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indusurb

(259 posts)
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 12:13 PM Aug 30

When/if Trump kicks the bucket, yes, celebrate, but also act

Frankly I, like most of you, will celebrate his passing. But the fact of the matter is we will have to act and put pressure on the incoming Vance administration.

Vance was not randomly chosen by Trump or the Republican party. Rather he was elevated and thrust into the veep spot as a calculated move by Peter Thiel and his fellow tech bro oligarchs. These are people who want the US to become an authoritarian oligarchy with a CEO type dictator as the head of government, and a puppet under their control.

Whenever such shakeups occur in a budding dictatorship happen there is a period of time to act while power is consolidated and confusion is in the air. Vance is nowhere near as popular with the MAGA crowd as Trump is, and with some wedge driving we could scatter MAGA to the winds. Get out in the streets, urge our reps to use their power, whatever it takes to bring down this madness while we can. For once their power is consolidated, these people won't be giving it up easily.

So celebrate, yes, but then get back to work.

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When/if Trump kicks the bucket, yes, celebrate, but also act (Original Post) indusurb Aug 30 OP
I think it depends on Vance's composure. If he looks too eager, Maga is going to reject him. Walleye Aug 30 #1
Vance has the charisma of a wet noodle Blue Full Moon Aug 30 #2
A lot of people who pin the various bad acts/problems on Trump personally are RockRaven Aug 30 #3
Evil never acts alone. nt cayugafalls Aug 30 #4

Walleye

(42,540 posts)
1. I think it depends on Vance's composure. If he looks too eager, Maga is going to reject him.
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 12:22 PM
Aug 30

And I really don’t think he’s capable of anything subtle. I bet he’s a lousy poker player.

Blue Full Moon

(2,877 posts)
2. Vance has the charisma of a wet noodle
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 12:24 PM
Aug 30

He can't and the infighting has already begun. Vance has been covering up tRump's decline.

RockRaven

(18,022 posts)
3. A lot of people who pin the various bad acts/problems on Trump personally are
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 01:03 PM
Aug 30

going to get a rude awakening when he finally kicks the bucket. That event, by itself, will only make the bad events less erratic but will not stop them. If anything, the bad developments may accelerate significantly.

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