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The White House has launched another taxpayer-funded television ad before the midterms, this time featuring imagery of President Donald Trump walking down a hall as audio plays of him saying “this is the final battle.”

“We will cast out the communist, Marxists, and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all,” Trump says in the ad, echoing comments he made during a Veterans Day speech in 2023.

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[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

For him, it is the final battle. He is one bad election away from jail and he is on track to lose. Decent Americans (yes, they exist) just need to show up this time.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Unrealistic. He is one 'bad' election away from being somewhat inconvenienced by having to just always explicitly ignore congress and do whatever he wants without repercussions. If GOP wins as few as three of the senate races that happen, he's 100% safe from the only consequence considered valid: removal from office.

No criminal prosecution, that's already established as 'not applicable' by the supreme court, on top of the long standing policy of not holding a president currently in office accountable for anything.

In 2028, ok, maybe he could face consequences in theory if all the mechanisms actually work. Very skeptical, and even if he could, it moves at a snail's pace and they'll probably run him again in 2032 because they don't have any better ideas.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 3 points 6 hours ago

Yeah with his health, pretty sure he'll die before facing any consequence. He's really good at slowing down these things it seems.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 hours ago

Same bullshit that triggered the Jan. 6th insurrection. He's going to deny he lost the house.

They are detaining Canadians at the border accusing them of voting in US elections.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

This is a "dog whistle" plea to Christians, in my opinion. The final battle refers to The Apocalypse, when Christians are rescued by the Army of Jesus Christ. After all of the Christians are safe, Jesus and His Holy Army will butcher every non-Christian on the face of the Earth, and the resulting ocean of blood will be as "deep as a horse's bridle". (this is clearly described in the Bible).

Fun fact: Churches pay no taxes! They get tax benefits that are over and above any "non-profit". So, we all finance and enable this tripe. Not only do we pay for this moronic ad, we shoulder the burden for churches, mosques, and temples.

These faiths are already unfathomably wealthy. The Catholic Church owns more land than any other organization, something like 170 million acres.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What kinda of “final battle?” Like a battle with high cholesterol or a Mitch McConnell level of a stroke?…

[–] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The white supremacists believe in the coming race war, this is what the "boogaloo" community is about.

It's actually pretty scary because they have been chomping at the bit to get started and they are the only side ready to go at a moments notice and they are EXCITED TO DO SO

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 5 hours ago

They're gonna have fun with the end of days fundies

[–] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 8 points 10 hours ago

Casting out the fascists? So... Themselves?

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 12 hours ago

Homie, you are the fascist

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

But the emails.

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 26 points 14 hours ago

We will cast out the communist, Marxists, and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all

Biggest self-own ever.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

SCOTUS allows a party to steal government money now?

[–] Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

"steal government money"?

They already let a pedophilic, human trafficking, treasonous, rapist off the hook for everything and you think they care about OUR money?

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

Is that what I think?

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 27 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"We will cast out the [...] fascists"

Is this the resignation statement?

preparing champagne

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 minute ago

It's just more abuse of words to rob them of their meaning, plus muddying the political waters for the stupid, who tend to support them while thinking "communist" and "fascist" are just words for "baddie".

[–] personalhel@lemmy.zip 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

why do americans just accept this?

[–] likebudda@reddthat.com 3 points 8 hours ago

25% of Americans endorse this.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 hours ago

decades of brainwashing and learned helplessness

also the racism

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 hours ago

We should probably be in a general strike, but no one wants to fuck over their existing life on the hopes that it'll just get fixed int he next election. Check back after the midterms, but don't hope for much to change.

[–] abc@suppo.fi 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

How I have wished multiple times that one of these would be Trump's final battle.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

The final battle between that last Big Mac and his carotid arteries

[–] The__Leaker@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)
[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 21 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

i would assume you are new here

[–] The__Leaker@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm already on there, cuh.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

you must be new

demonstrates newness by replying to the wrong comment

[–] The__Leaker@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

I sure did. Mistaken by drunkenness. Forgive me.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

you will often see the likes of SatansMaggotyCumFart. He’s one of the more prolific posters

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I can't throw stones in that particular glass house

[–] The__Leaker@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

A pebble has shattered it...

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 12 hours ago

You would not last five seconds on Tumblr

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How is any of this legal? Why aren't Americans doing anything about it? WTF happened to you guys?

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

The Supreme Court established that the President cannot be held accountable for any conduct (as part of his Official Duties) by anyone except through impeachment. So the President can break any law, as long as 1/2 the House (or 1/3 of the Senate) agrees to let it slide.

[–] cloudshouter@lemmy.zip 25 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not. The people with the authority to do anything about it either won’t or can’t. You’re First Amendment rights are worth 2¢ in a trillion dollar economy. While the 2A was supposedly written to be the follow-up, it has basically the same effect.

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago

The Republicans in Congress could stop all of this at any time. They choose not to. They support it, even if they say otherwise.

Trump will be Trump, but we need to direct our anger at the rest of his party as well, for not holding him accountable. I hope enough people realize this in November.

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