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The Trump Store released $50 “Trump 2028” hats Thursday, sparking backlash online as Trump has repeatedly hinted at running for a third term.

“I have had more people ask me to have a third term,” Trump said on March 31, claiming the 2020 election was “totally rigged.”

Steve Bannon said he’s exploring “five or six different alternatives” to enable a third run.

Critics on social media called it “insane” and a sign of “fascist” ambitions. Though barred by the 22nd Amendment, Trump could run again if it were overturned by Congress and the states. However, it would require a two-thirds vote of Congress and three-fourths vote of the states.

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    15 hours ago

    Third term has nothing to do with being a grift for money or whatever. He’s using that as a tool for power

    It’s simple. He’s going to jail when he’s done being president. And he’s pissed off so many people he’s definitely getting shanked

    He cannot pardon himself for state crimes

    The entire point of running a 3rd term is to stay out of jail

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      He is going to ride the courts until he dies or too old to care. They had 4 years to lock him up for his previous crimes including Jan 6th. He won’t see jail time and he knows it

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        12 hours ago

        Doesn’t matter. Remember how stressed he appeared during the last lawsuits.

        Make the prick stress the fuck out so he can’t sleep at night

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          he couldn’t sleep at night because he was getting all his sleep during the hearings

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        13 hours ago

        Why do you think he ran for presidency again… He was convicted. Legally, he can’t argue he’s running for a 3rd term, so the judge can’t make the same. The only thing the judge did was say he’d postpone sentencing…

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          I would love to live in this fairytale land where Trump actually faces consequences, but unfortunately that will never happen and people need to face reality and focus on minimizing damage.

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      14 hours ago

      “Power creates power. The more power you weild, the more you accumulate.”

      • Curtis Yarvin, brologarch that wants Trump to literally mass-drown journalists and Dems in foam to seize power.
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        14 hours ago

        During his presidency…

        And he can’t pardon state crimes

        God knows how many more state crimes have been queued up since then…

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          its not likes going to jail for state charges anyways, the courts just strung along all the cases , so they can make it look like they did something.

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          To put on my own conspiracy hat for a moment, he’s getting set up to be the fall guy. He’s following a playbook he didn’t write, the people that did write Project 2025 know how unpopular it will be, and the final play is setting trump up as the tyrant to be deposed by a real dictator. Sure hope I’m wrong.