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Chasstev365

(7,827 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:20 AM 16 hrs ago

I never thought I would say this, but after seeing Trump's bat shit crazy post this morning

I would try to get a delegation of willing Democratic Congressional figures to go to the White House and tell Trump if he resigns the presidency, we won't prosecute you, but you and only you! If you don't agree, we are going to hold you responsible for ever illegal act you've committed. You have 48 hours to decide.

Yes, I know; Republicans always get to skate for their crimes and it has made me so angry over the years, but the man is mentally unstable, has an equally insane Secretary of Defense (won't call it war), and has the nuclear codes. All of the planet is in danger, and if the GOP won't stop it, I would at least try to see if he'd go for it.

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I never thought I would say this, but after seeing Trump's bat shit crazy post this morning (Original Post) Chasstev365 16 hrs ago OP
He would Greg_In_SF 16 hrs ago #1
And we woul have 3 horrible years with J D Vanquish. Chipper Chat 16 hrs ago #2
Everyone hates JD Vance: MAGA, GOP Senators, etc Chasstev365 16 hrs ago #8
I agree & it's a good thing cuz Peter Thiel is creepy af. CrispyQ 16 hrs ago #11
Thiel popsdenver 14 hrs ago #21
Kraznov is the Tits that... BurnDoubt 2 hrs ago #48
Chasstev365.... Upthevibe 15 hrs ago #14
But he would have the same Project 2025 backers wnylib 14 hrs ago #18
Agree yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #26
Without djt's looming menace around, Vance might be more apt to allegorical oracle 14 hrs ago #29
But he'd also be able to appear sane MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #33
And Vance won't be able to keep the attention of the cult. yellow dahlia 13 hrs ago #35
Someone always chimes in with this whenever Trumps removal from office comes up. lol! Blues Heron 13 hrs ago #30
No he's not. His fetish is couches. madinmaryland 10 hrs ago #43
+1. dalton99a 16 hrs ago #3
the semi-rational Republicans don't want him to resign.. agingdem 16 hrs ago #10
Not even if offered a substantial amount of money? wnylib 14 hrs ago #17
Is this atrocity the result of his executive time out yesterday? BattleRow 14 hrs ago #28
It is plain to see that there are no guardrails anymore. NONE. dalton99a 16 hrs ago #4
The 'both sides moderates' in media outlets tell us that the courts are holding. Not only is that not the wiggs 13 hrs ago #32
That would just convince him he's doing a really good job! bucolic_frolic 16 hrs ago #5
You know, he might be glad to find a way out... Tesha 16 hrs ago #6
That was my thinking. Might be worth it to save the USA and the human race. Chasstev365 16 hrs ago #7
Yup, I hate the idea of immunizing him from any kind of prosecution but I guess it would be worth it to save the planet. thesquanderer 15 hrs ago #15
Simple, just lie to him, and then tear up any agreement once he's gone ashredux 16 hrs ago #9
That's why he would never agree to it. crazylikafox 16 hrs ago #12
Yep. Sounds like the Main Rule of Trump. calimary 35 min ago #49
Federal vs state AverageOldGuy 14 hrs ago #22
He never admits guilt. debsy 15 hrs ago #13
We know that will never happen, Bayard 15 hrs ago #16
That would remove any semblance of justice left in this country. OldBaldy1701E 14 hrs ago #19
Kegsbreath is the Secretary of War Crimes AllyCat 14 hrs ago #20
Something has to happen Grim Chieftain 14 hrs ago #23
And the message should be Republicans have the power to end the madness, but won't. Chasstev365 14 hrs ago #25
November is coming! BidenRocks 14 hrs ago #24
Not the stupidest plan I've heard. yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #27
What was the batshit crazy post this morning? MorbidButterflyTat 13 hrs ago #31
I suggested this during the 2020 election SomedayKindaLove 13 hrs ago #34
Krasnov is like Tyson EnergizedLib 12 hrs ago #36
Wtf!? Solomon 12 hrs ago #40
Jd Vance would not be much better mucifer 12 hrs ago #37
That is the way to fight the current idiots in the WH. usaf-vet 12 hrs ago #38
Republicans are never going to give up power bob4460 12 hrs ago #39
never work. Javaman 12 hrs ago #41
No, no mercy! returnee 11 hrs ago #42
Absolutely not - he needs to be impeached or removed TBF 10 hrs ago #44
trump is not well LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #45
Not only would he say no.... cab67 8 hrs ago #46
I understand the temptation, but ... kst 5 hrs ago #47

Chasstev365

(7,827 posts)
8. Everyone hates JD Vance: MAGA, GOP Senators, etc
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:47 AM
16 hrs ago

He will not have the same hold as Trump has had.

CrispyQ

(40,982 posts)
11. I agree & it's a good thing cuz Peter Thiel is creepy af.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:00 PM
16 hrs ago

And he's not "in your face" like Trump & Musk, so who knows WTF he's up to.

popsdenver

(2,325 posts)
21. Thiel
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:30 PM
14 hrs ago

and a bunch of others, like Stephen Miller, Russell Vought, etc appear to be running things from the shadows, behind smoke and mirrors. Everything except Trump's personal shitstorms, and Comrade Putin's orders.......

BurnDoubt

(1,756 posts)
48. Kraznov is the Tits that...
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 01:29 AM
2 hrs ago

Takes our attention away from what's going on behind the Curtain.
The media continually shoves him in our faces so the illusion lives on.
Money Did This.

allegorical oracle

(6,489 posts)
29. Without djt's looming menace around, Vance might be more apt to
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:03 PM
14 hrs ago

be easier to live with. Beginning to think the devil would be more reasonable than djt.

MadameButterfly

(4,055 posts)
33. But he'd also be able to appear sane
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:23 PM
13 hrs ago

and unlike Trump, he's actually smart. He'd be just as crooked stealing the vote, but not stupid enough to ignore warnings about the Straights of Hormuz. Nor is he likely in the Epstein files, or guilty of J6 or stealing documents. Everything that might bring down Trump, JD is not implicated in. No, he has no charisma, but all they have to do is come up with a Quanon like conspiracy with him as the hero.

I still think we have to discredit the whole administration to get ourselves out of this.

Blues Heron

(8,862 posts)
30. Someone always chimes in with this whenever Trumps removal from office comes up. lol!
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:06 PM
13 hrs ago

Is Vance a child raper too?

agingdem

(8,863 posts)
10. the semi-rational Republicans don't want him to resign..
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:53 AM
16 hrs ago

they want him to die in office because graceless buffoon Vance can be intimidated and controlled... and maybe if he runs for the presidency in 2028 and wins, Republicans can retain power...and with Vance in the Oval Office, Trump's gang of venal wretches lose sway...

dalton99a

(94,274 posts)
4. It is plain to see that there are no guardrails anymore. NONE.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:29 AM
16 hrs ago

The world is ruled by a crazed demented monster

wiggs

(8,817 posts)
32. The 'both sides moderates' in media outlets tell us that the courts are holding. Not only is that not the
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:18 PM
13 hrs ago

case, but courts are the very last guardrail after norms, morals and ethics, common sense, advisors, in house lawyers, congress, the interests of other countries, and fairness guardrails have all been exhausted. We shouldn't even have to go to court to defend against an unhinged, disordered executive but this is where we are.

Loopholes in laws, a vulnerable constitution, vast wealth, and complicit gop destroyed the nation's defenses against tyranny. There's one last desperate guardrail that other countries have used but which we have not...since we were a colony.

bucolic_frolic

(55,220 posts)
5. That would just convince him he's doing a really good job!
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:32 AM
16 hrs ago

Because it comes from Democrats. We are cooked.

Tesha

(21,143 posts)
6. You know, he might be glad to find a way out...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:33 AM
16 hrs ago

And aside from $$$ his freedom matters most

thesquanderer

(13,017 posts)
15. Yup, I hate the idea of immunizing him from any kind of prosecution but I guess it would be worth it to save the planet.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:24 PM
15 hrs ago

And really, the odds that he'd ever be prosecuted for anything aren't good to begin with.

But not impossible.

So like Tesha was saying, the only thing that could matter to him more than money and power would be keeping himself out of jail.

crazylikafox

(2,932 posts)
12. That's why he would never agree to it.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:03 PM
16 hrs ago

That’s what he would do and he assumes everyone is as evil as he is

calimary

(90,123 posts)
49. Yep. Sounds like the Main Rule of Trump.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 03:29 AM
35 min ago

Your theory makes a lot of sense, crazylikafox.

AverageOldGuy

(3,887 posts)
22. Federal vs state
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:32 PM
14 hrs ago

Congress could grant him immunity from federal crimes but what about states?

Surely some states could make the case that he illegally interfered in their elections.

Bayard

(29,771 posts)
16. We know that will never happen,
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:57 PM
15 hrs ago

It will just make him dig in deeper. Unless, maybe a group of high-profile rethuglicans went with them--a united front. Isn't that what happened with Nixon?

OldBaldy1701E

(11,184 posts)
19. That would remove any semblance of justice left in this country.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:12 PM
14 hrs ago

Now, if we did that with the request that his entire regime steps down, and if they did that, we would be willing to discuss leniency, once the prosecutions begin.

But, I am NOT letting those evil bastards off the hook. None of them.

Grim Chieftain

(1,758 posts)
23. Something has to happen
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:41 PM
14 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Apr 5, 2026, 05:47 PM - Edit history (1)

Seriously, this cannot go on. Each and every day is a new affront to democracy, the rule of law, and sanity.

The man is deranged and has no checks and balances, he has declared war on the world, including this country.

This has to stop - NOW.

BidenRocks

(3,284 posts)
24. November is coming!
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:44 PM
14 hrs ago

Then in January the guardrails are coming back!

The end is in sight. We need to inform them we will be asking for executions for Crimes against Humanity, The Constitution and attempting the overthrow of our way of life! Treason! (The whole book!) Art. 134! Everything!

Repent! Or else!

I would cite the end of Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania in 1989. He and his wife.
I could live with this for Chump and the bitch! I Won't Care, Will You?!

Only then can we back down from this nightmare and rebuild America.

yellow dahlia

(5,972 posts)
27. Not the stupidest plan I've heard.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:55 PM
14 hrs ago

The priority needs to be saving this Democracy...and this planet.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,535 posts)
31. What was the batshit crazy post this morning?
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:13 PM
13 hrs ago

Batshit crazier than any other thing he (supposedly) posted?

SomedayKindaLove

(1,186 posts)
34. I suggested this during the 2020 election
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:30 PM
13 hrs ago

Drop from the race and you won’t be prosecuted. Would have at least saved the lives of everyone killed by Jan 6 coup attempt.

EnergizedLib

(3,058 posts)
36. Krasnov is like Tyson
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:06 PM
12 hrs ago

- Both are psychos.

- One is a convicted rapist, the other a convicted felon and credibly accused rapist.

- One wanted to eat Lennox Lewis’ children, the other has been accused of raping children.

- Both said Praise be to Allah in an unhinged rant.

bob4460

(393 posts)
39. Republicans are never going to give up power
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:25 PM
12 hrs ago

They are raping and pillaging our country without remorse, and they are never going to give up power to allow anybody to come back and prosecute them. That's their plan anyway.

Javaman

(65,750 posts)
41. never work.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:58 PM
12 hrs ago

the rest of the world would continue to hate us for not prosecuting a war criminal and someone clearly guilty of crimes of against humanity.

returnee

(933 posts)
42. No, no mercy!
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 04:57 PM
11 hrs ago

He has so fucked this country he must be held fully accountable, as must all his henchmen/-women.

TBF

(36,723 posts)
44. Absolutely not - he needs to be impeached or removed
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 05:15 PM
10 hrs ago

You need to remember there are many more of us than him.

What you're suggesting is letting him off the hook despite all the crap he has pulled, and the republicans have rubber-stamped. I see no need to "rescue" the republicans. I'm happy to see them go down with the dimwit ship. The people tortured & killed in El Salvador (don't kid yourself - we know what is happening there), Renee and Alex murdered in cold blood in the streets of Minneapolis. Families broken up, economy destroyed. Just NO.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,054 posts)
45. trump is not well
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:00 PM
10 hrs ago

I saw this circulating and assumed (hoped?) that it was fake. Alas, it’s real.

Not only does it reflect a rapidly unraveling president, it comes just days after he expressed indifference to the Strait of Hormuz during his WH address. (“We don’t need it. We haven’t needed it, and we don’t need it”)

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-05T12:33:09.824Z

cab67

(3,775 posts)
46. Not only would he say no....
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 07:39 PM
8 hrs ago

.....this would be consistent with really bad precedents, like Ford's pardon of Nixon, the blanket pardons following Iran-Contra, and Obama's decision to "look forward" and not really investigate his predecessor's administration.

Every time this happens, the next president learns just how impregnable they are.

kst

(77 posts)
47. I understand the temptation, but ...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:02 PM
5 hrs ago

I see two big problems with this idea.

First, it would set a horrible precedent. Or rather, it would reinforce the precedent set by the Nixon pardon. That you can commit all the crimes you like, and get away with nothing worse than losing your job.

Second, Congressional Democrats have no authority to make such a deal. Congress doesn't prosecute.

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