I know that after you leave office as POTUS it is some sort of unwritten rule that you withdraw from politics.
Why did Trump not withdraw?
Also why isn’t he a senator or congressman during Biden’s term?
In fairness to Trump, he’s been pretty busy defending himself from a record number of indictments. Gets in the way of political participation.
If only!
I’d like to hear what that man has to say!
😂
Trump actually promised to leave us alone if he lost. He also suggested that he’d move to a foreign country.
“If I lose to [Biden], I don’t know what I’m going to do. I will never speak to you again,” Trump told supporters at a rally in North Carolina.
Trump made similar remarks in 2016 when he rivaled Hillary Clinton for the presidency: “I don’t think I’m going to lose, but if I do, I don’t think you’re ever going to see me again, folks,” Trump said. “I think I’ll go to Turnberry and play golf or something.”
If you never admit you lost, did you really? (Yes)
He probably forgot he said that like 2 minutes later
Yeah, That was common passive-aggressive bullshit, e.g. If I don’t win I’ll take my ball and go home.
He’s trying not to go to prison.
Lack of competence, decency, and love for his country?
John Quincy Adams went on to become a Representative for MA in the House and I’d argue was the only real demotion post-presidency.
William Taft went to the Supreme Court after his Presidency (not exactly a lateral move in and of itself) but was the Chief Justice so it’s probably close. Then again institutions powers wax and wane over time, so it could be argued that it was a demotion.
Lastly, kind of a bonus factoid of post-presidency activity – Teddy Roosevelt, after serving a term plus some (edit: he took over the presidency as the VP after McKinley’s assassination) and was a Republican. He later ran in 1912 as a candidate for the Bull-Moose Party after a rift in the Republican party when they nominated the above W. Taft instead of himself or another more Progressive Republican.
How is SC seat a demotion? The only real power the president has is wartime, and Americans aren’t fond of war especially if it has a chance to end up at their borders.
Aren’t fond to war? Wtf am I reading??
In addition to the veto power mentioned above, there’s also the power to issue executive orders and to nominate judges, including supreme justices. Those are fairly significant. There’s also the influence they have over foreign policy.
You think the veto power is not a real power?
Teddy Roosevelt gets all the glory for his “a man, a plan, a canal: panama” palindrome, but everybody forgets “Taft: fat”.
You can’t say “no politics intended” and then directly discuss politics. The answer will invariably include politics.
Trump didn’t want to be a politician. He wanted to be president. Being a senator or congressman is a job, but being president is a mark of prestige. If he can become president again, he will, because it makes him look good. There’s no point for him in taking a lower position with less power.
Are you looking at this picture, reading this post and then attempting to seriously debate the author on the merits of their argument of no-politics “inteded”?
You are right, but what I meant was, that I didn’t ask from a political point of view, just wanted to understand from a technical point of view. Like I understand that once you have been president you retire. But trump didnt retire. So since he is continuing on, why in the meantime isn’t he in congress or senate?
I thought obama, bush, clinton are just not in senate or congress because they were president, following the unwritten rule.
So since trump didnt retire why isnt he in congress or the senate. I think he would have gotten a vote in florida or other such states.
yeah but what you say makes sense, so it is just to do with trumps personality profile…
All excellent points except he has a real dire agenda if he is president again and it’s not just to make him look good.
When people say “no pun intended,” it is always right after they’ve made a completely intentional pun.
When a person says “no offense [intended], but,” it is always right before they say something intentionally offensive.
What I’m saying is that maybe this grammar “no X intended” doesn’t actually mean that literally they don’t intend X, but instead that they want to lessen their culpability for exactly intending X.
No comment intended, but… oh, well. Too late now.
When people say “no pun intended”, I like to say “none taken”.
Putin needs Trump. Trump needs Putin.
Did you hear
SimonPutin say stop? Nyet. No. You did not.
I don’t give af if my president has horrible hair or a terrible fake tan, as long as they have good policies. There’s a million bad things to say about Trump but picking on his looks just serves to divide us instead of focusing on real issues. Hell my senator looks like Lurch and wears basketball shorts instead of suits but he’s doing great things, so I support him.
Lowest common denominator. Easy content that’s bound to get clicks. When this happens, in my mind it begins to cast doubt on criticisms. It literally just becomes the orange man bad memes. Sometimes I feel like pointless division is the point. Quarrelling among ourselves while they sit in their hypocritical ivory towers.
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Why would he want to? Trump only cares about Trump.
He doesn’t need money and has always planned on running for POTUS again. Any other political position would look like a big loss to him.
Dumbfuckistan!
I guess he hadn’t taken enough advantages on the side yet, so he decided to try it all again.
Because no one with any decency or wisdom wants or trusts him.
He doesn’t want that. He wants to be the guy who was “wronged” in the last election.
I mean, he’s making bank off of donations just from beating that dead horse. Why work when you can just scream and cry and have people throw money at you?
Also, considering the size of his ego, he probably doesn’t want anything less than being the top guy. That’s all that matters to him.
Another poster said something about a “gentlemen’s agreement”, which isn’t wrong. The US has (generally) tried to maintain the peaceful transfer of power. They didn’t plan on a scumbag throwing a bitch fit to keep that from happening.
I suspected being a senator or congressman would be actually quiet difficult and Trump may not be cut out for it. thanks for your insight shrewbacca
No problem, fam. It’s an honest question, so I don’t blame you for asking.
I don’t think Trump is the first to run for president after being voted out.
Not running for a lesser office is way more the “unwritten rule”.
thanks I didn’t know this
Grover Cleveland did just that, he’s the only US President to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland
The ideal president in American culture does what George Washington did, serve two terms then retire. Being a one term president is seen as a failure and a rejection of their policies, so relection is unlikely
