The Guardian: Trump allies float extreme ideas, including Trump third term, at gala

[Dennis Donovan]

The Guardian - (archived: https://archive.ph/pooQZ ) Trump allies float extreme ideas, including Trump third term, at gala

Suggestions came from Steve Bannon and indicate most polarizing proposals will be up for consideration

Hugo Lowell in New York
Mon 16 Dec 2024 15.54 EST

Donald Trump’s allies have become increasingly emboldened to float their most audacious ideas as Trump prepares to return to office, suggesting he run for an unconstitutional third term in 2028 and accusing the news media of having engaged in a criminal conspiracy with prosecutors against him.

Those suggestions, by Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon, came at a self-congratulatory gala dinner for conservatives in New York on Sunday. At times the remarks seemed like the product of the euphoria that permeated attendees.

The underlying message was clear: with Trump back in the White House and with Bannon renewing his influence with the president-elect, the most extreme and polarizing proposals at the very least were up for consideration.

“The viceroy Mike Davis tells me, since it doesn’t actually say consecutive, that maybe we do it again in ’28?” Bannon said of Trump possibly running again in his remarks at the New York Young Republican Club gala dinner that also saw a Trump adviser keel over the lectern and fall off the stage.

Riding the wave of self-congratulatory sentiment in the room, Bannon, who ignored the black-tie dress code with a wax jacket and black-collared shirt, doubled down on pursuing a campaign of retribution against Trump’s perceived enemies in the news media and at the justice department.

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Jabba the Nazi had a night out, apparently.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Have another triple cheeseburger, Donald

with an extra large shake and fries.

That cold black congealed ticker of yours ain't gonna tick forever.

[Callie1979]

2. These type MFers seem to live forever.

[magicarpet]

4. Everytime the devil within dies,...

... a new demon ten times more evil steps forth and takes over the body.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Like an inside-out Russian doll

that gets more putrid orange and nasty with every layer.

[sop]

3. "Donald Trump's ability to stake out and hold territory in the public mind, the public attention span,

with threats that he likely (though not certainly) can’t make good on or won’t even have the attention span or care enough to focus on. So he’ll end birthright citizenship or he’ll jail his opponents. Or maybe not. It’s part of his ability to always be taking the initiative on that mutable and uncanny territory where media narratives and old fashioned reality become a common fabric. He acts and keeps acting and his opponents react and keep reacting." - Josh Marshall (TPM)

We mustn't forget that Trump is a consummate bullshit artist and political troll.

[Jit423]

5. What makes these people so much in love with Trump? He is one of the most despicable people on earth.

What is in the water to make people such fools? I guess hate and cruelty fueled by ignorance are great motivators?

[bluesbassman]

6. Never underestimate the power of belligerent ignorance.

They roll in it like a dog rolls in another's feces.