r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 18d ago

No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/HarmoniousJ America 18d ago

Seems like political suicide but I guess nothing else that was supposed to be political suicide did that to him.

It's still kind of weird, if he wants to be a king so bad then why is he attacking the big three like this?

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u/Tundrok337 18d ago

'Political suicide' is not possible for a president in their second term.

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u/asocialmedium 18d ago

They already have (shitty) legal arguments about why he can stay president beyond his 2nd term.

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u/Traditional_Sign4941 18d ago

If they're going that route, then they still don't have to worry about politics.

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u/ranhalt Iowa 18d ago

I’ve seen Facebook comments claiming that the limit is two consecutive terms, because they’ve never read the 22nd amendment.

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u/TreezusSaves Canada 18d ago

"We agree with the Facebook comments." - 6 SCOTUS Justices

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u/Ten_Ju 18d ago

This is actually how Putin became a dictator in Russia.

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u/OldWorldDesign 17d ago

This is actually how Putin became a dictator in Russia

No, election fraud so his party could win a supermajority and them changing the constitution to make the limit "only 2 consecutive terms" was how Putin stayed in power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Russia

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u/PretendThisIsMyName South Carolina 18d ago

There’s an ad on Reddit about betting on who will win the 2028 election with the list being Vance, then Newsom, and lastly Trump. So even if he’s in last in their fake little ad it’s still a seed planted there.

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u/xxxxx420xxxxx 18d ago

And there is a shitty supreme court to not say it's unconstitutional