# De-Trumpification: Repairing the extensive damage **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 4, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-trumpification-repairing-the-extensive-damage/1034406 "2026-11-04T15:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-trumpification-repairing-the-extensive-damage/1034406/62 "2026-11-05T02:15:51Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > There is no way to repairing the damage done to the US reputation in Canada. Yeah, the public has a short memory. If the Dems manage to elect a good president in 2028, Canada will be fine with us in a year or two. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > What they can do is pass a bill to raise the minimum wage, restore Medicaid and USAID, and cut all funding for vanity projects. Also create a bipartisan committee to recommend a rescue of Social Security when the last T-bills in the trust fund are redeemed early in the next decade. Make Republicans vote on these things. Nice. > [@robby](#): > > I think the Democrats should start working to put constitutional limits on the president. > [@robby](#): > > - Propose a Constitutional amendment allowing limits to be placed on campaign contributions and corporate expenditures in politics, thereby counteracting the _Citizens United_ decision. An exercise in futility. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-trumpification-repairing-the-extensive-damage/1034406/63 "2026-11-05T02:19:00Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > What they can do is pass a bill to raise the minimum wage, restore Medicaid and USAID, and cut all funding for vanity projects. Also create a bipartisan committee to recommend a rescue of Social Security when the last T-bills in the trust fund are redeemed early in the next decade. Make Republicans vote on these things. These are all great suggestions. But I disagree that a Consitutional amendment (or amendments) is out of the question. It would require bipartisan support, of course, but the voters on both sides of the aisle are pretty fired up right now about corruption. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-trumpification-repairing-the-extensive-damage/1034406/64 "2026-11-05T02:49:33Z")
I’d love an amendment to stop corruption, but how would one be worded? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-trumpification-repairing-the-extensive-damage/1034406/65 "2026-11-05T03:00:39Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > restore … USAID Not just restore, make that restoration a, preferably forced, education on how that spending has and will benefit Americans. > [@robby](#): > > I think the Democrats should start working to put constitutional limits on the president. Why bother when you can’t count on any Congress to enforce the limits on the Presidency that already exist in the Constitution? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-trumpification-repairing-the-extensive-damage/1034406/66 "2026-11-05T03:10:14Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’d love an amendment to stop corruption, but how would one be worded? You can’t just “stop corruption,” but you can go after specific corrupt acts. Eliminating the pardon power entirely is pretty self-explanatory. The hard part would be if you wanted to keep some vestige of it in case of miscarriages of justice (which was the original point of it). But the current practice of giving pardons to the President’s allies lends itself to corruption. I understand why President Biden pardoned his son—because he was unfairly targeted by the incoming administration—but it was still a bad look. As for money in politics leading to corruption of the political process, here’s an example amendment from a few years ago: [https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78) ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-trumpification-repairing-the-extensive-damage/1034406/67 "2026-11-05T03:14:42Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > I think the Democrats should start working to put constitutional limits on the president. > > Why bother when you can’t count on any Congress to enforce the limits on the Presidency that already exist in the Constitution? That’s a problem, too. Maybe don’t leave it up to Congress. The issue with many of these limits (like prohibiting foreign emoluments) is that there is no enforcement mechanism. Maybe pass laws providing a means to enforce them, or giving standing to some entity so that they can be enforced in the federal court system. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-trumpification-repairing-the-extensive-damage/1034406.md?page=3)