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After Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested cities like Chicago should be used as "training grounds for our military," Gov. JB Pritzker said the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove the president from office, saying "there is something genuinely wrong with this man."

"It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in, but he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin. Sending troops into cities, thinking that that's some sort of proving ground for war, or that indeed there's some sort of internal war going on in the United States is just, frankly, inane and I'm concerned for his health," Pritzker said Tuesday afternoon. "There is something genuinely wrong with this man, and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked."

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[-] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 97 points 11 months ago

I'm not sure this would fix much...

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 133 points 11 months ago

I'm willing to bet Vance doesn't get the blind worship that Trump gets from his followers.

[-] BlackJerseyGiant@lemmy.world 67 points 11 months ago

It's a cult of personality, and Vance has all the charisma and personality of a couch.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

And Trump has the personality of a sleezy used car salesman but apparently a lot of people are into that

[-] Soulg@ani.social 12 points 11 months ago

Right, and Vance absolutely can not emulate it.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Poor man's idea of a rich man. Idiot's idea of a businessman. Weak man's idea of a strong man.

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Couch is his preference, not his personality. I'd describe it more as toad-like.

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

That's a roundabout way to tell him to go fuck himself.

[-] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago

Dude George W Bush was their guy two elections in a row.

There people are mindless lampreys just looking to latch onto anything that promises to hurt brown people.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Nobody was flying George Bush flags on their pickup trucks though. He didn't have the same cult of personality.

[-] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Nah, I remember seeing many “W” flags on bro dozers. It’s the same awful people.

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 10 points 11 months ago

He needs to fuck some more kids first.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago

They're like geese, they'll follow anything that waddles in front of them.

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Also Vance is going to live long enough to face consequences.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I think its too late to hope on that point, maybe if they all fall to infighting between the tech bro, christian nationalist, and groyper factions they'll tear themselves apart but he would have to be removed very soon for the country to be salvaged into anything resembling the one we knew growing up

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

If Trump goes down via something like the 25th amendment, or like, assassination, I can see the base rallying around Vance. But left to their own devices to pick a successor? Idk. The whole "Trump 2028" meme, as much as it's supposed to "trigger the libs," kinda shows a lack of confidence or at least excitement regarding Vance, and I can envision a contested primary, especially as things continue going towards shit and they have to find someone or something to blame.

Personally, I suspect that we've entered a period of one term presidents. There are systemic issues that will cause things to continue to get worse regardless of who's in charge (barring radical change) and at the modern pace of discourse, four years feels like an eternity.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

JD can get removed after Trump as well. Same goes for porno Mike... And for anyone that goes against humanity.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

When one of them go, they're all going to go. The whole shithouse will go up in flames.

[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 67 points 11 months ago

That's the correct approach. Keep calling out the obvious dementia, the guy's barely a vegetable. Just look at the recent speech with the generals , the orange turd is unrecognisable, he barely moves.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Also mentioning that you are concerned about his health can help to prevent people from immediately going up in arms by appealing to their empathy (no matter how twisted it is in their heads).

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 5 points 11 months ago

And then what? Vance taking power is not what you'd want, I believe

[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Vance is a puppy, maga will tear itself apart.

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Couch fucking loser is better than the Cult leader.

Cults fall apart once their cunt leader dies.

[-] nieminen@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Not always, but usually. We can hope!

[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Trump staying in power is what I don't want. Tinyface Couchfucker certainly isn't a great choice as replacement but he's definitely not worse than Dementia Hitler.

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 2 points 11 months ago

He's young, ambitious and healthy. He could be much worse than Hitler. Wait till he upsets Trump

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That microphone placement is hilarious. Every single time, it's in front of his mouth. He must not have had a mini stroke in a while though, it looks pretty good.

Full speeches: Trump, Hegseth address military leaders at rare meeting in Quantico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhGeNPJlIK4

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That microphone placement is hilarious. Every single time, it’s in front of his mouth.

It's learned behavior. It's how he speaks into Putin's microphone.

But yeah, he has been sounding increasingly mush-mouthed lately.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 44 points 11 months ago

He shouldn't be removed for dementia, he should be removed for treason and prosecuted as such. Along with all his goons.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 11 months ago

Need more to join him in being patriots and standing up to fascist tyranny

[-] Damage@feddit.it 24 points 11 months ago
[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago

The short version is that they find the president no longer fit to carry out his duties as president

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 20 points 11 months ago

The only way Trump is going out is if we the people force him out. I’m open to other suggestions but a general strike is the only way I can see that is realistic.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

The only way he's going out is with a bullet or a massive stroke/ heart attack

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Come on, just a few more big Macs...

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Nepal has joined the chat

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Pritzker/Trump UFC match when?

[-] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

Remove this president from office. I'm tired of all the rest of the suits on the hill pretending this guy is serious. He is a Mistake.

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

Sorry, Trump can't fight on this occasion on account of the bonespurs.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

I know lots of tankies like to jump in and help the qons out by claiming Russia was a "hoax" when it comes to Taco.

But let's look at the outcomes - if you were one of our enemies, including Russia, you would be beside yourself in how much damage Taco is doing to this country.

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[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 9 points 11 months ago

he's copying tactics of Vladimir Putin

Fuck Putin, but he didn't order the army into cities... Unless we count wars, like literally war conflicts, not the made up shit about antifa occupied Los Angeles.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

That's because putin has already established control, meanwhile, trump is a wannabe dictator that still can't get 100% support yet, so he is desperate to project power.

[-] terabytes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Look up the 2011-2013 Russia protests. He used the police, not the army, and used them to raid and arrest his opposition.

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[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

Impeachment is a lower hurdle and more appropriate. But it's no more likely than the 25th being invoked.

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I remember in like 2014 people were saying that Putin had syphallis or dementia or whatever and "wouldn't last long" in power

[-] ODGreen@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

25th or 2nd.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

… so the assumption is that Vance will be better?

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