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Explain Like I'm Five

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Please break it down like I am literally a child.

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[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

Well... in a nutshell... after Trump committed treason, our government decided in its infinite wisdom that its hands were tied as regards consequences for him because he announced his candidacy in the 2024 election. A couple of states tried to bar him from running on account of his treason, but in his previous term, Trump appointed a few traitors to be supreme court judges, and they said: "no, section 3 of the 14th amendment doesn't apply (disqualification from office for insurrection or rebellion), because it doesn't specifically list the office of president".

So, we all collectively decided: "Well, the traitors have decided to let the traitor run for president. Let's see how this pans out." And then 77 million traitors voted for him, and he became the president. So now he's trying everything he can to make himself dictator for life so that he doesn't die in a prison cell.

Also, he's potentially the dumbest human to have ever lived, on top of the fact that he's suffering from late-stage dementia. So all of the weird, asinine, nonsensical decisions he's made... well... that's just par for the course for him.