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Wheeee
Mar 11, 2001

When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Forget what Trump's Presidency would look like, focus on what his eventual VP's Presidency would look like because Trump will be impeached within the first year.

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limp dick calvin
Sep 1, 2006

Strepitoso. Vedete? Una meraviglia.
The DSM-5 has been out forever, effort poster.

Nebakenezzer
Sep 13, 2005

The Mote in God's Eye

Consummate Professional posted:

The DSM-5 has been out forever, effort poster.

Ha, I actually knew that but it's bullshit. DSM-4 forever

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
It's going to be an absolute shitfest, because he doesn't have an actual clue what he's doing. Imagine the geopolitical equivalent of an entire country filing for chapter 11.

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
Oh sure, Trump made money. I'm sure Trump will leave the presidency unscathed.

Cromulent_Chill
Apr 6, 2009

zen death robot posted:

He made a profit off of bankruptcies though, so hell, who knows?

I'm sure he will profit off of a presidency while the rest of north america burns. Is that a good thing?

Wheeee
Mar 11, 2001

When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Killin_Like_Bronson posted:

I'm sure he will profit off of a presidency while the rest of north america burns. Is that a good thing?

Good, bad, he's the one with the massive polling lead.

Dead Cosmonaut
Nov 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
He's going to shoot a terrorist on live television

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVeVcVBW_CE

Darkman Fanpage
Jul 4, 2012
It looks like winning.

Dead Cosmonaut
Nov 14, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
He would hold The Apprentice but instead it'll be members of his cabinet.

Teriyaki Koinku
Nov 25, 2008

Bread! Bread! Bread!

Bread! BREAD! BREAD!
Death, OP.

Lots and lots of death.

Teriyaki Koinku has issued a correction as of 03:54 on Feb 22, 2016

Donald Trump
Jan 31, 2016

by exmarx
You know, our theme – what’s our theme? You know it, right? Right? Our theme, which I love may be the greatest theme of all time, right? And the word again is eventually going to come off. We’re going to get rid of the whole theme because what’s going to happen – make America great again. Right? And the last two weeks because I’ve gotten to see so many, I guess, millions when you add them all up with all of these forums and message boards and all of these speeches and I’ve met so many people. But the people are so incredible that I’ve been saying make America great again and it’s going to be greater than ever before. That’s the kind of potential that we have – greater than ever before.

Samuel Clemens
Oct 4, 2013

I think we should call the Avengers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brTeI8X-SoQ

VR Native American
May 1, 2009
Gun Saliva
What does a Trump presidency look like my friends?

It looks like it's more inevitable every day :3

The New Black
Oct 1, 2006

Had it, lost it.

ScrubLeague posted:

Ted Cruz would be the last President of the United States, because it wouldn't be a sovereign nation for much longer after he carpet-bombs the entire Middle East.

Isn't Cruz a bit of an isolationist? I thought this was more Rubio's policy. You know, the safe, establishment option!

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?

Wheeee posted:

Forget what Trump's Presidency would look like, focus on what his eventual VP's Presidency would look like because Trump will be impeached within the first year.

The trick is to choose someone much worse as VP

Donald Trump
Jan 31, 2016

by exmarx
I'm thinking Mark Cuban will be my VP

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

poty posted:

The trick is to choose someone much worse as VP

Linda McMahon as VP it is!

Nebakenezzer
Sep 13, 2005

The Mote in God's Eye

Donald Trump posted:

I will be the best President God ever created. We will make America great again, greater than ever before.

Mr. Trump, a question if I might. Have you given any thought as to who your VP should be?

Followup question: was there ever anybody on the Apprentice that you got on with, would you consider them for the slot?

walgreenslatino
Jun 2, 2015

Lipstick Apathy
I don't think he has the political understanding or even interest to actually govern. I imagine he'd delegate everything and continue his life very similarly to how he lives it now.

I think the real question becomes, what kind of people is Trump going to bring in as advisors, cabinet members, and executive officials? Is he going to haul in a bunch of lawyers and executives and cronies from The Trump Organization LLC? (probably yeah) Then how do these people govern? I think the practical reality would be a Presidential Hydra of Romney-clone corporate types operating under the auspices of the Trump figurehead.

Ironically I think Trump would lead to a decrease in the power of the executive branch, as congress attempts to govern around him.

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

and hell, I'm glad of it.

Donald Trump
Jan 31, 2016

by exmarx

Nebakenezzer posted:

Mr. Trump, a question if I might. Have you given any thought as to who your VP should be?

Followup question: was there ever anybody on the Apprentice that you got on with, would you consider them for the slot?

Go up 2 posts you dummy.

Nebakenezzer
Sep 13, 2005

The Mote in God's Eye

Donald Trump posted:

Go up 2 posts you dummy.

As to my follow-up question?

Donald Trump
Jan 31, 2016

by exmarx

Nebakenezzer posted:

As to my follow-up question?

No. I want someone political.

Otherkinsey Scale
Jul 17, 2012

Just a little bit of sunshine!

walgreenslatino posted:

congress attempts to govern

I know we can't be 100% certain what happens in a Trump presidency, but let's not go crazy here.

french lies
Apr 16, 2008
A Trump presidency would most likely be a lot of bluster, constant uproar from the chattering class and feuds with foreign leaders, and lots and lots of cool photo-ops.

The underlying policy changes would likely be minor and confined to advisor-driven wonkish bullshit. It would honestly surprise me if his presidency were to do any real harm.

Jared Kush
Mar 4, 2015

by zen death robot
The worst case scenario is he just does what any of the other candidates would have done.

Laphroaig
Feb 6, 2004

Drinking Smoke
Dinosaur Gum

Slaughterhouse-Ive posted:

Presidential elections will be replaced with quadrennial plebiscites on whether or not to maintain the Trumpenreich. "No" voters will be taken to Trump Death Camp and Casino (formerly known as Iowa) for the crime of low-energy.

Meta Ridley posted:

Alternate Biff Tannen timeline


zen death robot posted:

It will be an exciting time to be alive

Willie Tomg posted:

It will be a brief yet exciting time to be alive

While these are all strong arguments for Trump, I am legit curious as to how many US Citizens President Hillary will have secretly assassinated during her 6 year (poisoned by Chinese sleeper agent halfway into her second term) Presidency.

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

The Helghast were the good guys

mike12345
Jul 14, 2008

"Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."





Laphroaig posted:

While these are all strong arguments for Trump, I am legit curious as to how many US Citizens President Hillary will have secretly assassinated during her 6 year (poisoned by Chinese sleeper agent halfway into her second term) Presidency.

She'll offer Snowden a fair trial, and execute him as soon as touches US ground.

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013

Jewel Repetition posted:

2. He likes vets who weren't captured

Wasn't that the thing where he was at some rally for veterans and his point was that McCain is celebrated as a hero because he suffered at the hands of the Viet Cong, rather than because he served his country, but the media took a ten second sound clip out of context to made it sound like was admonishing McCain rather than celebrating all veterans?

Wolfsheim
Dec 23, 2003

"Ah," Ratz had said, at last, "the artiste."
Probably not terribly different from other republicans outside of a few random gaffes. I mean yeah THE WALL would be a big, dumb waste of ten billion dollars and have little to no impact on illegal immigration but it's not like the Iraq War wasn't more expensive/useless so :shrug:

So yeah pretty much just GWB again

The New Black
Oct 1, 2006

Had it, lost it.

Ork of Fiction posted:

Wasn't that the thing where he was at some rally for veterans and his point was that McCain is celebrated as a hero because he suffered at the hands of the Viet Cong, rather than because he served his country, but the media took a ten second sound clip out of context to made it sound like was admonishing McCain rather than celebrating all veterans?

with context it actually makes less sense, because Trump. It's basically just rambling, he says he isn't a war hero, and he definitely says at one point "He’s a war hero because he was captured.* I like people that weren’t captured." Then he says he is a war hero, "I believe, perhaps". Pretty sure the "weren't captured" thing is a joke referencing that he was just talking about how he doesn't like losers (like McCain). Anyway he's not really making any kind of point, he was really just defending previous Twitter attacks on McCain.

*some transcripts put a question mark here but he doesn't say it like a rhetorical question and i think that kinda biases the reading of it

Mendicant
Sep 22, 2015

by zen death robot
american soldiers shouldn't ever surrender in this day and age.

have you seen our enemies? makes the loving JAPS in WWII seem like reasonable human beings and the loving NAZIS like angels of mercy (unless ur a jew lol)

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013

The New Black posted:

with context it actually makes less sense, because Trump. It's basically just rambling, he says he isn't a war hero, and he definitely says at one point "He’s a war hero because he was captured.* I like people that weren’t captured." Then he says he is a war hero, "I believe, perhaps". Pretty sure the "weren't captured" thing is a joke referencing that he was just talking about how he doesn't like losers (like McCain). Anyway he's not really making any kind of point, he was really just defending previous Twitter attacks on McCain.

*some transcripts put a question mark here but he doesn't say it like a rhetorical question and i think that kinda biases the reading of it

He was like "He's not a hero- well he's a hero because he was captured. I like the people who weren't captured." Which you can try to interpret as a guy slamming POWs at a vets banquet or w/e, which is insane, and completely contrary to the audience's reaction, or you could see it as him saying that you don't have to be shot down to be a hero, that the heroic moment is when the plane takes off, not when it crashes.

The New Black
Oct 1, 2006

Had it, lost it.

Ork of Fiction posted:

He was like "He's not a hero- well he's a hero because he was captured. I like the people who weren't captured." Which you can try to interpret as a guy slamming POWs at a vets banquet or w/e, which is insane, and completely contrary to the audience's reaction, or you could see it as him saying that you don't have to be shot down to be a hero, that the heroic moment is when the plane takes off, not when it crashes.

i mean he may or may not have meant the first option but it's even more of a stretch to suggest that he meant the second. like i said, from watching the video i'm pretty sure it's just a tasteless joke.

Donald Trump
Jan 31, 2016

by exmarx
Make America Great Again

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl

mike12345 posted:

She'll offer Snowden a fair trial, and execute him as soon as touches US ground.

not tough enough. send the CIA assassin to Moscow to murder him there. sned a message that traitorists can't run

Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001

if trumps doctor becomes the surgeon general that will be good, i think

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Jared Kush
Mar 4, 2015

by zen death robot

Wolfsheim posted:

THE WALL would be a big, dumb waste of ten billion dollars and have little to no impact on illegal immigration

I don't think you know how walls work.

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