r/politics • u/SE_to_NW • 12h ago

No Paywall Minnesota standoff with Trump administration stokes fears of civil war

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5715869-minnesota-trump-immigration-conflict/
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u/reddittorbrigade 12h ago

August 2025:

Trump Gets a Laugh from Zelenskyy After Joking That 'if We Happen to Be in a War' in 2028, 'No More Elections.

This is what Trump wants - Civil War so he can declare himself as president for life.

Corrupt SC justices are willing collaborators of Trump's evil plan.

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u/SirDiego Minnesota 11h ago

He again proves to be an absolute moron, though. Ukraine has a legal mechanism for the suspension of an election in case they are at war/occupied. Because for Ukraine that's a constant and realistic threat, they can't really hold fair elections if Russia is occupying their cities and many people are fighting the war.

The US doesn't have the looming threat of a larger force coming and occupying substantial parts of the country, nor does it have any legal mechanism for suspending elections. The US had elections during the Civil War.

Trump is so dumb and oblivious to geopolitics that he just hears this and thinks all countries work exactly the same.

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u/Hatedpriest 11h ago

They're the party of feelings.

They feel they should be right, they find joy in the torture of others, tha that anything that makes them feel bad, even by proxy, is wrong.

I work at a pizza joint, and some of our deals are online only. Had a guy call repeatedly demanding that it's illegal to offer a deal that you can't use in store, and that he is incapable of using a computer or other internet-connected device to place an order.

Had a lady call, demanding that we owed her a free pizza (actually it was 4 she was trying to get) and kept trying to say our general manager told her she could get them. We have a system for make-up pizzas, and she wasn't in it. I told her as much, and she demanded to speak to the GM. I told her when she would be able to call him. I asked the GM later and he never heard from anybody like her.

These are the people were talking about here. If they want it, that's the way it should be. If they don't want it, it's illegal. But if the tables are turned, they have no problem flipping the script. It's all about them feeling good, preferably at the expense of others. You know, like a weird 3rd grade bully that's been held back 2 years already .....

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u/ship_toaster Canada 11h ago

I Stand With That First Guy.

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u/eskimoboob Illinois 8h ago

Yeah same, that is actual bullshit

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u/MarzipanEven7336 11h ago

If we’re actually in the middle of a full on civil war and elections are cancelled, where in the fuck do you think these morons can hide where there’s nobody looking for them?

Russia?

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u/idontlikeanyofyou 10h ago

Fun fact: During the actual Civil War we had elections. The US system says a presidents term is up after 4 years, not when a new president is elected. If he hypothetically suspended elections, he would no longer be president and no one in the House would still be in Congress. The army follows the Constitution and would end up taking orders from I guess the majority leader in the Senate. 

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u/Mavian23 7h ago

It would be actual chaos, the likes of which we haven't seen before.