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cilla4progress

(24,760 posts)
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:04 PM Feb 2020

What will ultimately stop drumpf?

Because he will be stopped. Much like Hitler, Coucescu (Romania), Berlusconi, Yanucovich - despots through the ages. Also famous cult leader Jim Jones.

I believe people - the large majority anyway - will ultimately come to their senses, including those formerly republican, and there will be great shame and recrimination.

Will it be attempts to jail Nancy for ripping up his speech? Hillary? Obama?

At last, when will republicans finally see the indecency of their actions? What will be too far? Will Vlad finally pull the plug at an optimal time for him?

You know it‘s coming, right? Republicans are playing a very edgy game right now. I'm sure they are getting juiced by it. Orgasmic for them, power pornos as they are.

I'd rather be us.

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What will ultimately stop drumpf? (Original Post) cilla4progress Feb 2020 OP
Voters ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #1
**WE** will!! lastlib Feb 2020 #71
Jeff Bezos buying Trump's tax return and no_hypocrisy Feb 2020 #2
I was going to say cholesterol MontanaMama Feb 2020 #4
me too! nt Baltimike Feb 2020 #66
Yes!!!! FarPoint Feb 2020 #33
I wonder if Bloomberg could do that and let them conveniently leak. patricia92243 Feb 2020 #49
Or Bloomberg. llmart Feb 2020 #113
Mother Nature TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #3
Agree. I once heard that people with red faces are prone to heart attacks question everything Feb 2020 #11
I heard it was red palms shanti Feb 2020 #15
I thought red palms was something else entirely. Jamastiene Feb 2020 #96
What about orange volstork Feb 2020 #104
Full of Bile question everything Feb 2020 #107
That's what I'm counting on. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #32
I wake up every morning hoping Mother Nature had done her thing during the night. Dem2theMax Feb 2020 #50
So do I. Polly Hennessey Feb 2020 #57
That's exactly what I do! Dem2theMax Feb 2020 #76
You are not alone in that regard. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #81
I do the same thing everyday, too. mommymarine2003 Feb 2020 #79
You are not alone. n/t Jamastiene Feb 2020 #97
Ha, me too! The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #101
Stumble out of bed . . . "Should I hit the 'On' button, just to see if it happened?" NBachers Feb 2020 #110
I want him to keel over in public. Delmette2.0 Feb 2020 #111
His brain is like Swiss cheese because of the syphilis. Anytime now... CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #61
Yep, or more accurately, his lifestyle. GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #77
I thought the same thing when I saw a photo. llmart Feb 2020 #114
the grave. maxsolomon Feb 2020 #5
Colonel Sanders, in the Conservatory, with a bucket hatrack Feb 2020 #6
*snort* Nevilledog Feb 2020 #36
HUGE LOL!!! leftieNanner Feb 2020 #64
Ha! area51 Feb 2020 #92
Hamberders Liberalhammer Feb 2020 #7
Eating a live baby nykym Feb 2020 #8
Eating a fetus maybe. Jamastiene Feb 2020 #98
He's in his 70's, and doesn't appear to be in the greatest health. Calista241 Feb 2020 #9
Not too many would grieve, either! Scarsdale Feb 2020 #54
His heart, I'm guessing... Aristus Feb 2020 #10
why is d. cheney still with us? IcyPeas Feb 2020 #16
He's got someone else's heart. Aristus Feb 2020 #18
I'm still pissed off about that! dhol82 Feb 2020 #22
I agree... Aristus Feb 2020 #24
When asked if he ever thought about the person whose heart he received ... OMGWTF Feb 2020 #73
Such a worthless bag of skin. dhol82 Feb 2020 #86
My very first thought when I heart about Cheney's... 3catwoman3 Feb 2020 #105
A stroke or a heart attack. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #12
270 Electoral votes will do it sarisataka Feb 2020 #13
Between the stress, bad diet and rage his health will be his defeat kimbutgar Feb 2020 #14
Death kacekwl Feb 2020 #17
That's the most likely thing to stop him. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #94
As the late Catfish Hunter said, "The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time." VOX Feb 2020 #19
Pretty funny VOX... cilla4progress Feb 2020 #41
You know, I almost posted that Ghandi quote... VOX Feb 2020 #42
Trump Dan Feb 2020 #20
Nah. There is no overreach with him. Only his death wnylib Feb 2020 #52
His health is probably the only thing. OliverQ Feb 2020 #21
I keep hoping his Secret Service detail will get fed up... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #23
So far I'm going with Catfish Hunter cilla4progress Feb 2020 #25
His form of it will pass. But whoever it is that wnylib Feb 2020 #59
It was not the German people that finally got rid of Hitler. It patricia92243 Feb 2020 #26
I hear you, cilla4progress Feb 2020 #28
It was the Grim Reaper. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #34
Or even Elvis Pressley? Scarsdale Feb 2020 #58
But... there were military officers and wnylib Feb 2020 #72
Maybe one of his heavily armed cult members will get pissed off BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #83
I'd bet more on Iran than one of the cult members. wnylib Feb 2020 #85
Yes, I saw it on MSNBC. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #88
There will be more. Those who can't be fired wnylib Feb 2020 #89
He's done it his whole life with his businesses. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #91
I've been thinking if he loses in 2020 he will come back in 2024 to run again and spend the whole UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #27
No - He'll spend those four years leftieNanner Feb 2020 #69
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG njhoneybadger Feb 2020 #29
A politically savvy friend leftieNanner Feb 2020 #70
Have to make him a one term loser, that would piss him off the most. Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #30
A one term IMPEACHED loser. ancianita Feb 2020 #82
a free and fair election. Kurt V. Feb 2020 #31
A blood clot probably superpatriotman Feb 2020 #35
Senator Susan Collins, of course gratuitous Feb 2020 #37
What will stop him? The one thing everyone wishes they had more of. blugbox Feb 2020 #38
Big Macs Frances Feb 2020 #39
Covered with double cheese and an extra large dollup of the secret sauce! Initech Feb 2020 #47
I keep saying McDonald's should do its patriotic duty, Jamastiene Feb 2020 #99
Some group of allied nations committing their armies to several years of all-out warfare. FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #40
A prolonged lack of air in his lungs....nt 2naSalit Feb 2020 #43
Money??? FM123 Feb 2020 #44
Or the opposite. Initech Feb 2020 #46
I read too fast and thought you said... 3catwoman3 Feb 2020 #109
thanks for the chuckle FM123 Feb 2020 #115
It will be a massive coronary that does him in. Initech Feb 2020 #45
Karma. eom TruckFump Feb 2020 #48
We will budkin Feb 2020 #51
A stroke. James48 Feb 2020 #53
LDL Cholesterol scheming daemons Feb 2020 #55
Big Mac? Fries? 2 scoops? Vinca Feb 2020 #56
I don't think he can be stopped in a fascist society bolstered by unfettered capitalism yaesu Feb 2020 #60
Cholesterol. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #62
There is NO moral obligation to pay taxes to a government that will not protect the future Ponietz Feb 2020 #63
Choke on a chicken bone? moondust Feb 2020 #65
I am thankful that I am the right side of history barbtries Feb 2020 #67
Either us at the polls or one too many buckets of Extra Crispy KFC catbyte Feb 2020 #68
The hate of the people will stop him. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #74
His heath. broiles Feb 2020 #75
His health risks or voting him out whichever comes first lindalou65 Feb 2020 #78
A bad ticker, head implodes or the grim reaper? saidsimplesimon Feb 2020 #80
Upers and downers Andy823 Feb 2020 #84
Overwhelming voter turnout or death. phylny Feb 2020 #87
KFC sarcasmo Feb 2020 #90
heart attack to good for him. i want a bad stoke.affects his mouth + needs a wheelchair. pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #93
Natural causes. Jamastiene Feb 2020 #95
Election day... AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #100
Short term: American Patriots. Long term: Stroke. Baked Potato Feb 2020 #102
Time and cheeseburgers i'm afraid. dem4decades Feb 2020 #103
Theater tickets underthematrix Feb 2020 #106
A heart attack?? Docreed2003 Feb 2020 #108
It may not happen until Colonel Sanders catches up with him. Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #112

question everything

(47,522 posts)
11. Agree. I once heard that people with red faces are prone to heart attacks
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:23 PM
Feb 2020

unless they love the bottle, I suppose..

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
32. That's what I'm counting on.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:54 PM
Feb 2020

He's not looking too good and all that rage and stress must be taking a toll on him as well, along with the obvious drug abuse. It's one of my favorite fantasies. Just imagining it makes me smile. I know I am a sick person, but that is what this presidency has done to me.

Dem2theMax

(9,653 posts)
50. I wake up every morning hoping Mother Nature had done her thing during the night.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:21 PM
Feb 2020

It's awful to have to live this way. But it's what I do every single morning.

Polly Hennessey

(6,801 posts)
57. So do I.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:35 PM
Feb 2020

Each morning I open DU hoping this is the day we can say: RIH (Rest In Hell). Then I check What’s for Breakfast. 😊

Dem2theMax

(9,653 posts)
76. That's exactly what I do!
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:56 PM
Feb 2020

DU is my first stop. My fingers are always crossed. One of these days, I'm sure we will all be jumping up and down and screaming with joy.

I hope that day comes soon.

It's horrible to have to live feeling like this. But I do.
And obviously, I'm not alone.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
81. You are not alone in that regard.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:05 PM
Feb 2020

I never in my 75 years thought I would awaken every morning hoping that....well, you know..."it" happened while I was asleep.

mommymarine2003

(261 posts)
79. I do the same thing everyday, too.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:02 PM
Feb 2020

Almost every morning I say to my husband (regarding Trump) - "Is he dead yet?". One of these days, it is going to happen. What a sad state of affairs that I have to feel that way about someone. I could say the same for McConnell and many more Trump lovers, too. If I didn't feel the world would be a better place without these people, I might have a twinge of guilt about feeling this way.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,829 posts)
101. Ha, me too!
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 09:54 PM
Feb 2020

Right after I wake up every morning I check to see if he's been taken away to his heavenly (or other) reward yet. It will happen, but I hope it's before November.

Delmette2.0

(4,169 posts)
111. I want him to keel over in public.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 10:25 PM
Feb 2020

That is the only way we will know for sure when it happens. His administration could keep it all quite for days and do all kinds of crap. I don't trust any of them.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
77. Yep, or more accurately, his lifestyle.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:00 PM
Feb 2020

Looking at photos taken yesterday, he's bigger and more bloated than ever. Not sure if it's fat, or swelling from drugs or adisease caused by his shitty diet and lack of exercise.. He's a walking, ticking time bomb.

llmart

(15,552 posts)
114. I thought the same thing when I saw a photo.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 10:34 PM
Feb 2020

Then my friend called me and said, "He keeps getting fatter every day." Zero exercise, drug abuse, hate-filled negativity will take him out sooner rather than later.

My 75-year old sister always answers the phone when I call her by saying, "Is that f***er dead yet?"

maxsolomon

(33,384 posts)
5. the grave.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:12 PM
Feb 2020

president solipsist will be a cancer on the body politic until he can no longer bloviate.

the GOP will change when it stops working.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
98. Eating a fetus maybe.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 07:50 PM
Feb 2020

Fox viewers wouldn't care if it was an already born live baby. Make it a fetus and he'll go down in flames pronto with them.

Calista241

(5,586 posts)
9. He's in his 70's, and doesn't appear to be in the greatest health.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:20 PM
Feb 2020

He could literally drop dead any day and nobody would be surprised.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
54. Not too many would grieve, either!
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:29 PM
Feb 2020

His kids might, since they would have to go get REAL jobs for the first time ever. Maleria would probably even - wait for it - smile!

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
22. I'm still pissed off about that!
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:38 PM
Feb 2020

That heart could have kept a moral person alive not this piece of filth.

OMGWTF

(3,972 posts)
73. When asked if he ever thought about the person whose heart he received ...
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:54 PM
Feb 2020

Cheney The Dick said, "No."

3catwoman3

(24,032 posts)
105. My very first thought when I heart about Cheney's...
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 10:05 PM
Feb 2020

...transplant was that I hoped that the heart had not come from a Democrat.

kimbutgar

(21,181 posts)
14. Between the stress, bad diet and rage his health will be his defeat
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:31 PM
Feb 2020

Yesterday he sounded like he was out of breath. I think his health problems are increasing. No sleep, taking uppers to get him going and fat clogging food.

We might get lucky and he drops dead. Then after the funeral the truth of his evil misdeeds will spill out like a broken dam. All the NDA signers will be free to speak and the MF45 name will destroy his family and possibly end up in jail charges.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
19. As the late Catfish Hunter said, "The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time."
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:36 PM
Feb 2020

Media burnout eventually cancels anyone/anything, and Trump exists a complete media creation. Hopefully sooner than later, enough swing-state voters will burn out on Trump’s bullshit and vote him out, just be rid of his him.

cilla4progress

(24,760 posts)
41. Pretty funny VOX...
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 03:26 PM
Feb 2020

in your sig line Gandhi says the same thing as Hunter, only somewhat more elegantly!

wnylib

(21,586 posts)
52. Nah. There is no overreach with him. Only his death
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:27 PM
Feb 2020

will free us. May he and we be released from whatever his current medical suffering is, and very soon.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
21. His health is probably the only thing.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:37 PM
Feb 2020

There are no patriots or mechanisms within our government that are likely to stop him. Trump's ability to do anything he wants proves there is no Democratic Deep State. If there were, he'd be gone already.

cilla4progress

(24,760 posts)
25. So far I'm going with Catfish Hunter
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:43 PM
Feb 2020


So...what about trumpISM as a dominant force? Will it pass with his foul be-stenched passing?

wnylib

(21,586 posts)
59. His form of it will pass. But whoever it is that
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:36 PM
Feb 2020

props him up will choose a different manifestation to carry on the work of dismantling our government on behalf of the 1% and their white followers.

patricia92243

(12,598 posts)
26. It was not the German people that finally got rid of Hitler. It
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:44 PM
Feb 2020

was not the cult members that got rid of JIm Jones. I don't know about the others.

So, I really don't know what it will take to get rid of Trump and what I am afraid of is his family creating a dynasty.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
34. It was the Grim Reaper.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:59 PM
Feb 2020

In those two cases, self-induced, but they were going down anyway. Trump would never kill himself, but he is in denial about his drug abuse and poor health. He could keel over at any minute. Or, if things in this country get bad enough, he could end up going out like Mussolini, Ceausescu or Tsar Nicholas and family.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
58. Or even Elvis Pressley?
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:35 PM
Feb 2020

On his gold toilet, flushing 12/15 times! I would feel sorry for the person who found him, it will not be Maleria, that is a given.

wnylib

(21,586 posts)
72. But... there were military officers and
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:53 PM
Feb 2020

government officials who at least tried to get rid of Hitler and re-establish normal government.

There were also people who called for help against Jones, which is how a US Congresdman ended up being among the dead. And a few people did manage to escape during the melee.

Not satisfactory endings, I know. But it takes a lot to oust a slippery con once entrenched.

Our best hope is his failing health and natural end. I was thinking that it would be best if it happened before November since Pence couldn't even win in his home state. But he might get a cult sympathy vote.


BigmanPigman

(51,626 posts)
83. Maybe one of his heavily armed cult members will get pissed off
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:13 PM
Feb 2020

about tRump not going after the Dems/Biden'r son (or anything else that is equally idiotic) and take it out on him.

Maybe Iran will do payback for the assassination in their country.

wnylib

(21,586 posts)
85. I'd bet more on Iran than one of the cult members.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:25 PM
Feb 2020

BTW did you know that Trump just fired Vindman? It was on radio news while I typed.

BigmanPigman

(51,626 posts)
88. Yes, I saw it on MSNBC.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:39 PM
Feb 2020

No one is surprised. He is the latest on a long list. Most vindictive, immature POTUS ever!

BigmanPigman

(51,626 posts)
91. He's done it his whole life with his businesses.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:46 PM
Feb 2020

He is behaving the same now and doesn't realize govt and business are run differently.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
27. I've been thinking if he loses in 2020 he will come back in 2024 to run again and spend the whole
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:46 PM
Feb 2020

4 years causing chaos.

leftieNanner

(15,144 posts)
69. No - He'll spend those four years
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:47 PM
Feb 2020

Fighting lawsuits and subpoenas. And at that time, he will actually have to PAY his lawyers.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
30. Have to make him a one term loser, that would piss him off the most.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 02:50 PM
Feb 2020

I believe he will try to stay if he is not re-elected but I feel somewhat certain he will be have to be removed.

He is going to squeal and whine and proclaim it was rigged and he is going to openly call on his followers to rise up.

I fully expect people to come to harm and or die. Just hope it is few.

Why do I believe that?

Because these people are just that fn crazy.

ancianita

(36,132 posts)
82. A one term IMPEACHED loser.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:07 PM
Feb 2020

Gun-owning households (roughly a third in America) backed Mr. Trump by 63 percent to 31 percent (NY Times)

63 million voted for Trump

-- 63% of 50 million total gun owning households who voted for him equal 3.5 million gun owners for Trump.

-- Or maybe the 63% of the 63 million total, which is a much bigger number.

I hope I figured the top figure correctly.

Openly calling on his followers doesn't mean they're willing to kill for him. I seriously doubt they are, though a few are definitely that f'n crazy.

blugbox

(951 posts)
38. What will stop him? The one thing everyone wishes they had more of.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 03:15 PM
Feb 2020

The thing that seems like you can't ever have enough of, yet too much will absolutely kill you.



Time.

Initech

(100,100 posts)
47. Covered with double cheese and an extra large dollup of the secret sauce!
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 03:44 PM
Feb 2020

Hell, he can eat the Mega Tomago from McDonalds Japan:



Or the Mega Mac:

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
99. I keep saying McDonald's should do its patriotic duty,
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 07:59 PM
Feb 2020

and feed him their food cooked using their old recipe.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
40. Some group of allied nations committing their armies to several years of all-out warfare.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 03:20 PM
Feb 2020

Following which, the world will be a nightmare forever OR the US will be subject to the rule of better people.

FM123

(10,054 posts)
44. Money???
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 03:39 PM
Feb 2020

Maybe the big billionaires can just pool their pennies together and just bribe him to go away.....

Initech

(100,100 posts)
46. Or the opposite.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 03:41 PM
Feb 2020

Tax evasion is what got John Dillinger, one of the most notorious gangsters in the world, arrested. Maybe that's how we can get Trump?

Initech

(100,100 posts)
45. It will be a massive coronary that does him in.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 03:40 PM
Feb 2020

If you just look at him right now, that is not a dude who looks like he's in the best health. And given his Big Mac, Diet Coke, and two scoops of ice cream diet, has definitely contributed to his red complexion. He looks like he's going to blow at any minute.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
60. I don't think he can be stopped in a fascist society bolstered by unfettered capitalism
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:36 PM
Feb 2020

he will eventually lose interest, move on, get a big reality show contract, Fox snooze host, something while his buddy barr & the GOP crime family continue to shield him.

barbtries

(28,810 posts)
67. I am thankful that I am the right side of history
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:47 PM
Feb 2020

and I can face my children and grandchildren knowing that I did what I could. (well, too little too late perhaps - I'm a boomer and do bear guilt for what my generation has done. But my loved ones know that too)

what will stop trump? at this point I fear it will only end when he's not alive anymore.
ETA: it will only BEGIN to end when he stops breathing. the damage left behind? generations.

Farmer-Rick

(10,202 posts)
74. The hate of the people will stop him.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:56 PM
Feb 2020

Despite all the comparisons to Hitler, what Trump really lacks and what Hitler had was the love, the admiration, the adulation of the majority of the people.

Some Americans may love Trump, some admire him, some adore him. But the vast majority really hate him.

Hitler was constantly working at presenting an intelligent, loving and normal image to the people. Trump does none of this. He doesn't make any effort to appear intelligent or loving or normal. He likes being associated with criminals and sex workers. He relishes insulting people and appearing nasty. And he thinks he knows everything but knows practically nothing so he won't listen to experts who attempt to make him look half smart. So he blurts out crap that clearly is wrong and stupid without knowing the difference.

The more Pence and the GOP protect him, the more despotic, cruel and stupid he looks. The vast majority of Americans hate Trump and Trump doesn't care. Nor does Trump know how to gain the love, respect and admiration of the majority of Americans. And he thinks he does not need it.

So, keep goading Trump, keep attacking his ignorance and cruelty. It will make him get meaner and dumber. The more he is ridiculed the more he turns to criminals, cons and kinky sex.

He might have read Hitler's jailhouse book but he doesn't know how to implement it because he can't understand normal people.

lindalou65

(253 posts)
78. His health risks or voting him out whichever comes first
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 05:00 PM
Feb 2020

Just read the average life span for a male in the United States is approx. 79 years old. Trump is 73 now and obese (among other life shortening health issues) so I would expect he could have a massive heart attack or stroke any moment (I am hoping very, very soon). Maybe get voodoo dolls and stick pins in the doll to hasten the process.


Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
95. Natural causes.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 07:46 PM
Feb 2020

In America, there is no justice for victims of people like him. Natural causes will ultimately be his demise. It certainly won't be the "checks and balances" of the rest of our government or any kind of law enforcement or any revolutions that does him in. In the end, it will be natural causes, because there is no justice in America.

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