In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.
Short of a major heart attack, Trump isn’t giving up one iota of power. Really helps to draw a contrast between the parties, where one guy is willing to step down and the other is prepared to crash the plane with us all in it.
He knows if he isn’t elected, he’s going to prison.
…or Russia.
Go directly to gulag, do not pass Mar-A-Lago.
This is depends if there are still top secret documents there.
A Russian prison would be a fitting setting for him. Hope he outlives his usefulness.
They wouldn’t throw him in prison even if he could get there. They would put him on one of their propaganda “news” channels and let him go to town. They can subtitle whatever they want for the locals so he can say whatever.
But he’ll never get there. He has a permanent secret service escort that probably isn’t going to be cool with defecting to russia.
True. It wouldn’t shock me if he did the Idi Amin thing.
I highly doubt the Feds would allow that.
I’m not so sure I agree that he will be held accountable for his actions if he doesn’t win. I think he still narrowly avoids prison even if he doesn’t win, or maybe only spends like 3 days maximum in prison, sadly.
There’s also the possibility of house arrest. I’ll take that.
It doesn’t seem like a real consequence. Also, what if he breaks it? Will there be a consequence for that? I don’t see it happening.
For most people, it would be a horrible punishment to be forced to spend your older years at one of his resorts*… surrounded exclusively by people who are happy to support him financially.
*or maybe “resort”, anybody know if you can stay at any impeached ex-presidential resorts besides mar-AHHHH!!!-lago?
i think the reason it’s considered a resort is because hes only allowed to stay there for like 30 days at a time, no longer. Since it’s not legally considered to be a “private residence” and that has something to do with it’s tax status i think? Which i think is also due to it’s zoning status.
I believe this is pretty common amongst rich people who own multiple properties.
surrounded exclusively by people who are happy to support him financially.
I think you greatly overestimate who would plan on sticking around if Trump ended up disgraced after the election and under house arrest. He will have completely outlived his usefulness.
I hope so. Maybe it would just be these four
You may be absolutely correct, but we know for a fact that he won’t be held accountable if he does win.
I think it’s because he knows that if he is elected he’ll be President until old age and unhealthy living kill him, whether that’s two years from now or twenty.
“You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians,” he said.
And who knows what the remaining government of Trumpistan will choose to do for his replacement after that.
he’s not going to prison, he’ll get like house arrest on his golf course
He’s not going to prison
Do they send 78 year old people to prison?
Was Biden not stubbornly refusing to step down for so long, until his party forced his hand? I think Democrats wanted someone younger than him in 2020 too. I think we’re giving Biden too much credit here.
Willing to step down is giving him too much credit. He was pushed out because Dems know he’ll lose. The parties are the same. It’s just business. They don’t love or care about you.
They couldn’t force him. They convinced him it was the right thing to do.
Yeah like how convince people to resign after doing something terrible. It wasn’t Biden’s idea. You didn’t hear all the stuff he was saying after the debate? Come on
It’s almost like he had the self awareness to change his mind when presented with compelling, new information.
It’s what mature adults do
If you think the only way any adult can change their mind is if they’re forced to, it speaks more of you than them.
The new and compelling information was that they wanted his ass out.
Damn. You Biden’s #1 fan. And think so highly of politicians. It’s business. People don’t want to lose money and power. Biden isn’t immune to this.
Yes it was. Gold star for you.
I must be his #1 fan because reasons.
Have an ice cream cone or something man. It’ll help that attitude.
I knew it. You’re in love with him. You wanna share a cone with him and accidentally (but actually purposefully) go for the last lick together, pause and look into each other’s eyes bashfully, then proceed to make out. So obvious that’s what you wanna do.
one guy is willing to step down
81 year old man dogpilled by his party during a possibly fatal respiratory illness.
Don’t give Biden too much credit here.
You know who would be a President under 75?
I wish 60 years old didn’t seem so young.
She is 59, you misinformation spreading tankie.😡
She do look good for 59. Maybe I’m just getting old and old is looking younger, but if someone told me she was late 30s-mid 40s I would’ve believed it.
She is black, and I’m told it don’t crack
smells like someone forgot the /s
Even if she serves 2 terms, she’d be younger at the end than Trump was when he started his first one!
“No not like that”
-Republicans
Ya good luck extracting Trump from your party. I’ll be like trying to extract botfly larvae from under your scalp.
Didn’t he go all nepotism on the RNC and put in place family or friends and force out all of “the old guard”?
Yup. Lol
I’m afraid to look this up
Your fears are well founded.
Yeah, dont. I just did and its rough. I mean I guess if you watch pimple popping videos you’ll be fine, but bleeeeggghhhhhh
I think he’s more like a tumor, with his rabid allies being metastasized all over the party.
Except more disgusting
“So, Nicki Haley?”
[suddenly all the Trumpets cast their vote for an over-75 primary presidential candidate]
It’s just empty hand-wringing.
It’s a good sign. They think Harris can win.
As a band kid, I respectfully request that you do not use my musical instrument of choice to refur to racist conservatives who want to end democracy.
Thank you for your understanding
Vance of course.
Tulsi Gabbard would have my vote
Nope, should’ve thought about that before getting in bed with him. Now they have to carry him to term.
The way you phrased that reminded me of that old X Files episode where that little dude crawls inside the fat dude.
Well that’s an image one can’t un-imagine…
Sounds like they need to vote for Kamala!
I think they see how dropping Biden has significantly benefited the Democrats and hope the same would happen for then if they dropped Trump.
The problem for them with that is that Trump will never willingly step down. Unlike Biden he’s in it for himself and has everything to lose its he doesn’t win. This would also be guaranteed to result in crippling infighting in the party and with Trump trying to go independent.
The Republican party is f’ed. That’s what you get for selecting a selfish lunatic to lead it.
It’s only f’ed if they lose (and don’t steal the election). So get out to vote everyone.
The other problem is their convention is over. But I suppose they do have until August 7th to make the Ohio ballot with someone else. Good luck with that, guys.
It would indeed be better for the GOP if Trump stepped down, but of course the GOP decided that they ARE Trump, so they’re stuck with him for the rest of his life.
The oldest and the orangest candidate ever - lots of people are saying it.
I don’t think I’ve seen a weirder candidate myself. At least Johnson had the decency to grab his own genitals
This so what people are saying…what people are talking…look…Obama wasn’t a…if Obama was my age he would…sleepy Joe Biden would be rambling…not speaking in a coherent…oh boy biden…he has to be the worst…this is what people are saying…I’m probably the best orator out here today…the bestest because Obama Hussein and laffin kaMALA…sleepy Joe who stole the election…
💀 I think we can all agree, at least the best orator since Abraham Lincoln.
oh no, if they get rid of trump, and replace him with someone else that would be a subversion of democracy!!!
Totally ending democracy. Which is bad. Trump said HE would end Democracy, which is good. But the Democrats sound like Democracy. which is bad, but “ending Democracy” is a way you can attack democrats, which is good. But Trump said he would be ending democracy, which is good. But we can eat ice cream, which is good, but we’re out and only have frozen yogurt, which is bad, but we have crushed up cookies and sprinkles, which is good. But the cookies have arsenic in them. Which is bad. But they are sugar free, which is bad, unless you have diabetes, which is also bad, you don’t have diabetes, which is good, but you have PRE diabetes, which is bad, but you can get out of work for extra doctors visits, which is good, but you have to pay the co-pay. Which is bad. But your wallet is old leather and smells like your grandpa, which is good. But your grandpa died 14 years ago, which is bittersweet, and a touch melancholy.
I LIKE ice cream
I like turtles
this kid is like 50 yrs old now
im not reading all that, good for you, or bad, idk
You’re missing out on some giggles, friend. Well, it made me giggle reading it out loud.
lazy satire is generally not very funny. Mostly because politics has already satirized itself, and is inherently funny.
Speaking in the first person is better than generalizing, but ok.
unsure where we started generalizing, the generalization already happened, and you missed out on that meeting unfortunately.
Really? Where? Let’s not start with the passive-aggressive tones. I’d ask what rubbed you off the wrong way but I’d rather we stop if we’re going down that path.
Why younger? Why not someone smarter and, empathetic?
Because Trump loves the poorly educated, has the best brain, and Ayn Rand said altruism is evil.
because old is generally not where smart and empathetic comes from.
Also you start to get into the area of cognitive and physical decline to the point where you start falling over if you aren’t careful, or just cant really think as well anymore.
Usually someone that encompasses the traits you propose is going to be younger, 60’s probably.
So, now they want to change the ballot after they had their convention and picked their nominee? Isn’t this what republicans were screaming was illegal for the dems to do? Except that the dems hadn’t picked their nominee officially yet?
Tough Republicans. Your Dictator doesn’t care what you want. Suck it.
This really just shows the flaw in surveys like this. There is someone running who is younger, and they aren’t going to vote for her. They wish TRUMP was younger.
That isn’t a logical disconnect. I wanted someone younger than Biden, but I wasn’t going to vote for Kennedy or Trump.
Upvoted for Riker meme.
They had their (MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY) chance(s)
Yeah, they had a proper primary unlike the Dems with the incumbent situation. No one to blame but themselves here.
My sympathy for the Republican party is immeasurable (as in, too small to measure).
