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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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The nuclear weapons yes. As far the NATO thing, even that runs the risk of him being removed by force, though less immediately.
@Kostya: I'm just saying that people are somewhat hyperbolic about Trump. He's bad, and would be among our worst presidents, but the nightmare scenarios people are describing are often far-fetched or at best borderline plausible. The most likely outcome is several years of embezzlement by Trump with lackluster commitment to GOP policy. A disaster, but not apocalyptic any more than the Presidency of George W Bush was.
edited 3rd Sep '16 8:33:59 AM by CaptainCapsase
Dubya was a Class 0 apocalypse for many people, and I'm not just talking about New Orleans.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Of course, we're assuming Congress will allow the next President to appoint any Supreme Court Justices. As we've seen, there's no actual rule stopping them from dragging the confirmation process out indefinitely.
That actually has me worried a little. Ginsberg is one of the Court's liberal Justices, so once she leaves, the Court will have a conservative majority again. That means, even with Hillary in the White House, and even with a Democratic controlled Senate, the Senate Republicans could just filibuster any new Supreme Court appointments to keep the Court on their side.
Regarding NATO, congress could simply block any attempt to withdraw from the organization, and then vote to declare war against his objections (overriding a veto if necessary) if an overt attack on a NATO nation actually occurred.
If Trump then refused to execute the war, then Congress would have grounds for impeachment.
Now admittedly I don't trust congress to do the sensible thing, but Trump is so despised by the political establishment in both parties that the chances of being removed from office by Congress are quite high.
The Alt-Right will at least be rebuked if Hillary wins. They won't go away, but seeing the American people reject their white supremacist war against "SJW cucks" will be a satisfying moment of, "What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're alone."
edited 3rd Sep '16 10:09:16 AM by Lennik
That's right, boys. Mondo cool.

I would like to note that the odds of Lightysnake doing that stand at approximately zero. I know the guy, both online and in real life. He's never engaged in that sort of behaviour, ever.
He brought up madfoot's behaviour on other sites because he knows him from another site, something madfoot themself admitted too. That's still against forum policy and was rightfully removed, but it's hardly the sort of "looking for trouble" that you're trying to imply.
Yes he did. In the same crazed speech where he suggested deporting Clinton.
@madfoot
You do realize that bailing on the thread after someone says they recognize you as a racist from elsewhere doesn't really help your case, right? Would it not make more sense to remain here, and, since we have a policy against importing vendettas from other sites, simply never make any sort of racist commentary here, thus making your accuser appear to be wrong?
I assume you refer to the nuclear weapons thing there, right? Because he can totally bail on NATO if he wants. It would be monumentally stupid, but he could do it.
edited 3rd Sep '16 8:29:22 AM by AmbarSonofDeshar