Tears of joy will happen.
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I was getting a little choked up just thinking about it while reading the description of a day in the life at prison in this article and imagining Trump being subjected to it.
I hope you all join me in a coast-to-coast block party. I sure as shit will be planting a union-made flag (something I never do) in my front yard, playing some music and celebrating out front.
Which coasts? Because half the world will join in the celebration. And I'll join in from Europe.
Both of them. It's middle America that would be wailing and gnashing their teeth, but fortunately there's more cornfields and wheat there than people.
At this point I expect them to reinterpret the Electoral College as saying each corn kernel gets a vote.
Minnesotan chiming in here, I will be making cupcakes and cocktails for the occasion.
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I've got mariachi bands on speed dial and gallons of popcorn just waiting.
6'3"? Lol hell nah he was shorter than Barry O. (6') and Trump's lil bitch ass was wearing lifts:
He is the shortest guy in that photo. Look at the eye level of trump and Obama. He even fluffs his comb over to get an inch.
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I’m exactly 6’1”, measured barefoot against a wall. I’ve been the same height forever.
I stood next to a Madame Tussauds wax replica of Trump in Amsterdam and I was easily 2 inches taller than it. I was wearing Connies. It was in lifted healed boots.
There is no way Trump is 6’3” as he claims. None. On his best day, barefoot, the dude is scraping 6 feet but I’d bet my last dollar he’s closer to 5’11”.
While I’m sure the hair was more realistic, I’m not sure Madam Tussauds is the most accurate source for trumps height.
He’s probably 6’, but only when his diaper is empty and not weighing him down.
I’m pretty sure Madame Tussauds claim to fame is its anatomically correct dimensions of its statues.
That gigantic red tie looks ridiculous.
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Ima throw a block party
Right!? I just wrote the same thing. I'm dancing in the street and putting a union-made American flag up.
It's gonna be a clusterfuck. It's also gonna be a clusterfuck if he doesn't go to jail.
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Well first of all, we will need to build a large fire since hell just froze over.
Send him to that horrible Arizona outdoor prison Arpaio made, where he has to wear pink and have no comforts
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There will be convoys of lifted trucks full of AR-15 waving yokels. They'll get to a roadblock somewhere on the way to Washington. Most likely they'll just head back home meekly after being given a talking to. You must remember that these people are all cowards at heart. They only feel strong as part of a mob when they have some easy victims to pick on. Maybe there will be a shootout but it will be over quickly and there's no doubt about the result.
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Almost definitely house arrest is the only real option. A distant second is removing his security detail, but that's not exactly easy.
It's frustrating how the rich and powerful end up not having to leave their cushy mansions even when doing prison time.
Maybe Americans should explore not voting the rich and powerful into permanent roles. There are real limitations of what you can do with a president after their time in office and it makes sense that you’d want security details and special rights for past presidents.
The right thing to do would have been not to elect Trump as a meme. We shat the bed, now we see the consequences. Let’s see if people are still as stupid as ever.
Never forget: they mostly didn't.
First, the majority of people voted for not-Trump, though lmfao b/c we don't care about "majority" here... :-P
Second, the majority of electoral college votes were for not-Clinton. Including protest votes to third-party candidates.
And before that, the majority of votes in the Republican primary election were for not-Cruz.
And before that, the media gave him tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars worth of free advertising. Then afterwards they gave even more, b/c you "gotta be fair" after all!:-D
He very much is the product of "The System", which shat him out and just as easily can produce another exactly like him. Kanye 2028?
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Right. Sweet poetry would be placing him in Epstein's very cell.
Or perhaps for the safety of the inmate he is placed in solitary.
Hell he can still have his Secret Service; they can just assume the role of corrections officer.
The rich and powerful generally go to prison for at least some time. The hangup with Trump is the lifetime protection from the secret service. There's no way that the secret service could consent to just watching on video or something, and having armed guards next to other prisoners is even more dangerous.
We need to stop the "lifetime secret service protection" thing. Is completely stupid.
I think the idea is that since the president learns all kinds of classified information while in office, it's in the public's best interest to protect them from foreign agents after they are out of office.
How does that work when they're openly selling said secrets out of a closet in Florida
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No no.. to keep him safe they need to make sure he's well protected.. I think they have a prison on another island just across the gulf
Not necessarily, there's always Fort Leavenworth
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I suppose his skin fades back to a pasty white and we see what kind of creature his hair really is
I’m we can’t get that, could we at least get some photos of him without the stupid orange crap on his face? It’s so ridiculous that manly men, salt of the earth, toxic masculinity people who wouldn’t be caught dead with makeup on worship this guy who wouldn’t dream of leaving the house without smearing his face in bronzer.
Be careful what you wish for.
I suppose I’m still haunted by that one photo of him, I think on some golf day, where he looked like a demented elf. It was going around for a while but I had a hard time finding it last time I looked.
Priaon for rich people is usually house arrest or low security resort prison. In trumps case I would wager he will get house arrest to mar-a-lago und golf out hia days with all kinds of political friends dropping by all the time kissing his ass.
You forgot to mention his friends will also be buying state secrets from the hidden room.
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On behalf of Colorado I'm calling dibs. We've got a nice spot at ADX Florence set aside for him.
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Nobody REALLY knows. It's never come up before.
The last President to get charged (maybe) was for a speeding ticket, no prison time involved.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/was-general-grant-arrested-for-speeding-in-washington-d-c.htm
The world will be a better place.
Guantanamo sounds good.
Paywalled, but not only is there no Diet Coke, they don't even give you a KFC chicken bucket!
With this site you can always get around the paywall by opening it in a private window.
We can build a prison just for him. Or build a new prison for others and put him in an old one. Not really a huge issue.
I'm gonna drink lots of beers and stay out all night!
Ahhh a girl can dream. But not all dreams come true.
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