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Finally, Trump’s Alarming Mental Decline Has Become a Big Media Story
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Billionaires are bankrolling him (along with key senate republicans) and they have their guy JD on the ticket. My guess is soon after elections these billionaires will force 25th amendment to remove clinically insane Shitler and replace him with President JD as their surrogate.
There is no other explanation why billionaires are so openly pumping Trump and his campaign.
I'm willing to bet they saw Biden stepping down and promoting Harris, and said "Let's do that, but after the election!"
It was just announced that Musk is going to be stumping in Pennsylvania every day since Trump can't be seen in public. The stuff Leon, who's not a great public speaker, says may prove as enlightening as it is infuriating. I'm half expecting him to freudian-slip in a "President Vance" at some point.
Anyone stupid enough to listen to Musk is already a lost cause. I doubt it will move the needle.
That doesn't mean they don't vote
If Trump wins I don't think they'll immediately replace him. Keep in mind Trump is easy to influence. He'll agree to anything if you butter him up a bit so a lot of damage can be done under the guise of "Trump did it".
Only when he rants out of line or does something that can't be sanewashed will he be removed. In terms of ideal timing (for Republicans) right after the midterms works best. Trump usually causes problems for the midterms, but assuming he can shuffle past, after the midterms would be best. It would give Vance the incumbency advantage and still allow him to run for two terms.
Of course Vance doesn't have the charisma for that, so it's unlikely to actually happen.
Classic pump and dump, really
It's dead simple: Trump gave billionaires a huge tax cut when he was president. They are backing him because he will do it again if reelected. That's all they really care about.
I just don’t believe that Trump would go along with that.
The 25th amendment gives a path for the Presidency to be taken from Trump if he is deemed mentally unfit.
The implication is that he doesn't know about it.
Obviously, but I’m sure he would fight it till his last dying breath. And I’m sure it would cause absolute chaos.
Trump doesn't care. Soon as he's sworn in he'll pardon himself for any and all crimes past and future. Then grift as much as possible before getting the 25th amendment boot, which he'll take gladly. No need to act president, and all his legal problems are solved. He can then golf all day every day, exactly as he wants
Because Trump will cut their taxes again and even more.
JD is the real danger here. He is so deep in billionaires pockets he will literally be the puppet of people like Thiel and Musk etc. this does not make Trump any less of a danger but we can not underestimate how bad JD can be. That guy is absolutely horrifying when it comes to his views about women’s role in society.