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voidfunc | on: DOJ filed paperwork to US District Court to force Google to spin off Chrome [pdf]
This will quietly die off after Jan 20. Nothing to see here.
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Onavo | parent
They need to pay their tithe/donation to the administration first.
JumpCrisscross | root | parent
Trump is a lame duck. Donating to his campaign is useless.

They have one path for political redemption, and it’s to acquire Trump annd his allies’ companies and/or invest in their funds.

unsnap_biceps | root | parent | next
I wonder if a big enough ad spend at X would be enough.
CalRobert | root | parent
How is he a lame duck?
wmf | root | parent
Technically he can't run again so he doesn't need any money for his own campaign. However, he might reward donations to his friends in the MAGA Cinematic Universe.
forgotoldacc | root | parent | next
The past 8 years have been a nonstop stream of "he can't" and "that'll cause a civil war."

I'm not sure why people are still expecting normalcy.

CalRobert | root | parent
Where’s Warren G Harding when you need him!
labster | root | parent
I’m sure the constitution will be changed to allow Trump to remain President, one way or the other way.
JumpCrisscross | root | parent | next
Almost certainly not. If he runs it will be by ignoring the Constitution, and at that point we’re legitimately in civil war territory.
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rvz | root | parent
Exactly. He is not going to and he will not.

By the next election and after his second term ends, we'll see that all the extremely wild claims of:

"Trump is ending the constitution!"

"This will be the last election if Trump wins!"

"Trump will be a dictator!"

"Civil war is going to happen under Trump!"

All of this repeated ad-nauseam, will be forgotten and dismissed as complete hysterical nonsense.

defrost | root | parent
The US constitution would allow him to "run" ( usually it's coast ) as Vice President to the next POTUS .. and that would also allow him one day less than two years as POTUS should the VP be required to take over for the sitting President.

Realistically Trump most likely lacks any interest once his various and sundry pending felony and other charges have been quashed or voided by immunity grants, etc.

082349872349872 | root | parent | next
If he were to do a Medvedev/Putin-style ticket, the least he could do by way of acknowledgement would be to have his loyal "President" get filmed dancing to Kombinatsiya's "Russian Girls" (1989).

Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6QLO7wXLKk

ithkuil | root | parent
Does this mean he wouldn't have run this time if it weren't for his legal troubles?
defrost | root | parent | next
I can't say for certain, I'm Australian and don't work with the US political admin (ie no inside line) but there's certainly been US insiders that have strongly hinted dodging massive mounting legal trouble was a major motivation for Trump to run again.

To be clear they may have been deadly serious, seriously joking, or both at the same time .. it's just that good a fit as a theory.

wmf | root | parent
Many people are saying.