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‘Clear Correlation’: CNN’s Data Guru Shows How Israel-Hamas War Is Costing Biden Big With Voters In Latest Brutal Poll

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[-] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 79 points 7 months ago

They’re both running to try and lose the election.

Trump never wanted to win in 2016 in the first place, now he just wants to raise money to pay lawyers to beat his court cases, not become president.

Biden said he would only serve one term as president, because he was old. He doesn’t want to be president again, which is why he is trying to become a unpopular as possible.

2024 is an unpopularity contest.

[-] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 55 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

He walked that back almost immediately after getting into power.

Advisor in Campaign (Dec 2019): “If Biden is elected,” a prominent adviser to the campaign said, “he’s going to be 82 years old in four years and he won’t be running for reelection.”. This was solely to get people to vote for Biden before Obama saved his campaign on Super Tuesday.

January 20, 2021: "He's planning to run again," Chris Coons tells politico. This was literally the day of his inaugeration.

March 25, 2021: Biden: "I'm running for reelection in 2024."

Nov 22, 2021: Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024, Psaki says

It was only ever a ploy to get people to vote for an old ass piece of shit.

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 47 points 7 months ago

They’re both running to try and lose the election.

jeb

[-] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

The return of the king! Please clap.

[-] ProfessorAdonisCnut@hexbear.net 36 points 7 months ago

Trump does have shades of Caesar, in that he's mostly seeking office for the immunity it offers rather than to exercise its powers. Part of him also has an ego about the amount that being POTUS lets him be on TV.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

I've been recommended this lecture on Caesar. What do you think of it?

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago

Not OP but I've read Parenti's book on this topic and I would recommend it. He uses the case of Caesar to make a good point that a lot of historians don't like and a lot of people who skim the material misunderstand.

[-] ToxicDivinity@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

This book? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37811.The_Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

yup

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago

The thing that Trump would like more than anything else would be to become king in a constitutional monarchy. It would stroke his ego, people would have to respect him, the law would be unable to touch him a d he wouldn't have to do any actual government business.

[-] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago

Also, Trump fucking loves golden shit, and what better way to get a lot of gold than by being the constitutionally appointed special boy.

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 32 points 7 months ago

when did Biden say he'd only serve one term? I doubt he's having much fun, but he's had plenty of opportunities to appoint his successor. even if he'd rather not be president, his ego is so massive that he thinks he's the only one who can handle the job.

[-] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 32 points 7 months ago

I had to double check.

He never pledged to run for one term, he made several statements that he was a bridge to the next generation of leadership he did not expect to run for a second term but he never explicitly ruled it out.

I would post a link but I'm not a lib, you know how to Google, and the best article looks like it's from the Atlantic which I refuse to give free clicks to.

But TLDR, yes he made very clear he planned to run for exactly one term. No, he did not promise or pledge to run for one term.