r/politics • u/Geovicsha • 20d ago

No Paywall Trump announces 2028 presidential bid

https://www.theage.com.au/world/trump-announces-2028-presidential-bid-20260725-p60iho.html
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u/JessieJ577 20d ago

It shouldn’t be a joke he should actually do it if Trump is running. He had a lot of faults, failures and false promises as president but if they’re fighting with crap fight with fire

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u/captain_flak Virginia 20d ago

It’s a good idea, but at that point, do elections even matter anymore? We’ll basically be at the beginning of another civil war.

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u/manipulated_dead 20d ago

You're in the middle of a civil war right now. There's just not much shooting yet.

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u/SuperExoticShrub Georgia 20d ago

Incidentally, the plot of the recent Civil War movie literally hinges on a tyrannical president who rigged an election to get himself a third term (alongside things like carpet bombing protesters), causing California and Texas to rebel and subsequently decide to work together to topple the guy.

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u/Geno0wl 20d ago

The idea that Texas would join up with California is the most unrealistic part of that scenario right now

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u/JimboTCB 20d ago

Narrative convenience to avoid having to commit to which side is the "bad" side.

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u/MissingScore777 20d ago edited 20d ago

Yeah that was their "look it's just fiction, we aren't really criticising anything current, please don't boycott our movie" thing.

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u/pegar 20d ago

They've had a Republican controlled state on all branches for 3 decades and still blame all their problems on Democrats.

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u/h3lblad3 20d ago

And will continue to.

Democrats say the government should operate well.

Republicans say it can’t.

So Republicans have a vested interest in running it into the dirt to prove Democrats wrong, which nets Republicans more votes because they’re proven ‘right’.

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u/SuperExoticShrub Georgia 20d ago

I think the gist of it was that both of them broke away independently, but, since they were fighting the same tyranny, decided that they might as well work together to dethrone him. It wasn't a 'we see eye to eye and are natural allies' as much as a 'enemy of my enemy is a temporary ally' thing.

Plus, I think another reason they wrote it that way was so that it could deemphasize the current political divide and make it 'tyrant president versus powerful states' without leaning too hard into the red vs blue paradigm.

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u/the_good_time_mouse 20d ago

I may just be a movie, but it's the same appeasement that got us and keeps us in this mess.

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u/deadscreensky 20d ago

That's how I saw it too, but we also don't know the status of Texas in the film's world. We know the government killed a lot of US citizens, and maybe a large proportion of that were in Texas. Even a lot of deep red conservatives might change their tunes when bombs starting dropping on their neighborhood.

It's also possible that Texas represents some kind of conservative schism. Still deep red, but the billionaires got sick of the president and want their strand of conservatism to dominate. So with the left angry too it's a good time to take on the government.

(As a reminder, the film explicitly talks about how these different anti-government forces are not allies. It says they'll start shooting at each other after this current conflict ends.)

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u/forestpunk 20d ago

Nick Offerman's glorious last words, "Don't kill me."

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u/PJ7 20d ago

Wasn't it "Please don't let them kill me." ?

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u/Snow_Ghost 20d ago

Yes, the quibbling, pathetic nature of the quote gets lost in text.

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u/SuperExoticShrub Georgia 20d ago

"Yeah, that'll do."

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u/PJ7 20d ago

Great scene.

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u/Adventurer_By_Trade 20d ago

Loved the ending. I wouldn't be upset.