Trump Floats Cancelling 2026 Elections, Then Insists He Won't

https://time.com/7343696/trump-floats-cancelling-2026-elections/

by SilverElfin • 7 months ago

23 9 7 months ago

I feel like Trump is constantly floating dangerous ideas and then pretending to not support those ideas, but in reality he is shifting the Overton window. This has happened for example with threats to invade other countries. But now it threatens the integrity of the 2026 elections.

Jblx2• 7 months ago

Textbook Negotiation 101: Anchoring.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=deal+making+anchoring&t=ffab&ia=we...

legitster• 7 months ago

"We don't impeach them. You know why, because they're meaner than we are."

As a reminder, Republicans tried multiple times to launch impeachment efforts against Joe Biden.

TheAlchemist• 7 months ago

The thing I really struggle to understand, is what's their exit plan ?

He and his family, they always disregarded the law, but for guys like Marco Rubio ? He knows damn well the consequences of what they are doing and at some point they will need to pay for it, once they loose an election. Will he argue that he was just obeying orders, trying to limit the damage etc ?

treadump• 7 months ago

once they loose an election

That's the point. They will guarantee they won't lose an election.

general1465• 7 months ago

Which will hinge on the army following through or not.

burnt-resistor• 7 months ago

That's the tendency of terminal discounting. More risk tolerance and less fucks given.

kbelder• 7 months ago

For context, here's what I could find of the actual statement. This is in the context of a talk given to a group of 70 other Republicans. Make up your own mind:

"They say that when you win the presidency, you lose the midterm. So, you're all brilliant people. Most of you are in this business longer than me. That makes me smarter than you, because look where I am right? No, it doesn't. But I wish you could, explain to me what the hell's going on with the mind of the public. Because we have a -- we have the right policy. They don't. They have a horrible policy. They do stick together," Trump said.

"They had the worst president, did the worst job. They had the worst policy. We have to even run against these people. Now, I won't say cancel the election, they should cancel the election, because the fake news will say, 'He wants the elections canceled. He's a dictator.' They always call me a dictator," Trump said as he continued to criticize former Democratic presidents.

Trump Floats Cancelling 2026 Elections, Then Insists He Won't

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