A Hidden Variable in the Presidential Race: Fears of ‘Trump Forever’ | Undecided voters are concerned that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll never leave.

Maybe the fear is because he's hinted towards that and also said that?

Really need to look at both sides here. /s

Undecided voters are concerned that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll never leave.

And . . . yet they’re undecided??

I don’t . . . is this a . . . I mean . . . WHAT.

And yet they're undecided?

Worse yet, I am afraid that Trump would die in office, then VP Donald Trump Jr would become President for 2 more terms, then by the time Eric is ready to takeover they will have already held the Constitutional Convention that turns the country into a benevolent Trump oligarchy, in which the title of "President" becomes hereditary, just as the Founders intended.

Is that because he said that's exactly what he'll do?

8 years into this I find it hard to believe there are any "undecided" voters, I'm willing to bet most of these people have already decided who they're voting for but they won't publicly admit it for fear of fallout from their peers.
We see it a lot in Bible Belt States where people are very vocally opposed to abortion access, yet still turn out in staggering numbers to vote for it when it's on the ballot.

Fears? He's literally said this directly.

Hidden? Uhhh nope

If he gets back in office, he'll leave in a body bag.

That's not a threat, I just don't see him lasting much longer.

Well he has gone on record saying he should be a three term President many times. You don't have to really speculate, plus the judges are in his corner as well. I wouldn't put it past him, he doesn't care about rules or decorum.

I just can't think of any reason anyone would think that. I mean sure he said he wants to be dictator and he acts like he already thinks he's dictator, oh and that coup thingy... nevermind I see why.

He is borderline senile and doesn't live the healthiest lifestyle. He might damage the system beyond repair, but I doubt he'll stay around for much more than one legislature.

Edit: Before getting angry and comment, do realize I wrote "he might damage the system beyond repair"...

Isn't a bigger problem his base and supporters? They're the ones giving him this power. Yes, we definitely want to make sure trump loses, but his supporters aren't going anywhere. They'll just support the next trump like person, who could be even worse.

And it's not even just that he won't leave, since he's gonna die pretty soon just of "natural" causes, if natural is what we have to wait for. He'll make changes that permanently affect the role too. Going back to democracy from dictator generally takes extreme violence historically. And generally outside influence. The states becoming a dictatorship is basically setting up world war 3. With a decent chance of the states not being the winner. Especially if Trump is planning on following whatever Putin is feeding him for the changes to make. Cuz we know that would be Putins goal. And all Trump cares about is going down in history, not sure it matters to him what he's remembered for, or he's convinced himself, or been convinced this will be seen as a positive move.

Everyone dies one day

Seriously, if that's the only reason they'd vote for Biden instead? W. T. A. F.

Still, if that makes him lose, okay then. But imagine being able to see his threat to democracy, but still feel that there is nothing else about Ronald McDonald that is problematic?

They fucking should be

That's like saying you're "concerned" water is wet or the sun will rise tomorrow....it's a certainly this scum won't leave, even if he loses again I bet he still tries to take it by force.

Hidden? That's literally the main argument when anyone surfaces a complaint about Biden. It's always some variation of, "If we let Trump into the White House again our democracy is over."

The hangup isn't awareness, it's acceptance. People aren't questioning that he'd try to be dictator for life, they doubt his ability to succeed. Once you've seen someone try something and fail it's reasonable to think they're just too incompetent to succeed.

Whenever I see people ask for support for the claim they're typically met with a hail of downvotes and name calling. That may feel righteous but it does absolutely nothing to recruit that person. Instead they'll walk away with even stronger convictions.

Wait why aren't there any hexbearians or MLs here?

"hidden"? "Might"?

Everyone who's been keeping tracks know that there's no way he's NOT going to try to make himself president for life.

Sad, really

Luckily his age helps us.

I mean the guy’s almost eighty years old, fat, and eats like a toddler. He’s gone on record saying he doesn’t exercise. He’s probably not going to last much longer. What I’m worried about is the damage he definitely will do if he’s reelected.

He's 78 and obese. Dictator for life is like 5 years now.

He's quite old and not very healthy. I'm pretty sure he will have to leave one way or another.

Dude, he's old, obese and doesn't take care of himself. If he wins he might not even end his term before his heart gives out.

The diabetes will kill him I'm the nearest 6 months, so its technically true.

One can only hope

The theory that Trump would somehow be allowed to just stay president indefinitely is an equally absurd conspiracy theory as Trump having actually won in 2016.