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Originally posted by SIG4EVA:
Can we just have a 3rd term exception?

Only if you want the next Obama to have a third term.

I’m just living in the moment and enjoying the fuck out of it.

I am not a die-hard Trump fan. I think he's solid on the issues and like a lot of the things he has done to solve real problems in this country. I definitely think he pulled the nation back from the brink of a precipice of complete leftist retardation that it was about to fall into by the end of the Biden era, and for that I am very grateful. For that reason alone if I had to go back in time to 2024 I'd vote for him again.

On the other hand the man does have some significant character flaws that have limited his effectiveness as a leader and alienated a lot of voters. His massive ego allows him to make decisions without caring what anybody else thinks, which is good because he's not swayed by outside pressure, but it also seems like he's often not open to input from people he should really be listening to. His foreign policy approach is also completely tactless and has damaged our relationship with many long-term allies. Yes, some things needed to change there, but not necessarily in the way that they have.

I don't think any President should get three terms. Two is enough. And like ASG said, the only way you get to have 3 terms of Trump is if you're willing to risk the same from the next Obama. Donald Trump has corrected the course of the nation, and in two years it will be time to hand the tiller off to a successor who will keep us pointed in the right direction.

I'm very much hoping that whoever comes next continues the same agenda, with a similar willingness to fight for the issues, but hopefully with a little more diplomacy and tact. I really like JD, and think he has what it takes to carry on the fight. And I also like that he seems to be able to disagree with the President at times, or at least have a different opinion, yet knows his role and continues to do his job and support the President. I get the feeling that he's not a "yes-man" behind closed doors, nor is he afraid to be publicly direct and brash when necessary, but he's also got the ability to temper his comments and be diplomatic when he needs to be, and I think he could be a strong leader.

Marco is saying all the right things...now. But his long term track record is a little more wishy-washy and I think he's more of a career political creature than JD. I think he could do an ok job as President, and his views are generally in the right place, but I think we'd find that he'd revert more towards the "traditional politician" if he got the top spot than what we'd see with JD.

DT has bucked globalists, establishment DC including his own party, and upset world order, and won 3 presidential races. Imagine what he could have done without any character flaws and strong leadership skills.

He rewrote the book on how to win an election, with masterful leadership skills. Look at the first 100 days of his second term and get back to me on leadership skills.

As far as alienating voters, he lured as many as was needed in nearly every election.

My only thoughts are first who's the next Nazi the leftist will cry about ruining all that is right with America while saying that America was never great. Second I just want to prevent Democrats from gaining 2/3 or greater of House/Senate/Presidency.

I think I'd like to see Marco get the nomination, but it's way to early to guess since I have no clue of the field.

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Originally posted by pbslinger:
DT has bucked globalists, establishment DC including his own party, and upset world order, and won 3 presidential races. Imagine what he could have done without any character flaws and strong leadership skills.

He rewrote the book on how to win an election, with masterful leadership skills. Look at the first 100 days of his second term and get back to me on leadership skills.

DJT is definitely one of a kind. The right man for his time.

Is it too early to start Thinking About the Post-Trump Era? No, of course not. We must always be looking ahead.

But...

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I think I'd like to see Marco get the nomination, but it's way to early to guess since I have no clue of the field.

Yeah, it's to early to back a particular candidate since we don't know the field.
We are fortunate to have seen a lot of the two front-runners over the past 2+ years and get a pretty good idea of how they stack up. At this point, I could get behind either JD Vance or Marco Rubio... but something tells me Rubio won't run unless Vance stumbles or doesn't gain traction.

As JALLEN always used to remind us: It's a long way up the greasy pole.
https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...630055683#2630055683

Trump is not the symptom nor the cause of why we're where we are. He is the result of lots of problems. Congress, leftist progressivism, the swamp, the media, brainwashing of students in public schools and colleges.

It is my hope that we get either JD or Rubio for another 8 years after Trump.

Along the way, we are cleaning some RINOs out of Congress, and the general population is starting to see what has been going on. The left burned a lot of their credibility over the last decade. Many institutions have been exposed as totally corrupted, from the government to media to the medical establishment, etc.

I am hopeful that by 2029 the landscape will be improved so that we don't need a bull in the china shop President like we do today. JD and Marco are both quite capable of being tough, too.