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[–] tal@lemmy.today 89 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/1611151200000/america-new_york/yodhms/FFFFFF3B5998000000FF0000/Time_Until_Trump_Leaves_Office

Time Until Trump Leaves Office

 3  YEARS : 11 MONTHS :  11 DAYS : 10  HOURS : 51  MINUTES : 56 SECONDS

long sigh

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 107 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"Time Until Trump Leaves Office If We're Lucky"

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 29 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

No, if we where lucky it'd be immediately courtesy of a meteor or something that couldn't be reasonably viewed as a conspiracy to make him a martyr.

On schedule will be the result of a perpetual fight to keep him and his monkeys in check.

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If a rock fell from space on that man, his followers would 100% claim the involvement of Jewish Gravity Weapons and start jailing astronomers.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What if the earth opened up near him and a red scaly claw grabbed him to drag him down with evil laughter?

[–] mrbeano@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They'd absolutely blame Nancy Pelosi for that!

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What if the heavens split and a booming voice said "I am the father, the son and the holy spirit, and thou I said I wasn't going to do this kind of thing any more I smite you sinner Donald Trump "

And then trump spontaneously combusted.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Clearly Crooked Joe Biden's fault.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

"Trump got grabbed by demons and pulled straight through a portal down to hell as Satan laughed at the prospect of his eternal torture for his sins."

"THANKS, OBAMA!"

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

They’d go after Sam Raimi and the Roma.

Edit: Alex Jones #Predictive Programming

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Sam Raimi and the Roma sounds like an indie retro punk band.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Let's be honest- they're a cult.

No matter when that fat orange traitor dies, they're going to claim it was murder. Because why shouldn't an obese 80-year-old cheeseburger-guzzling sleep-deprived amphetamine-addicted deadbeat live to be 200?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I was gonna try and find some way to secret a tesla coil in the Oval Office and aim it for the resolute desk.

Meteors sound reasonable. Good idea. There’s plenty of NASA peeps who are suddenly available too!

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's either going to be way before or way after. There's virtually no chance it's actually on Jan 20th.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh, he won't leave. At that point he has declared himself an god emperor.

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

He will leave, but he'll create a Trump dynasty. He'll be asking Kim for advice and I don't mean kardashian

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

He could also die of a heart attack before that. He really should have by now though with how he eats.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago

Trump will not leave office willingly. The game has changed. You can't vote out a dictator. The US just had its last free election for the foreseeable future.

The only way out of this is by taking to the streets in protest, strikes, and disobedience. Pretending everything will be okay in 4 years will just keep people complacent and doing nothing and allow him to solidify his control.

This is not normal. You are no longer in a democracy, and you're moving away from it by the day.

[–] Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking hell has it not even been a month yet!?

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The countdown is kinda depressing (only because we have so long to go), but each second passed gives me hope. Carry on good Samaritan 👍

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Are you seriously believing with the way things go now that he won't try and remove that obstacle? You guys are on the way to facist dictatorship and you point at a clock that shows a potential meaningless number.

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'll take any small victory I can at this point, shits bleak AF

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

He said “you won’t have to vote anymore”. So he’s definitely gonna try something. Will be interesting to see how he’ll do that…

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

That countdown timer just doesn't want to work for me:

I only managed to load it in Opera browser on real Android phone.

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 83 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah yes, his wife who made the unforgivable crime of being born black.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Only in the delusional, racist USA this woman would be considered "black".

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 59 points 2 weeks ago

Someone remind me about the racial makeup of Meghan Markle. Because something tells me that her father's race could possibly be relevant in Trump's assessment.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago

Aside from how terrible that article is, it clearly states a visa application may not be granted if the applicant has a prior drug CONVICTION. Which Harry doesn't. So what's the problem? This is just more bullshit hot air generated by the Heritage Foundation, get a life losers.

[–] llamatron@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, but it's something he and Harry's late racist grandmother would agree on. So there's that.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

What cunts.

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

She’s not that bad

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly surprised Trump didn’t call her “his DEI wife”

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

She only became his wife because she's a woman.

[–] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

He is such a drama queen

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago
[–] commander@lemmings.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

SNL is so fucked at this point. how you gonna come up with satire when america is the worlds biggest joke at the moment? i pitty the writers.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's no legal mechanism to do so and the UK isn't someone the USA can afford to piss off.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Neither of your points are of any concern to the current administration.

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think any concerns meet that criteria.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Putin's and Xi's concerns do, mostly.

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I think he thinks about China as much as he thinks about last night's supper, he knows ultimately China will back down, not because it is weak but because it is sane. Putin created Trump to perform a few basic tasks and having gained power in such an unopposed manner he is now up to whatever takes his fancy in the moment and that will be as problematic for Russia as it will for everyone else.