fantasy land based on owning the libs, being anti-woke, and of course Mickey Mouse style Trump merch everywhere. In a way, that's really all that those idiots, including Trump, want. A giant "safe space" theme park.
I hear there's an island available for such things...
I heard the owner died, though.
I demand proof!
It already exists. It’s called Mar a Lago. You ever seen footage of what he gets up to in that place? It’s the worst reinforcement regimen for a personality disorder I’ve ever seen!
I never thought Howard Hughes would be dethroned.
That's a place that needs Border Patrol or a Zoo Keeper
So Biff Tannen’s Pleasure Paradise?
Honestly give them the entire state of Florida, if they need more land they can have Alabama & Mississippi too. Kill 3 shit stones with 1 really stupid rock.
Texas, then we build a wall around it and they can finally have their day in the sun. “We succeeded from USA! Our own country!” Sorry folks no re-entry.
You can include Oklahoma too without needing too much more wall.
It would require an outrageous amount of welfare to keep afloat
I was all for putting his wall up across the Florida border, rename the state to "Trumpistan" and just let that be MAGA Mecca. The trade off is they can't leave Trumpistan once they are there without passports.
And put it on top of a nuclear waste dump, since they dont believe in science.
"KidRock extravaganzas."
Also UFC fights, WrestleMania and Turning point USA conventions.
Don't forget Melania hosting mud wrestling matches.
Melania should wrestle Erika Kirk. It would be the pièce de résistance for this trashy regime.
That is an absolutely brilliant idea!
Vegas and Saudi Arabia are the next two up for Mania, so at least he’d feel at home
Wow- so classy!!
Then JD Vance will take over, who is less insane, but have the same dangerous ideology and don't get distracted from their big plan by small things like Trump is.
Vance with his moneyman and boss Peter Thiel is actually scarier in many ways.
Good ol' PT, bathes in the blood of twinks to stay young but still looks like he's constantly melting
I was about to say. Vance seems smarter and can sane-wash crazier ideas which is more dangerous.
I don’t think he is less insane. He has no compass whatsoever.
Vance is at least not dementia ridden and is not as stupid and narcissistic driven as trump Which makes him potentially even more dangerous than Trump.
Vance most likely would not give a damn about flattery. And he still wants Greenland.
Vance received an elite legal education. He understands the rule of law. His remarks in the leaked Signal chat were refreshing, as he was the only recipient who pushed back on Hegseth's delusional reasoning.
He is, however, Peter Thiel's proxy, which is terrifying.
I think, at bottom, JD will do whatever the highest bidder requests. He also appears to primarily be a social climber.
He is less electable.
But he doesn't need to be elected. If Trump steps down right now, Vance can rule for at least 3 years.
And then we will see, if he requires an election to stay in power...
The same things that make him unelectable make him unlikely to pull off a coup. He needs trump to stay in power.
"He isn't electable"
Zero chance he does that because he then loses his immunity and it’s the most important thing to him.
No he needs to be prosecuted.
Nope. All of the fucked up, evil, depraved, vile, ghoulish shit he has done is finally walling him in. He doesn’t get to slip off into happy dementia land smiling and shuffling and waving at paid actors while basking in the phony cheers and canned laughter in response to his “racist grandad” stories.
He can spend his final days in a padded cell in total isolation. Nothing to distract him from the horror of his fall. No happy little picture books or FOX and Friends segments or Truth Social rants. No visits from his children (who would probably just as soon forget he exists anyway). Nothing but a fresh diaper and bland meal served through a slot without a single word of acknowledgement. He deserves to enjoy minutes that feel like hours, howling and whimpering, sobbing and raging, til his voice gives out and he is too exhausted to do more than curl into a fetal ball and stair in semidelusional despair at his featureless cell walls until he falls asleep, and then wake up to the same nightmare, no perception of time, ad nauseam, like a dark, twisted parody of Groundhog Day.
Ozymandias should pity him. Sisyphus should be grateful he got off so lightly. Prometheus should look at him and say “At least I have a view!”
That’s what I’m hoping for.
He can have his UFC matches too. We can build a new Kennedy Center. GI Jello and Kegsbreath have to go with.
Makes me wonder if there are talks to get him to step down. His dementia brain is usually pretty transparent with the projections and stuff.
If he does he won’t be immune to prosecution any more right? No way was raping kids with Epstein on his island adventures covered by presidential immunity right? This was way before he was president.
But Vance will pardon him in exchange for it. I think this is also why he’s testing state pardons so he has a precedent fur Vance to take care of any state crimes too.
Fur Vance. Terrible image.
You spelled fuhrer wrong.
Futon Vance
Fancy Vance.
I was going to write something more vulgar but this kinda just fits
It’ll be seen as a way for American to move past and not dwell just like it was for Nixon
Vance would be made to resign. No way the RNC would let such a Fringe part of their coalition run the show. It would be a Nixon ordeal all over again. My money is on Desantis.
There’s no way for that to happen though. If Trump resigns Vance has the job unless he also gets impeached or removed by his cabinet.
Then it goes to the speaker of the house.
That's true of succession due to death or if the President and VP both can't perform the duty of president for some reason. If trump resigns, vance take over and congress appoints the VP/approves Vance's choice for his own VP. Then if Vance resigns, that person takes over and the cycle repeats for their VP.
*unless they both get impeached/resign at the exact same time? Is that even possible? If so. Maybe then it goes to the Speaker?
He'll get Nixon'd by Vance and be given a blanket pardon. Besides, you'd be waiting years for Democrats to take over and they don't have the stomach to try and prosecute a former president. I'm not sure state charges are all that viable, he was already convicted of several and can't be prosecuted for them again.
He'll get pardoned by Vance or SCOTUS let's him off the hook. He's got his get out of jail free card and a few billion in the bank. He's good as far as he's concerned.
The SC ruled the president is immune from prosecution, period. Not that they're immune to crimes they commit while President.
There’s no way Stephen Miller lets that happen before Vance gets divorced and remarries. You know why.
Exactly. Miller will want Trump to stay because that’s his avenue to power.
What we saw at TPUSA is just the tip of the iceberg.
More like Miller wants Trump to stay in power because its the only thing protecting his Nazi ass from being thrown in a cell or worse for the rest of his miserable life.
It’s likely both. He can have multiple motivations.
I was referring to Vance being married to a non-white woman.
No no... phrase it as stepping up! He has the honor of an even higher tier of power than president, he can be the emperor of the Kennedy center.
He's already not doing any part of the job of president. There's no benefit to anyone in his orbit (except jd) if he steps down; in fact it's detrimental to the millers and voughts of the world who are doing what they want with the full weight of his authority.
Not to mention multiple dementia test and MRIs within the same year. That's not a good thing
Let's not start getting our hopes up for such massive shifts. Indistinctly recall Trump casually talking about how people wanted him to step down, back in the spring. He talks about this kind of stuff because he finds it amusing, and because he likes mocking people who don't like him.
There is absolutely zero reason for anyone to be easing up on the pressure on these criminals.
There are absolutely no talks. The GOP crumbles if/when Trump is gone. The MAGA cult revolves around him
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Gotta be president to have presidential immunity.
Do it, and lock his pedo ass up
If Trump steps down it will only be under the assurances that his successor will immediately pardon him
Or he runs to Russia
Trump doesn't want to move to Russia, he'll be pardoned if he ever steps down. Also, why would Putin harbor him? The second he is no longer of use to the Russians, they will completely abandon him
If he steps down, Vance takes over, the same DoJ, same everything else. Ford set the precedent that he could be given a preemptive, blanket pardon for anything and everything cause our Constitution is fucking awesome.
I mean, you just described it.
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I wouldn't be surprised if he does and times it so Vance can have a third term (not that Vance would be able to fulfill his half of that deal because he's a couchfucking babyman.)
Knowing Trump, he will time it so Vance can’t get that. 😂
Well, he does have a sense of humor in there. Somewhere, under all the makeup and evil.
Nope, if this were a thing, I'm betting he can't stand anyone having something as prestigious of a position as president for longer than he got to be, so will tank the office before that happens.
Ah, but that would mean helping someone else achieve something “greater” than him, and he opposes that far more than he cares about ideology.
There is absolutely zero chance someone with his level of narcissism could let that happen.
A two and a half-th term, I think you mean. He would need to wait until Jan 20 2027 to make that happen.
He dosen't give a shit about Vance
We will need to survive another 12 months of trump for that.
He would never let anyone else have the spotlight. He will definitely try for a third term if he survives this one.
He'd have to wait until January 2027 for that to be the play
Baby killer say what?
Huh, so nobody’s tried politely asking him to leave? It’s worth a shot.
Nah, but you can quit and go straight to jail.
He should quit and then also go to jail. Can we facilitate both?
Dear God PLEASE DO IT
Dude please can we just go full Truman show and have him in a fake dome where he rules as a king where in reality it’s all staged
He needs a full reality show from prison. It only broadcasts in the prison. It’s called CCTV and he lives out the rest of pathetic miserable life there in fear and discomfort.
He's so full of shit. This is right up there where he's thinking he won't get into heaven BS
This is Megyn Kelly normalizing child rape by another headline.
Whatever. Just go.
He's going to pardon him self
He’s just trolling you idiots, you actually think this demented criminal pedophile clown is actually gonna give up the only thing that’s keeping him from prison???
He never, ever trolls at his own expense, and he's also always extremely transparent that the only thing on his mind is the last thing someone talked to him about because he's a dementiatic idiot. It's entirely reasonable to assume that this means that his team are internally telling him to step down and take on a gig hosting at the Kennedy Center, likely under the assumption that Vance will blanket pardon him and his family for... well, everything.
Trial balloon? It may be that he realizes he is decaying before our eyes, Vance can pardon him, etc.
For the first time, I wholeheartedly support one of his ideas
He is not. His random bullshit generator had a hiccup.
Okay, so, let me get this straight. Don’t leave White House peacefully the first time. Cause an insurrection. Lie about it to get back in and protect yourself from the damage. Then, “win” and proceed to destroy the country. Then, fail as president, again. Ask if you should exit the bogus immunity you got for being president to no longer be president, but head an org that has no safety?
I mean, there must be a catch, right? Like he’s going to get pardon by JD. Or something weirder. Seems like this is not well thought out.
He thinks this will let him run again in '28.
Absolutely. Assuming this isn't just idle rambling, no way in hell would he go without a pardon coming down the day of. And you bet your ass he'd argue "I didn't serve my full term so it doesn't count!"
The only way he'll remotely leave quietly is when all the stress/big macs kick in and the reaper finally takes pity on us all suddenly.
God, he just wants to be liked, huh? It would be merely sad if he werent, ya know, doing fascism.
Microscopic slivers of pity for him creep in sometimes due to just how pathetic he is, but then naw fuck that shit. He’s as evil as he is stupid.
Create a mock-up version of the Kennedy Center with paid actors. Put him up there and pay them to applaud him all the time. Put it on streaming video and charge for watching him.
I actually think it would be worse for Trump to die or step down at this point. As it stands, he seems to be running the party into the ground with his toxic brand and unpopular policies.
If he steps down, we get president Vance, which is embarrassing even to think about, but could also be a huge boon for Republicans. As it stands now, I don’t think Vance has the popularity to take the MAGA crown from Trump, but if you give him three years in the Oval Office it’ll allow him to build his credentials among MAGA loyalists, become the next GOP candidate, and earn the vote of those conservatives who are sick of Trump but hesitant to vote blue.
I see your point, but it’ll still come down to “it’s the economy, stupid”. I don’t think JD can undo the ever-growing mess in three years.
He’s not going to quit being president and host at the Kennedy center , if he does leave the presidency he’s going to prison and he knows it.
Exactly and it's baffling watching doi many Redditors act like this is already a victory for the good guys. It isn't even the first time he's joked about stepping down this year.
It's endlessly maddening seeing so many people instantly take the pressure off the second they get a sliver of optimistic news.
He knows he needs the “get out of jail free card” from the presidency to cover him for the next few years.
If only!!!
Everybody can dream.
Nah, he needs to be in a prison
They put his name on the building and now, like a five year old who got what he wanted, he has now lost interest.
He clearly doesn’t enjoy being President beyond using it to punish grievances and protect himself from prosecution, he’s clearly exhausted
What a stupid fucking loser you people voted for.
As a person who adores going to see shows at the Kennedy Center, and has multiple family members who work there, I'd take a ruined cultural center that I'll never go back to over a ruined country that I can't escape from any day.
Explain to him it’s a bigger honor than being president.
Why stop at quitting as president? Why not quit life entirely with a nice warm toaster bath?
His highest approval idea ever
Don't tease me like this, you sonuva bitch. Quit. Quit now. Now. Do it, do it, do it...
Do it
Look I'll take Christmas miracle
I’d be happy with the first five words of this post.
The Trump Kennedy Center presents: Miss Teen USA 2026.
Miss Teen Epstein USA
Miss Eps-teen USA
For prison sentence instead
Does he just want like a Vegas residency where he pretends to be president? Like he’s just doing a perpetual rally in Vegas at Caesars
Hope he does; it will be easier to prosecute him for in-office crimes - and he'll be fully exposed to the adjudications already against him, so, no, it's just more bullshit.
There are other jobs he could quit first if he really wanted to make people happy.
Someone just tell him the host has MC Immunity or some shit and he’ll do it.
It seems like this is more of a joke than an actual plan.
LOL like that'll happen.
He says and suggests a lot of things. And we have absolutely no reason to think that this one will come true.
Can we all agree to say that “he can’t do it. There’s no way Trump would ever give up the easy job of President to instead take on the massive weight of hosting the Kennedy Center.” Let’s reverse psychology this idiot into resigning the presidency!
Trump made a joke. He has no intention of quitting. He was telling about hosting the Kennedy awards. He made a joke just like he does constantly at his rallies.
Not sure why this is even a news item.
I think he would be so good at that, some would say the best. I mean I was watching him talk and I said to my wife he is the best, please Mr.President host the award shows!
He got his name on the wall, what’s the point of wasting any more energy there?
Distractions distractions
Quit and go directly to jail, do not collect $200.
Now that would be a Christmas miracle
Id rather have a couch rapist than a child rapist in the WH I guess.
God, if that’s how his reign ends, what a wet fart of an ending it would be. What an utter failure of the entire American system that he gets away with everything then just… quits of his own accord.
Remember that time trump took part in the rape & payoff of a 13 year old and then dumped her baby in Lake Michigan?
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00025010.pdf
Make everyone aware!
All I want for Christmas is THIS!
The art of the squeal
They say this-
Then follow up with this-
Clowns.
Honestly I do want him in jail but him stepping down and fucking off and abandoning his supporters so his whole movement dies I will settle for
I’m thinking he would be better suited for a game show hosting gig. I came up with a few ideas.
Who’s smarter than Donald Trump?
Wheel of Misfortune
The grift is right
Double Jeopardy
Of course he could always start an infomercial channel to peddle his grift wares; Trump phone, steaks, knives, guitars, bibles, hats, flags, and so on.
Quick, someone rename a supermax prison the Trump-Kennedy Center.
First suggestion I agree with
He treats power like a punchline.
He couldn't be a greeter at Walmart
IMHO-
Just walk away from anything this turd puts his name on. If you engage with it, you condone it and are complicit. If that’s the case, you are cordially invited to have intercourse with yourself.
Yep, quit and turn yourself over for all of the prosecutions of criminal activities, theft, rape, murder, fraud, and crimes against humanity. Hope can be a part of this nation once again. Good idea.
Yeah quit and then maybe he’ll get arrested for raping underage girls or a litany of all the other crimes he committed.
Oh no, now MAGA will think it was his idea to leave when he gets booted out.
This is the first idea of his that sounds well thought out.
He can claim it as his own if he just gets tfo. Tired of this man and his nonsense
Setting aside literally everything else about him, this would be pretty funny.
Done!
We couldn't be so lucky