# How is trump still a viable candidate for president? Really, how? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 12, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949 "2023-05-12T14:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 78
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/1555 "2024-06-11T21:06:38Z")
> **[The Biggest Lie Trump–Biden 2024 Rematch Voters Are Telling Themselves](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/06/biggest-lie-trump-biden-2024-voters.html)** > > “The system is holding” is not a plan for a knowable future. It never was. _Donald Trump is rather different in one respect. He has not softened his spoken intentions to get elected. While Trump is a congenital liar—[witness his recent claim that he, not Joe Biden, got $35 insulin for diabetics](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/08/trump-claims-credit-for-bidens-insulin-price-cap.html)—when it comes to how he would act if elected again to the presidency, he has been brutally honest, as have his closest advisers and campaign allies. His presidency would feature [retribution against his enemies, weaponizing and politicizing the Justice Department](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/05/trump-revenge-second-term/) to arrest and detain them whether there were valid charges or not. He has pledged to [pardon the Jan. 6 violent insurrectionist rioters](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardon-jan-6-capitol-rioters-rcna149900), who could constitute a personal vigilante army for President Donald Trump, presumably alongside the official one._…\* \* ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/1556 "2024-06-14T12:41:00Z")
Birds of a feather: Trump tries to court the youth vote by sitting down with fellow idiot Logan Paul. Will this help him? I’m the wrong generation to ask. > **[Trump must be counting on 'cool' to win out over credibility with...](https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-jake-paul-logan-paul-endorsement-rcna157023)** > > The Republican's campaign continues to draw on internet clout in an effort to win over voters, which only highlights the absence of reputable experts. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/1557 "2024-06-14T14:41:31Z")
Did Trump gift them Hitler Youth knives or something? (the cheep knock off from China of course). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/1558 "2024-06-14T15:21:24Z")
Is there a thread for trump’s parole officer? I’m curious whether they ever took his passport, and what they plan on doing about trump meeting with fellow felons. That might seriously impact his ability to form an administration. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/1559 "2024-06-14T16:13:56Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Birds of a feather: Trump tries to court the youth vote by sitting down with fellow idiot Logan Paul. I just read a comment saying Logan Paul is the Boris Johnson of social media and it made me LOL. He has a lot in common with Trump as both have been involved in grifting people and both have spent a lot of time working on their brands. I’m sure they got along great. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/1560 "2024-06-14T17:33:30Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Did Trump gift them Hitler Youth knives or something? I remember reading about a political science fascism scale back in 2016. Leaders were ranked in categories like xenophobia, militarism, cultishness, hyper-nationalism, glorification of violence, etc. Hitler and Mussolini maxed out these scores. The one category where Trump didn’t get any points was related to indoctrinating youth movements such as the Hitler Youth. I guess Trump sees room for growth. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/1561 "2024-06-18T02:26:17Z")
Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law is trying to get Arab-American folks on the Trump bandwagon. I’m sure it’s just for altruistic reasons. > **[Trump allies hope his daughter's father-in-law can help flip Arab American votes](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-allies-hope-daughter-tiffanys-father-law-flip-111164106)** > > A Lebanese businessman whose son married Tiffany Trump two years ago is now helping Donald Trump with outreach in the Arab American community ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/1562 "2024-10-08T03:55:22Z")
In my neighborhood there is a busy intersection corner popular with campaign sign erectors. Yesterday a 5-foot tall one appeared: Protect God’s Constitution **NO KINGS** _Vote Democratic_ with a gold crown atop the K. Today a small TRUMP _Make America Great Again_ sign was stuck over the KINGS leaving NO still visible. I’m not sure whether it’s supposed to be a counter-sign or making it clear who the king would be. I’m gonna put one of my FELON 👎 stickers over it anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949.md?page=77)