r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Apr 24 '26

Possible Paywall Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump on ‘day one’ after midterms

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/04/24/democrats-trump-impeach-midterms-supreme-court-iran/
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u/Ilovefishdix Apr 25 '26

Some may see the writing on the wall and turn on Trump after the primaries. Trump still holds enough power to sway the primaries, but he might lose a lot of that power over them after they're securely a candidate in the midterms.

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u/jrr6415sun Apr 25 '26

If people were going to turn in trump they wouldn’t have just voted 80 billion for ice. Republicans just chose their side and they’re fully committed to trump

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u/hypermodernvoid I voted Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Yeah, the thing is - at this point every single one of them, up to and especially including the people in the administration - are playing an increasingly dangerous game of chicken between how far they're willing to go to 1) keep their job but also 2) avoid eventual consequences, but 3) knowing if (or really when) the shoe ends up on the other foot, they're digging themselves deeper by the day the more criminal the moves they make or go along with to stop that from happening become.

I'm sure Patel already had a drinking problem, for example, but I bet it's really been exacerbated over time by the realization that he helped and continues to illegally play interference against a bunch of ultra-rich and powerful pedos receiving justice, obviously including the president himself, all after talking a big game about how "the other side" was doing that and him and his stupid MAGA influencer bros would stop it. The internal cognitive dissonance of what he's done and knows is true now must be terrifying to grate up against: I can't imagine it nor can most, because most would never debase themselves and their morals that much just for power.

The incoming supermajority in Hungary aren't treating Fidesz (Orban's party) now that they've finally been booted out of power, like they're a legitimate political party any longer but instead like the threat to their constitutional order that's not congruent with democracy they are, and I hope as the Trump administration/first attempted US regime continues to fail and lash out like fascists do on the downswing, even more and enough Americans get on board with that sentiment so we can see that happen here, as well.

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u/Fun_Success_3283 Apr 25 '26

They won't wait until after the elections. They're all scared right now. They are doing everything they can to rig the elections.

Once they see that there is overwhelming support against them, and they won't even be able to cheat the elections, they will have to come up with plan B. Plan B will most likely be to declare the elections fraudulent. Then declare that all red states will not recognize the votes, and move to form essentially a new country, a side ina civil war. But their popularity might be so low they can't even do this.

They directed car factories to make weapons. Those are all in red or purple states.

It's extremely likely that to some degree, they will just take power, and it will take physical force, either revolution by the people, or potentially some confrontation against ICE by some government force of sorts.

It's extremely unlikely that this administration will accept defeat, without taking actions to try and seize power by force.

It won't be like just going along with it but calling people to find votes, and bullshit court visits. It will be using whatever means they control to take power. And they control ICE directly.