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points by Rapzid 3 days ago | 0 comments

It makes me happy every day that his clock is running out. Clocks. All the clocks running out.

But we need to do some serious rethink and work on curbing the power of the POTUS.

Nothing short of sending a few hundred cronies to prison, and the ones responsible for murder to the firing squad will curb that power.

[–] croes 3 days ago

And he can do a lot of damage until he is gone. He is too old to face any of the consequences he caused

[–] amanaplanacanal 3 days ago

He is visibly deteriorating. I'll be surprised if he stays until the end of his term.

It's only a matter of time before there is a deal between Trump and Vance for a pardon in return for retirement.

[–] Rapzid 3 days ago

I think that's a bad deal for Vance. He wants to run in 2028 for a four year term. Becoming POTUS and inheriting all the baggage for 2 years would harm his chances.

He actually distances himself from a lot of stuff very carefully. Like we all know he was against the Iran war. He said he wasn't going to watch the execution broadcast. Etc.

[–] hightrix 3 days ago

I’m betting he will step down the day after the midpoint in his term. Giving Vance the opportunity to rule for 10 years.

[–] ActorNightly 3 days ago

>All the clocks running out.

Hate to burst your bubble, but behind Trump there are quite a few people that are ready to take his place, with no real chance of voting ever being able to stop them. Don't get your hopes up that voting blue matters. Everyone had the chance in 2024, half the eligible population did not vote. Now we get to live with those consequences.

US is done for.

[–] mrguyorama 3 days ago

The fun thing about society and nations is that rolling over and giving up is literally the only actual failure state.

[–] ActorNightly 3 days ago

Nobody is giving up. We are just going to start on the path of being what Russia is now, while China takes over as the world superpower.

[–] wang_li 3 days ago

In this day and age, 100% of all presidential acts need to be documented publicly. It's no longer enough to wave a piece of paper around and say "see, it has his signature." Random cabinet secretaries and white house staffers running papers through the autopen should be a capital crime and the only sentence should be hanging.

[–] dylan604 3 days ago

Is this really something that has been happening, or just some nonsense that has been thrown out to see what sticks? Yes, using the autopen should be limited to the mass signing of trivial correspondence like annual christmas cards or form letter responses to anything received from the citizens that used a stamp. Has there been any one seriously concerned about legislation or executive order type of documents being signed this way?

[–] wang_li 3 days ago

It's hard to know. People have opinions that it might be happening, which is why I call for presidential action to be public, and not in the form of final signed papers. I want to be able to see the president making the decisions and taking the actions that affect everyone in the country.

[–] vel0city 3 days ago

He supposedly signed individual pardons for 1,600 people in one day.

That would give me quite a cramp and I'm not 80.

[–] dylan604 3 days ago

I wasn't aware of this supposedly. I had assumed that the EO signed covered it in a single signature. Not sure which is worse here, my assumption or your supposedly.

[–] vel0city 3 days ago

Looking more into this, it looks like you're correct. It was a single action which resulted in that ~1,600 pardons, not 1,600 individual documents. My bad.