[ExI] I wish this was fake news

[Dylan Distasio]

I'm willing to take the other side of whatever you would like to bet that
either way Trump is not more than a two term POTUS, and that if he loses in
2020, the results will ultimately be honored.  You should have stuck with
your "ridiculous paranoia" instinct; it sounds like you've been watching
too much of the fake news network.    I figured you'd be happy to see it
doesn't look like the Norks aren't planning on nuking us currently.

If the US can't survive one to two terms of Trump, we have much bigger
problems with the structure of our Republic.  Anyways, I'm serious about
the bet; we can check back in 2020.

On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 8:53 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> Trump recently said it might be a good idea if the USA had a president for
> life just as China does now. Perhaps he was just making a bad joke but I’m
> not sure, perhaps it was a trial balloon. I have always thought the very
> first question reporters should have asked President-elect Trump is if he
> lost in 2020 would he respect the outcome of the election, because he
> famously refused to say he’d do so before the 2016 election. He didn’t lose
> of course so the matter never came up but instead he showed himself to be
> something very rare, a sore winner. He bizarrely said the 2016 election was
> invalid and unfair even though he won. If Trump looses in 2020 can anybody
> really doubt he will call that election unfair and invalid too? And unlike
> the case in 2016 he would now be in a position to do more than just
> verbally complain about the outcome because he is now Commander In Chief
> and has the power to take action. Just two or three years ago I would have
> said such a suggestion was ridiculous paranoia but Mr.rump has already
> shown he is perfectly willing to engage in activities far outside normal
> presidential behavior, so I think we should take this danger seriously.
>
>  John K Clark
>
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