[ExI] Trump suggests letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 12/10/2026 13:59, spike wrote:
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> ...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
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>> ...I will note that one of the several possible ways that Trump could
> become president in 2029 is for Vance to be nominated, and if he wins,
> appoint Trump his vice-president...
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>> ...The 'switch places' tactic seems the least problematic, and most likely
> to be successful.
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> Ben
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> Regarding your scenario, if Vance is nominated he is quite unlikely to
> choose the current POTUS as a running mate, and if he did, he is unlikely to
> win, and if he won anyway, unlikely to resign.


The scenario explicitly specifies that Vance (or whoever) is nominated on the condition that he will choose Trump as his vice-president, and that he will pledge to step down. 

> the current POTUS is not popular.  He won in spite of his personality.

I hope and pray to a nonexistent god that you are right. But I fear you are not.

-- 
Ben
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." - Pablo Casals, via Albert Einstein