ADDED: I love the poker face on Marco Rubio. He must assume he'd be the winning presidential candidate in the "cute" scenario. Would I do it, if asked? Would I resign, if elected cutely?
October 27, 2025
"I think the people wouldn't like that. It's too cute. It wouldn't be right."
Said Trump, accepting the theory that he could run for a 3rd term by winning as the vice presidential candidate under a presidential candidate who would resign after winning. "Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that."
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Trump understands he is in a relay race.
Marco's trying hard not to smirk, maybe laugh. He's done a terrific job as SOS I think, but when it comes to ambition, business is business.
Trump has been using this to troll for retards for a while now.
They will still claim he wants to destroy democracy. They are stupid people and they need to justify their violence.
In 1976 Wendell Anderson resigned as governor of Minnesota so his Lt Gov, Rudy Perpich could appoint him to Walter Mondale's former Senate seat. The move was too cute for MN voters who voted Wendy out in 1978.
Cute Hitler.
It matters who asked the question, friend or foe…
Classic Trump phrasing that shows he truly does not care what anyone thinks of what he says. It will both infuriate opponents and follow the law to the letter. And he encapsulates it like only he can: “it’s too cute.”
Please don't believe him, comrades . It's a trick!
I love the no tie propped himself up in the doorway look. Like President Dean Martin. Not a drinker but he could easily be marinating some ice cubes in a tub of caramel colored liquid, adjusting to the turbulence and never spilling a drop…
Oops left off, “It wouldn’t be right.” It’s the important part. And FWIW he’s unafraid of speaking his thoughts.
Obama/Newsom 2028?
He missed an opportunity to hold his hands out, and say 'Not gonna do that.... Wouldn't be prudent...'
Trump, of course, is trolling the left. In any case, the 22nd Amendment bars this method to a third term. Now, I think it is debatable whether or not a third term is possible via being in the line of succession. For example, after a president has served out his second term and gets elected Speaker- is he eligible to become president if needed? The 22nd Amendment specifically says "elected" but this need not be narrowly interpreted as elected in a presidential/vice presidential election- but could, instead, be interpreted as elected/confirmed to an office in line for succession.
The problem with the scenario isn’t just that it is “too cute.” It’s that Trump would have to find someone he could trust to resign.
The left want their insane mentally ill base to live in a state of fear and loathing. Trump is happy to play along.
I heard the same idea floated for Clinton in 2000 and (to a lesser degree) Obama in 2016. Trolling the opposition.
Its a joke son (best foghorn leghorn)
I am sure that the smart people here know that talk about Trump having a third term is all about defeating the usual lame duck scenario.
Trump’s main objective is not a third term. It is electing JD Vance to succeed him.
I would love to hear Rubio explain his plan at a debate. Talk about looking unpresidential. But it’s good to hear he’s just trolling and MAGA presumably wouldn’t support such weirdness
Peachy is spot on @10:40am!
What all these scenarios fail to take into account is that not even his most ardent supporters want to see Trump continue as president beyond his current term.
Rubio is the ultimate bagboy. I grant that he seems like has improved a bit. But don't trust it. Never forget Gang of Eight, Al Cardenas' little toy, a secret Jeb Bush family patsy, Koch tool, Sansom scandals in the Florida House, no-show job at FIU.
Marco's trying hard not to smirk, maybe laugh. He's done a terrific job as SOS I think, but when it comes to ambition, business is business.
Of course. No one succeeds for long in politics without ambition that borders on the pathological. One can only hope that their other qualities make up for it.
Even more importantly, as Milton Friedman elucidated, we have to recognize that we can never depend on electing a "better" class of people to high office. We can only ensure that our national affairs have been arranged in a manner that strongly incentivizes bad people to do good things.
I would be comfortable with any of Rubio, Vance, DeSantis, or Gabbard in either of the top two jobs. All of them have exceeded my expectations, but none more so than Rubio.
Left Bank of the Charles said...
The problem with the scenario isn’t just that it is “too cute.” It’s that Trump would have to find someone he could trust to resign.
Trump hooked another retard.
What all these scenarios fail to take into account is that not even his most ardent supporters want to see Trump continue as president beyond his current term.
Correct. And that would be true even if he weren't at an age where concerns of him following Biden into drooling senility would not be misplaced.
No one is indispensable. As DeGaulle noted when he was being urged to remain for a third term as President of the Fifth Republic, "The graveyards are full of indispensable men."
When the No Kings crowd in my own circle gets too overheated about the impending Fall of the Republic, I assure them that if Trump ever tried to subvert the Constitutional limits on the President's term in office, I'd join them on the barricades, and bring enough weapons for a platoon.
More importantly, I think Trump's wife Melania would object for personal reasons.
I suspect Trump will relish the role of, ahem, "King-maker" after he leaves office.
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He's already King. Why does he need to be elected? ;^)
Wince you sly dog.
Tina, there were also the foam parties...
They dont care about that, they were basenghi for four years
Yeah, as one of the people, I wouldn't like that. Trump's in his second term, after winning three elections. The left doesn't fear Trump so much as they fear they might have a movement on their hands. If they could believe that Trump's a one-of, then they could plan on getting back to the business of saddling the NWO onto America. But if Trump is heading a new direction, call it Americanism, then a third Trump term wouldn't be necessary. Others can carry that forward.
WATCH THE WAY WE KEEP THE BEAT
Frank Zappa - I'm So Cute
I love a love song.
Too cute by a 1/3. Or is it 1/2?
All hail Trump! How often do you think of the Roman Empire? Throw another baby into the clinic... coliseum, something wicked is in progress.
Hardly a poker-faced Rubio. If you watched the whole clip you would have seen Rubio openly laughing at one point as Trump was speaking to the press.
"It's too cute. It wouldn't be right."
"Too old. It's not right.."
Come to think of it, that "Hail Satan!" final scene with all those old character actors resembles a "No Kings" rally.
This gives me some confidence in the future of our species:
"Argentina Hands Milei a Stunning Victory, Mandate for Reform".
The experts got it wrong again.
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/10/27/argentina-hands-milei-a-stunning-victory-reform-mandate-n3808254
King Trump is just going to cancel elections, right libtards?
Yes it is, i think polanski tempted fate in that scene
Dogma and Pony Show said...
"What all these scenarios fail to take into account is that not even his most ardent supporters want to see Trump continue as president beyond his current term."
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You would be surprised to see how many of his "most ardent supporters" want him to do exactly that.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSH3J1BpESs
Steve Bannon trolls some British journos about having a "plan" to get Trump a 3rd term. MANY commenters want that to happen, and they demonstrate an absolutely shocking ignorance about the Constitution in their supporting arguments.
For example, many speak of "two terms" or "three terms", when the 22nd Amendments says, " No person can be *elected* to the office of President more than twice. Nothing about how many "terms" that person can govern, or whether those "terms" need to be consecutive or not.
Sure, some claim Trump could run as VP under Rubio or Vance, then have him step aside, but as The Donald himself indicates, "It's too cute. It wouldn't be right."
Can anyone imagine Rubio or Vance humiliating themselves like that? Could conservatives buy into such a blatant attempt to evade the Constitution?
But even some on "our side" would be happy to see this happen.
We all have to remember: the Left's March through the Institutions has produced conservatives as clueless as the Progs about how our constitutional republic works.
I think the evil corrupt left have opened eyes - Tina.
people change and adjust to that.
If Trump/Hitler doesn't stop ruining the economy, I'm gonna need to buy another boat. If he gets another term, I'll have to buy everyone a new boat. A nation of captains, and me the commodore.
Only descendants of FDR have a legitimate claim on the throne.
I just read the text of the 22nd Amendment. The way the Amedment is worded doesn’t explicitly address the scenario described by Trump, but I could see a 9-0 ruling from the Supreme Court to the effect that a person who has been elected twice to the Presidency is Constitutionally barred from serving as Vice Presidency, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tem of the Senate, or any cabinet offer in the chain of succession on the grounds that he or she might ascend to the Presidency.
Trump will be 80 next year, and while a Trump 80 is different from a Biden 80, it's best not to tempt fate and take a well-earned rest instead.
This is from memory, as I -- like most of the press, apparently, am too lazy to go looking.
But my memory *seems* to instruct me that to be a VP candidate, you have to be eligible to be a presidential candidate. IOW, since the 22nd Amendment was passed, a president of two terms is ineligible to be elected VP, as well.
Then you'd have to go for more fanciful scenarios, like getting elected as House Speaker and have the pres and veep both resign simultaneously.
"What all these scenarios fail to take into account is that not even his most ardent supporters want to see Trump continue as president beyond his current term."
That was true at the start of the term.
Seeing how the Dems have reacted to the death of Charlie Kirk, and the threats they've made about how his supporters should be treated in the future, I'm starting to believe there are worse things than another Trump term.
James Carville Fantasizes About Trump ‘Collaborators’ Being ‘Shaved, Dressed in Orange Pajamas, and Spit on’ by Public After 2028
"You know what we do with collaborators? I think these corporations — my fantasy dream is that this nightmare ends in 2029, and I think we ought to have radical things — I think they all ought to have their heads shaven, they should be put in orange pajamas, and they should be marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, and the public should be invited to spit on them. The universities, the corporations, the law forms, all of these collaborators should be shaved, pajamaed, and spit on."
I note no Democrats have publicly dissented or rebuked the statements of this party icon.
https://x.com/ingelramdecoucy/status/1982516344722796622
Al hunt is another dinosaur
The CBS Morning News show today had an entire feature segment on Trump's running again in 2028.
The regulars were apoplectic- courts involved, norms shattered. They dug Steve Bannon out of whatever place he stays in to state that Trump is definitely running again.
It was like watching a bunch of cats in a laser show. I was picturing Trump moving levers to adjust the angle and brightness of each laser, and watching each cat react in turn, sometimes they spoke over each other like 2 of the animals colliding in their attempts to catch their target.
He is in their heads so much...
Many WWII vets who'd fought in the Southwest Pacific--Guadalcanal, New Guinea etc came home with malaria. And there were recurrent attacks of high fever, sweating etc.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is like malaria in a way--recurrent bouts of derangement, high fever, sweats etc. And Trump knows how to initiate those recurrent attacks. I think he actually enjoys it.
Worth floating for the head-asplosions.
Here's a handy article explaining the legalities.
I've been informed by an MSNBC viewer that the plan is to start a war and use that as an excuse to cancel elections. That wouldn't be too cute. Never mind the examples of all the elections we've held while the country was at war including a civil war.
"King Trump is just going to cancel elections, right libtards?"
They don't seem to be too keen on elections when it comes to who gets the Democratic nomination for president, so they naturally assume everybody else prefers to do without elections, too.
According to today's SF Chronicle, Kamala announced on a BBC interview that she 'may seek the highest office again'. Brilliant. She's like one of those blow-up punch-clowns with sand at the bottom.
I can't think of anyone who would resign after just winning the the Presidency for the first time. What would the reward be to make it worth it?
You could include all the McLaughlin Group prolly…
Eleanor I think you’re Swell-anor…
The thing nobody ever considers is that if Trump can do it, so can Obama. And, if Trump decides to run there will be so much pressure on Obama to step up and be the America's "savior." Obama is only 64. Trump is almost 80.
Two terms seems like plenty but what do I know.
Don’t let Trump cheat and steal the election in 2028!!!! Demand paper ballots and voter ID!!!!
D.D. Driver said...
“The thing nobody ever considers is that if Trump can do it, so can Obama.”
Biden’s term was Obama’s third term, regardless of who was occupying the Oval Office and dozing on the beach.
The Twelfth Amendment specifies that anyone who is constitutionally ineligible to be President cannot serve as Vice President. This means that a person who has already served two terms as President, as per the 22nd Amendment, is not eligible to run for Vice President either.
If Trump were to resign as President before his current term expires wouldn't be helpful since he could not have been entered on the ballot to be elected VP while still in office.
So why do we have all this nonsensical speculation? Even after Donald succeeds in overthrowing the government under his new autocracy, the Constitution won't come into play anyway.
The problem with the scenario isn’t just that it is “too cute.” It’s that Trump would have to find someone he could trust to resign.
That's why he put Kash Patel in as FBI director.
"Argentina Hands Milei a Stunning Victory, Mandate for Reform".
Kak and the Financial Times boys hardest hit.
As noted by Rocco, Obama effectively already did so. We don’t know who approved the autopen. No records were kept. We do know who George Clooney contacted when he decided Biden couldn’t run anymore.
Maybe it’s not just about avoiding the lame duck status that that usually follows a second term POTUS. It’s also about overloading the left with things to talk about.
Look! There’s a squirrel.
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Mike (MJB Wolf) said...
"Classic Trump phrasing that shows he truly does not care what anyone thinks of what he says."
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I agree. But the difference between what he says and what you and I might say, is that he is the President of the most powerful nation in the world, with access to the nuclear codes that could end all of civilization as we now know it. Gone forever. So it does matter what he says.
"So it does matter what he says."
So keep worrying about it.
Problem solved.
This is just a distraction from the Epstein files, right?
@gadfly, you might be right. The end of the text of the 12th Amendment reads as follows:
“But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”
I’d like a Con Law scholar to weigh in here. @Meade, I understand you know a pretty good Constitutional Law scholar — can you get her to discuss?
D.D. Driver said...
The thing nobody ever considers is that if Trump can do it, so can Obama. And, if Trump decides to run there will be so much pressure on Obama to step up and be the America's "savior." Obama is only 64. Trump is almost 80.
Two terms seems like plenty but what do I know.
Trump hooked another one. The retard lake is full today.
There are too many lures
there will be so much pressure on Obama to step up and be the America's "savior."
Because he did such a bang-up job with his health care system, no doubt.
He had his shot last year, we said no
Trump will never be President again. This is all Trump bullshit, and Trump knows it. He is just trolling people. The problem with this trolling is that it just diminishes all the the good things he has said he would do and that he has done. People, even hostile foreign leaders with nuclear weapons aimed at the US, don't believe him any more. This is an unforced error on Trump's part.
Except his efforts continue to rack up
"with access to the nuclear codes that could end all of civilization as we now know it. Gone forever. So it does matter what he says."
2 words: Joe Biden
The only person in history to beat Jessie Jackson at getting people to ask: What the hell did he just say?
"People, ..., don't believe him any more."
I don't know about that. He just got Portland police to clean out Antifa with his words. Nobody thought that was possible, and that's just the latest of very strong list of successes done through his words precisely because, for a change, people DO believe what the President says.
Remember that powerful rebuke 'dont'
Poor Lonejustice- pissed at getting trolled.
You see, the problem is that most people who attempt to criticize Trump start with "Trump bad" and then twist facts and perception to prove it, where the truth, if give a chance, would lead to the opposite revelation.
Run for California governor
The problem with this trolling is that it just diminishes all the the good things he has said he would do and that he has done. People, even hostile foreign leaders with nuclear weapons aimed at the US, don't believe him any more
Thank you for recognizing that Trump has done some good things! That's not an easy admission for many.
But do people not believe him? He's made his political career on being CRAAAZY - his unpredictability is part of his toolchest, I think.
Does he sometimes misstep or overstep? I'm sure he does. Even the greatest minds do, and I don't think he's one of "the greatest minds," though I do think he's a lot more intelligent and subtle than his opponents seem to think - and as politicians go, I'd put him very high up in efficacy, based on his accomplishments.
The big question: does he want to be a dictator (or however you'd word it)? I don't see the evidence for it. You acknowledge that this talk is trolling; I hope you'd also acknowledge that he obeys the law (although, like any smart leader, pushes against its boundaries to test them, and must then deal with judicial decisions) and abides by court orders. These are not the characteristics of a dictator.
Trump is trolling. He's ridiculously good at it. Some commenters have noted that many of his base is all in on Trump 2028. Of course they are! They are all in on the joke!
I had a work associate, very independent/libertarian, who said that if Trump ran for a third term he'd vote for him.
I see somebody actually made a useful comment for once and pointed to the last line of the 12th Amendment. The drafters of that Amendment realized jointly electing the President and VP could produce exactly this situation since there's no language in the Constitution setting out the qualifications for being VP as it was unnecessary under the original plan for the runner-up to be the VP. The 22nd Amendment has to say 'elected' because a VP who ascends to the Presidency due to vacancy in that office only serves a partial term. The 25th then clarified the maximum duration of tenure as President is ten years across three terms (one unelected).
As a number of folks have noted, it seems that an otherwise unqualified person could be selected as House Speaker and then have both the President and VP resign to put them in office. Which is a really good argument for why it's stupid to have that position (and the Senate President Pro Tempore) in the line of succession for President.
I understand that Vance and Rubio are giving Dems the heebie-jeebies. A slight change in the fanciful, from Trump 2028 to Trumpism 2028, should really send them around the bend.
lonejustice said...
Trump will never be President again. This is all Trump bullshit, and Trump knows it. He is just trolling people. The problem with this trolling is that it just diminishes all the the good things he has said he would do and that he has done. People, even hostile foreign leaders with nuclear weapons aimed at the US, don't believe him any more. This is an unforced error on Trump's part.
It doesn't diminish his accomplishments to people with an IQ over 90. Most people know what he is doing.
What it does do is make his haters look like retards.
And Trump hooked another one.
"Trump hooked another one. The retard lake is full today."
Huh? I don't think Trump is going to run again. But, if he did, he would get demolished by Obama. It would be a decrepit 83 y.o. against a very popular, still spry opponent. He barely beat HRC. Trump get wiped out by Obama and you have to be a child to not see that coming. For my part, I will vote for someone else or stay home because I think both men are tyrants.
At some point the left will realize that Trump won't run again. Then they have to make the case that Rubio/Vance/DeSantis are all worse than Trump and Hitler, which should be entertaining.
Christopher B: As a number of folks have noted, it seems that an otherwise unqualified person could be selected as House Speaker and then have both the President and VP resign to put them in office.
Seems to me that the Presidential Succession Act is pretty clear. First, that anybody under the VP only "acts as" President, but does not actually "become" President. Also, it states that individuals in the line of succession are skipped when that individual "fail[s] to qualify as" President.
So I would think an unqualified Speaker (eg, not a natural-born citizen, or not 35 years old, or already having served two terms as President) would be skipped in determining succession.
Trumps current approval rate is higher than either Obama or Bush at this point in their second terms.
Imagine Trump being named, in advance, as candidate Vance's Chief of Staff.
I'd vote for Vance anyway, but knowing Trump would be in that office every day would be great! I think it would be good for SOME more votes.
"Trumps current approval rate is higher than either Obama or Bush at this point in their second terms."
Sure its! LOL.
You do know its really easy to fact check all of these claims that you repeat, right?
https://chatgpt.com/s/t_690210fdcabc8191aef1c5920786121b
And a summary of the more recent polling figures for Bagio:
https://chatgpt.com/s/t_690210fdcabc8191aef1c5920786121b
(Spoiler: America hates Trump, again.)
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