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No way Trump makes it to 2028. (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Friday OP
DURec leftstreet Friday #1
Maybe some of the conspiracy theories would be quelled if he croaks on camera looking just like that... hlthe2b Friday #2
The evil that men do lives after them. flvegan Friday #3
Some people do good by exemplifying evil Metaphorical Friday #56
Some people live their lives as a beacon for others to follow. COL Mustard Saturday #60
The issue arises when some people are convinced that their lives are such a beacon. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #61
I am usually COL Mustard Saturday #65
Yeah, President Couch Fucker is near n/t Cheezoholic Friday #4
I've grown less worried about the current VP in recent weeks. cab67 Friday #16
Agreed. The Madcap Friday #20
The MAGAshow has already started... Dem4life1970 Saturday #83
Jerk Doff will go on a firing spree BaronChocula Friday #26
Every GOP contender will attack him almost immediately tinrobot Friday #28
Yeah, I don't think Vance will ever fill Trump's shoes PatSeg Friday #40
Vance will be too busy Metaphorical Friday #57
Nice to see consensus on Vance True Dough Saturday #63
Nice to see consensus on Vance True Dough Saturday #64
You mean the guy with the charisma of a fence post? That couch fucker? paleotn Friday #36
At the rate he's deteriorating, GoCubsGo Friday #5
I wish he would have gone 50 years ago !!!! Trueblue1968 Friday #9
I still think about who punched his ticket 6x in 'nam. tazcat Friday #17
He looks like he's been sleeping in the coffin every night. The Madcap Friday #22
Been hearing that obnoxiousdrunk Friday #6
Okay, yeah, we don't really "know", but come on.. halobeam Friday #7
No you haven't. Stop the cap. BannonsLiver Saturday #71
Please be alive during the next impeachment. oasis Friday #8
Let's all push him harder! swong19104 Friday #10
EPSTEIN FILES...WE WANT EPSTEIN FILES Wicked Blue Friday #27
He looks like he's already dead. Borogove Friday #11
I was just going to post that, debm55 Friday #13
Trump has recently gone ahead popsdenver Friday #31
I have no doubt that his grave will eventually be added to the list of Superfund sites. Borogove Friday #35
Um... buzzycrumbhunger Friday #55
How about sharks? The Madcap Saturday #68
Nice! buzzycrumbhunger Saturday #77
Or popsdenver Saturday #69
See that's the problem. He may be the Undead. thought crime Friday #33
Death is too easy Grim Chieftain Friday #12
My final senario for homegirl Friday #23
Well, it could be "death by kidney stones" The Madcap Friday #24
I heard someone say the other day Grim Chieftain Friday #29
We can add to his suffering by sweeping the midterms. Nothing could be multigraincracker Friday #53
I wouldn't bet on that. maxsolomon Friday #14
But Cheney Katcat Friday #45
It was a transplanted human heart. BannonsLiver Saturday #73
Oh right. maxsolomon Monday #84
Zombie Trump in 2028! generalbetrayus Friday #15
Too bad you mean the year 2028 and not the time 20:28 Jerry2144 Friday #18
Performative. live love laugh Friday #19
I doubt he'll make it to mid terms. He's a drag on Republican chances and more of them are done with him. ChicagoTeamster Friday #21
He looks like he's already dead. mwb970 Friday #25
Yep. And the undertaker some_of_us_are_sane Friday #50
Why is the top of his head going flat? Wicked Blue Friday #30
LOL Katcat Friday #46
Maybe the valve busted and the air is slowly leaking out? Wicked Blue Friday #49
That will HAPPEN some_of_us_are_sane Friday #51
Maybe it's an optical illusion... buzzycrumbhunger Saturday #78
Brain (however small) collapse. Marie Marie Saturday #81
January 21,2027 Stonealone Friday #32
It's time for his final round, where he loses to this guy... Blue Owl Friday #34
Vance will be the POTUS. QueerDuck Friday #37
I'm pretty sure folks are aware of the line of succession. BannonsLiver Saturday #72
Really? Oh good. I was worried. QueerDuck Saturday #74
I was at my company meeting today for my senior move manager job kimbutgar Friday #38
If SCOTUS rules that a dead man can't rule, ... DJ Synikus Makisimus Friday #39
Wishful thinking. TomSlick Friday #41
Hopefully he doesn't make it to 2026. republianmushroom Friday #42
Shit. buzzycrumbhunger Saturday #79
I predict this will be accurate sarisataka Friday #43
He is clearly losing his shit. I wouldn't bet on him making it to 2026. flashman13 Friday #44
Come on Katcat Friday #47
Sleepy Don. Iggo Friday #48
Sadly, he has the best medical care in the world propping him up... Wounded Bear Friday #52
And you can bet your ass he's USING that medical care, every day. Paladin Saturday #76
"Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?" mahatmakanejeeves Friday #54
Give me... an S, give me a T, an R, O, K, E! fujiyamasan Friday #58
Paging Orrex!!! COL Mustard Saturday #59
When will he make his first appearance in a wheelchair? Buckeyeblue Saturday #62
Not making it to the 28th of this month even better. Now THAT would niyad Saturday #66
If there was a betting pool azureblue Saturday #67
Trump doesn't make it to 2028 Dave Id Saturday #70
Here in Los Angeles Gymbo Saturday #75
I've got my champagne on ice! Initech Monday #85
Rumor has it that Trump stopped by Walter Reed again last night LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #80
Wishful thinking, though I wish the same. He's in good condition for his age. Let me know if evidence points otherwise. Doodley Saturday #82

hlthe2b

(112,088 posts)
2. Maybe some of the conspiracy theories would be quelled if he croaks on camera looking just like that...
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 05:38 PM
Friday

They can have the EMTs and WH physician/staff come rushing in and check pulses and cart his ass away, but making it clear that he'd "gone permanent zombie" sitting in his chair would be so apropos.

flvegan

(65,476 posts)
3. The evil that men do lives after them.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 05:38 PM
Friday

The good is oft interred...nevermind. There is no good in that hideous chud.

Metaphorical

(2,560 posts)
56. Some people do good by exemplifying evil
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 08:55 PM
Friday

It does not make them any less evil, but sometimes you really do need a catalyst for change to occur.

COL Mustard

(7,793 posts)
60. Some people live their lives as a beacon for others to follow.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:39 AM
Saturday

Other people are flaming assholes to be avoided.

That is all.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,487 posts)
61. The issue arises when some people are convinced that their lives are such a beacon.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:51 AM
Saturday

In those cases, it usually isn't.

In my opinion, of course.

cab67

(3,537 posts)
16. I've grown less worried about the current VP in recent weeks.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:26 PM
Friday

I used to think he might be a more savvy version of Old Colostomy, but it's becoming evident that the cult of personality surrounding Donald J. Trump (the "j" is for "Jinglesphincter" ) won't really outlast him.

Not at all saying I'd be happy with J.D. Vance (the "J.D" is for "Junior Dick" ) as president. But I'm not as worried about the Red Hatter coalition maintaining any sort of cohesion if the subject of their worship goes toes-up.

The Madcap

(1,598 posts)
20. Agreed.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:41 PM
Friday

J.D. is so off-putting and isn't known as a super-money-achiever (i.e., businessman, good or bad), as he's not in that billionaire elite class (other than by association with Peter Thiel). He seems to try to weasel his way around any topic by obscuring the subject. MAGA is going to see that he's not being direct (stupid or not), and they're going to think they're being conned.

MAGA would rather have someone come out and confess "I'm a Nazi" instead of trying to expound on the benefits of National Socialism. (Socialism??? I didn't know you were a commie).

For this reason, I just don't see J.D. as relatable.

Dem4life1970

(1,016 posts)
83. The MAGAshow has already started...
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 04:30 PM
Saturday

Marco Rubio has been whispering about Kegsbreath.

Kegsbreath has been trying to undermine Rubio.

J.D. is a soft target for all of them, but especially Don Jr.

Even before "The Big Beautiful Obituary" comes out, they will be undermining Vance. They don't like him, they don't want him.

BaronChocula

(3,747 posts)
26. Jerk Doff will go on a firing spree
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:52 PM
Friday

He'd have to fire a whole bunch of the current rectum braces surrounding the current malignant mass or risk an internal civil war. Then those vindictive fulks will do everything they could to undermine him from outside 'cause haters gotta hate.

tinrobot

(11,870 posts)
28. Every GOP contender will attack him almost immediately
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:55 PM
Friday

There's no way he gets anything done.

PatSeg

(51,448 posts)
40. Yeah, I don't think Vance will ever fill Trump's shoes
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:46 PM
Friday

Personally, I don't think anyone really likes him.

Metaphorical

(2,560 posts)
57. Vance will be too busy
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 09:24 PM
Friday

when TFG finally kicks the bucket putting out all of the resulting fires to truly engage in Machiavelian plots himself.

At some point, Trump will stumble and fall. Perhaps it will be health-related, perhaps it will be the Democrats retaking Congress, perhaps it will be one outrage too far or an assassin's bullet, but he will not make it to 2028.

At that point, all of the chaos that Trump has unleashed is going to finally descend upon the White House. Vance does not have the keys to the secret blackmail files, and he won't receive them - Trump will take THOSE to his grave. Without those files (in the loosest sense of the word), Vance has no power. He has some money, but nowhere near enough by himself to spend it like water like Trump does. He has no real leverage. He lacks the bolder-than-brass charisma that Trump has, and is seen as being too effete by the hardcore MAGA. He is a Catholic, making him immediately suspect to the fundamentalists, and he will be under investigation from the moment he take office to figure out where exactly all the money that Trump stole went. He's not even terribly well liked by those of his generation.

Without Trump, MAGA falls apart. It's already disintegrating. Those who have ridden the MAGA train will do everything they can do distance themselves from it, especially as hard questions get asked. We're already in a recession, one that will only get worse, and businesses that were cowed into compliance will do everything they can to bury their involvement in the interregnum.

Personally, I think we're in a Weekend with Bernie scenario, where an increasingly unstable Trump is being propped up any way his handlers can manage, and where he physically withdraws from interacting with people altogether. I don't believe Vance will 25/4 Trump - he knows the sh*tstorm that will be unleashed once Trump is out of power (or dead), so he, Miller and Thiel will do everything they can to keep him propped up, even if they have to move his dead hand to sign executive orders.

True Dough

(25,116 posts)
63. Nice to see consensus on Vance
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:45 AM
Saturday

He possesses the snake skin and diabolical mind, but he lacks charisma entirely (well, don't tell that to Erika Kirk).

He'll soon become a lame duck replacement president.

True Dough

(25,116 posts)
64. Nice to see consensus on Vance
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:45 AM
Saturday

He possesses the snake skin and diabolical mind, but he lacks charisma entirely (well, don't tell that to Erika Kirk).

He'll soon become a lame duck replacement president.

paleotn

(21,155 posts)
36. You mean the guy with the charisma of a fence post? That couch fucker?
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:18 PM
Friday

Whatever evil power Donnie dickhead has over the rubes, none of his supporting cast possess it. Certainly not Jethro Vance. He commands no following whatsoever.

GoCubsGo

(34,539 posts)
5. At the rate he's deteriorating,
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 05:42 PM
Friday

I'll be shocked if he makes it to the mid-terms. In the meantime, I hope we'll see the day when people mock him to his face the way he did that disabled reporter.

The Madcap

(1,598 posts)
22. He looks like he's been sleeping in the coffin every night.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:42 PM
Friday

Like a corpse at a visitation.

halobeam

(5,077 posts)
7. Okay, yeah, we don't really "know", but come on..
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 05:59 PM
Friday

Watch him speak and interact in 2015 and now.

If anyone I loved looked and acted as he does now, I would have them in the emergency room.

oasis

(53,175 posts)
8. Please be alive during the next impeachment.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:05 PM
Friday

I’ll happily await what happens after the senate vote.

swong19104

(560 posts)
10. Let's all push him harder!
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:10 PM
Friday

How can we get him to sprint from here to there, time and again? Can we throw fire crackers into his vicinity at a golf course?

popsdenver

(980 posts)
31. Trump has recently gone ahead
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:56 PM
Friday

and paid for his 3 x 7 space in some cemetery.........

The Cemetery is already freaking out, due to his recent health. The are worried that they won't have time, to pour a cement apron around the 3 x 7 grass area that his coffin will be buried in..........They figure that the cement apron will cover every area around the actual grave for at least a half a mile in every direction,, complete with area drains every 3 feet or so..........
They also fear that his coffin, may require a special concrete esophagus to protect the environment from his toxic remains, ever leaking out of the coffin...

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,470 posts)
55. Um...
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 08:55 PM
Friday

A sarcophagus might be better, though I like the idea of him being sucked into the maw of a large predator.

popsdenver

(980 posts)
69. Or
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 11:24 AM
Saturday

create a "Pit and Pendulum" like in Edgar Allen Poe's famous story.............Gather all the Republican Trump CABAL, and put them in the bleachers to watch, then when finished with Trump.....go on to the next one from the Republican Trumphumpers.....

I thoroughly believe, if they made it a pay per view, they could pay off the National Debt that all the Republicans have run up since Reagan
(actually Cheney) declared that Debt was good.....

thought crime

(993 posts)
33. See that's the problem. He may be the Undead.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:03 PM
Friday

Maga is certainly right up there with a Zombie Apocalypse.

Grim Chieftain

(909 posts)
12. Death is too easy
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:20 PM
Friday

I hope he suffers like he has made so many innocent people suffer. He's gotten an easy pass on far too much.

homegirl

(1,893 posts)
23. My final senario for
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:43 PM
Friday

Donald. He suffers a stroke that leaves him speechless, confined to a wheel chair for thirty years before death releases him.

Grim Chieftain

(909 posts)
29. I heard someone say the other day
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:55 PM
Friday

"I hope he burns in hell long before he dies." Yikes!

He has caused so much pain, suffering, and even deaths with his mishandling of Covid.

multigraincracker

(36,697 posts)
53. We can add to his suffering by sweeping the midterms. Nothing could be
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 08:32 PM
Friday

more important for us now. His last 2 years could be hell for him.

Jerry2144

(3,066 posts)
18. Too bad you mean the year 2028 and not the time 20:28
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:37 PM
Friday

Come on, actuarial tables, hurry up! Hamberders you know what to do.

ChicagoTeamster

(148 posts)
21. I doubt he'll make it to mid terms. He's a drag on Republican chances and more of them are done with him.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:41 PM
Friday

And Vance is already unpopular with MAGA and even more unpopular with the general public. Moses Mike isn't very well liked or trusted either.

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,470 posts)
78. Maybe it's an optical illusion...
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 01:31 PM
Saturday

… or we’re having trouble adjusting to his new profile now that the bald spot is getting too big to cover.

Stonealone

(26 posts)
32. January 21,2027
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:59 PM
Friday

That's the date that The Orange Monkey will no longer be president. for him that will be 2 years and 1 day as president. Congress will enforce the 25th Amendment to remove him. and then the 22nd Amendment will allow Junior Dick to be President for 10 years. but the last part will only happen if the Fascist can stop the 2026 mid-term elections.
ROLL BLUE!

kimbutgar

(26,471 posts)
38. I was at my company meeting today for my senior move manager job
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:24 PM
Friday

And one of my coworkers did a presentation on dementia and Alzheimer’s and as she was doing her presentation I saw that all the the symptoms she described is what the orange turd is showing right now. And his forgetfulness is getting worst.

sarisataka

(22,144 posts)
43. I predict this will be accurate
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:51 PM
Friday

To at least the same degree as all the other predictions of him leaving office have been

flashman13

(1,755 posts)
44. He is clearly losing his shit. I wouldn't bet on him making it to 2026.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:54 PM
Friday

It looks like he is well past his next recharge.

Paladin

(31,988 posts)
76. And you can bet your ass he's USING that medical care, every day.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 01:13 PM
Saturday

None of that home-remedies-and-fervent-prayer shit that his cretinous voters cling to. He's got a dictatorship to finalize, and plenty of free golf that needs to be enjoyed...

mahatmakanejeeves

(67,448 posts)
54. "Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?"
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 08:35 PM
Friday

Another source

Reposted by Kevin M. Kruse
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Mrs. Betty Bowers
‪@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social‬

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-11-07T21:27:49.542Z

Buckeyeblue

(6,108 posts)
62. When will he make his first appearance in a wheelchair?
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:17 AM
Saturday

His walking is not good. Wouldn't be surprised if he's had some falls. If he does make it to 2028, he won't be functional.

niyad

(128,431 posts)
66. Not making it to the 28th of this month even better. Now THAT would
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 10:46 AM
Saturday

be a reason to give thanks!

Gymbo

(174 posts)
75. Here in Los Angeles
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 01:03 PM
Saturday

Whenever a sports team wins a national title the entire city erupts in fireworks. It doesn't last very long, but it is a time honored tradition. I am not a fireworks person and am always glad when they are over, but after seeing this article, I decided to hoard some fireworks for the day that Donald Trump drops dead. I can't think of a better reason to blow some fireworks. In fact, it should become a 2nd Fourth of July for America.

Doodley

(11,510 posts)
82. Wishful thinking, though I wish the same. He's in good condition for his age. Let me know if evidence points otherwise.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:55 PM
Saturday
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