2024 US Presidential Elections Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

He's gonna change the countries name and stop paying bills?

 

[Zoupa]

Isn't Trump in the lead by like 50 points?

Not sure any of these idiots matter much.

Is there a realistic way for Trump to not be the nominee, legal-wise?

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Isn't Trump in the lead by like 50 points?

Not sure any of these idiots matter much.

Is there a realistic way for Trump to not be the nominee, legal-wise?

he decided to die?

[Savonarola]

Isn't Trump in the lead by like 50 points?

Not sure any of these idiots matter much.

Is there a realistic way for Trump to not be the nominee, legal-wise?

Yes, Trump has an enormous lead, but it is only August.  Even a conviction couldn't stop Trump from running (legally, I mean); I think it's on this thread someone brought up that Eugene Debs ran for president while in prison.

[Josquius]

Isn't Trump in the lead by like 50 points?

Not sure any of these idiots matter much.

Is there a realistic way for Trump to not be the nominee, legal-wise?

I guess they matter for those who pull ahead dishing it out on trump?

[The Minsky Moment]

Haley and Scott are the two most clearly running for VP.

[OttoVonBismarck]

While their motivations vary (sometimes running a quasi-successful primary campaign opens doors politically and/or financially), my guess is the candidates who are genuinely hoping to be President are running because they either think something is going to happen to derail Trump, or they are thinking Trump will disastrously lose in 2024 and leave the party ripe for an "I told you so 4 years ago, I know how to win" candidate in 2028.

Note that some of these people may be wishing for something that is highly unlikely.

[Admiral Yi]

Swami wants to cut the federal work force by 75% and eliminate the department of education and the IRS (   ).

[Tonitrus]

Swami wants to cut the federal work force by 75% and eliminate the department of education and the IRS (   ).

So he wants to repeal the 16th Amendment too?

[Admiral Yi]

So he wants to repeal the 16th Amendment too?

I guess he wants to put taxes on the honor system.

Where did this dude come from anyway?  What's his deal?  Gotta be tech or finance.

[Tonitrus]

He does seem to kind of be the GOP's answer to Andrew Yang.

[Sophie Scholl]

Inherited wealth and pharmaceuticals to pump their prices with investment from hedge funds. He's darn near everything that is wrong with how the system works.

[Valmy]

So he wants to repeal the 16th Amendment too?

I guess he wants to put taxes on the honor system.

Where did this dude come from anyway?  What's his deal?  Gotta be tech or finance.

He is an investor in Big Pharma. That is pretty much all I know.

[jimmy olsen]

So he wants to repeal the 16th Amendment too?

I guess he wants to put taxes on the honor system.

Where did this dude come from anyway?  What's his deal?  Gotta be tech or finance.

He is an investor in Big Pharma. That is pretty much all I know.

IIRC, he invested big in a drug that had failed it's initial trials, really pumped it up and advertised it. Stock went up a lot, he sold his shares for a fortune, than it failed the next trials and everyone still invested lost their shirts.

[grumbler]

Ramaswamy is a very successful con man.  None of his companies ever turned a profit, nor did any (as far as I can tell) ever actually succeed in getting any drug to market.  He had some early success in a venture capital firm, and then turned around and sweet-talked a bunch of venture capitalists to back his losing ventures.

IOW, he is what Trump wanted to be.