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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: Trump orders DOJ to go after oil companies
Date: 06/26/26 9:26 AM
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You are thinking about this like a lawyer, looking for some matter of law that he can use. He has the Secret Service, commanded by his lickspittle at Treasury. He has ICE, it's ranks swollen last year with gun crazies and nutter militia members, commanded by his lickspittle at DHS. He has the Marshal Service, commanded by his lickspittle at Justice. He has the US military, commanded by his lickspittle at WD.

I'm not thinking about it like a lawyer. What would he actually do? How does having all these things actually help him? Again, I'm just asking for an explanation of what you're worried would actually happen. Not just pointing to resources that Trump has, but what you think he might do with them that would result in him remaining President.

On January 6th, the noon news cut over to his speech, for a minute. I listened to his rhetoric, and said "yup, he's inflaming the crowd". A few hours later, I turned the TV on again, saw the Capital overrun by a violent mob, and said "don't even try to tell me this isn't a coup".

Whether you call it a coup or not - it was stupid and futile. What if they had succeeded in seizing the Capitol? That doesn't make Trump remain President. Even if they had held the building, it wouldn't have changed anything - it would have still been terrible and violent and a horrific stain and all that, and worse, but it wouldn't have resulted in Trump remaining President.

Maybe it will be easier if I just ask a simpler, yes/no question:

Do you think Trump will declare his candidacy for President for the 2028 Election?

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