The problem is that Trump claims lawlessness is the reason to send in the National Guard into cities. Kirk being shot dead at 31 on a campus isn’t just fuel to that fire, it’s a dumpster load of gas on the fire. Kirk was an ally of Trump. The fallout from this is not going to be good.
Don’t wish for Trump to die, because after him is Vance, and after that is Mike Johnson, which in layman’s terms is “more of the same in a younger body that can be elected twice”.
I can appreciate the sentiment, but do you honestly believe that Trump & friends need an excuse? They’ve fabricated every justification they’ve wanted in the past, so I don’t see how this makes him more or less likely to do Something Else Evil.
If anything, I would think it would give them pause. A brazen political assassination like this might suggest that their opposition might do more than march peacefully in the streets while he dismantles the country.
so I don’t see how this makes him more or less likely to do Something Else Evil.
you’re right, but it’s a matter of how much cooperation he gets and the cultural tone around him - Bush was able to invade Iraq because of 9/11, sometimes political violence really does create a cultural backlash and writes a blank check for retaliation
A brazen political assassination like this might suggest that their opposition might do more than march peacefully in the streets while he dismantles the country.
maybe, but this is exactly the kind of conflict he craves - one fought with guns and blood, it is the preference of authoritarians in power and who desperately wishes to wield the military against his political enemies
The kind of violence that will give pause won’t be an assassination that delivers a perfect rhetorical moment to justify the political violence he wants to normalize and bring about.
Do you have any idea what it would cost to deploy the national guard in every state? Even just the red ones over a month or so would bankrupt this administration’s ability to mobilize.
You don’t need to deploy them in every state or even all the red ones. You need the threat of deploying the national guard to a city or region that doesn’t please the Donald. And threats have any monetary cost.
I don’t know. I think people have a tendency to not believe things like sending in the military against citizens and political opponents will be allowed to happen until they see it. It’s never happened in most of our lifetimes.
The problem is that Trump claims lawlessness is the reason to send in the National Guard into cities. Kirk being shot dead at 31 on a campus isn’t just fuel to that fire, it’s a dumpster load of gas on the fire. Kirk was an ally of Trump. The fallout from this is not going to be good.
Don’t wish for Trump to die, because after him is Vance, and after that is Mike Johnson, which in layman’s terms is “more of the same in a younger body that can be elected twice”.
I can appreciate the sentiment, but do you honestly believe that Trump & friends need an excuse? They’ve fabricated every justification they’ve wanted in the past, so I don’t see how this makes him more or less likely to do Something Else Evil.
If anything, I would think it would give them pause. A brazen political assassination like this might suggest that their opposition might do more than march peacefully in the streets while he dismantles the country.
you’re right, but it’s a matter of how much cooperation he gets and the cultural tone around him - Bush was able to invade Iraq because of 9/11, sometimes political violence really does create a cultural backlash and writes a blank check for retaliation
maybe, but this is exactly the kind of conflict he craves - one fought with guns and blood, it is the preference of authoritarians in power and who desperately wishes to wield the military against his political enemies
The kind of violence that will give pause won’t be an assassination that delivers a perfect rhetorical moment to justify the political violence he wants to normalize and bring about.
I could wish for all three to die.
Then I’m sure you’ll enjoy the 91-year-old Iowan Republican Chuck Grassley as president.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate
After him, Cabinet secretaries, depending on eligibility. Just imagine the next President Kennedy…
Do Etsy witches run out of mana?
Can we just keep sending them bottles of this?
I’m no longer wishing. I’m giving $5 to the Esty Witch and im expecting.
Dw bro if Trump goes down there’ll probably be enough guillotines on the streets for everyone that you dislike.
But Utah votes red
So does Tennessee.
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/ogles-calls-natl-guard-nashville/
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2025/09/10/trump-national-guard-memphis-crime/86074755007/
Do you have any idea what it would cost to deploy the national guard in every state? Even just the red ones over a month or so would bankrupt this administration’s ability to mobilize.
You don’t need to deploy them in every state or even all the red ones. You need the threat of deploying the national guard to a city or region that doesn’t please the Donald. And threats have any monetary cost.
I don’t know. I think people have a tendency to not believe things like sending in the military against citizens and political opponents will be allowed to happen until they see it. It’s never happened in most of our lifetimes.