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> He has to do everything at once because he is a lame duck president He is not. A President is a lame duck between the election of their successor and the end
by dragonwriter 2y ago
> He has to do everything at once because he is a lame duck president
He is not. A President is a lame duck between the election of their successor and the end of their term, not at the beginning of their Constitutionally-final term.
- WillPostForFood 2y agoThat's the traditional meaning, but also commonly used to refer to politicians who are term limited, and can't run again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_duck_(politics)#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_duck_(politics)#United_St... A president elected to a second term is sometimes seen as a lame duck from early in the second term, since term limits prevent them from contesting re-election four years later.
- vkou 2y agoHe does not believe he can't run again, so it's a doubly inappropriate description.
- wombat-man 2y agoAnd who will stop him from running again?
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoHow bad are the economy and midterms going to be? Will Republicans think that supporting a 3rd Trump term will be good for their own reelection prospects?
- wombat-man 2y agoThey turned right around to pick him after the insurrection. It looks like we are in for a pretty bad time economically. But even so, he is running the party. Wouldn't shock me if he ran again and got nominated.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoI'd not be surprised if Republicans supported an illegal 3rd term run, other than the fact that I think they'll save their own reelection prospects first if it comes to that.
- goatlover 2y agoTrump and Steve Bannon have talked about finding a way to run for a third term.
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