I mean in terms of percentages.

And I don’t necessarily mean three full terms. 2.5 terms or 2.1 terms or anything nontrivially more than 2 (like, 10 minutes more doesn’t count) would qualify.

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    After all we just witnessed?

    Four years stalling courts and avoiding punishment for insurrection, theft of classified documents, etc.

    Getting legal permission to break any law he pleases.

    Convincing even democrats that tge constitution, specifically the Fourteenth amendment, means nothing and isn’t worth acting on.

    Openly planning the worst possible cabinet.

    Not having any investigation or action on votes from targeted minorities get Jim Crow’d away.

    No recounts when suspicious vote trends are spotted.

    Survival of an assassination attempt.

    … Yeah I’m going high. 70% chance minumum if he wants to. He could just order a public hit on the next in line as a presidential act. Clearly no one will stop him.

    There should not BE a timeline where he succeeded the second time. The fact that there is implies he can do literally anything he wants.

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      I suspect he won’t do another two full terms, but not because of any inherent virtue in the system. I think it’ll just come down to biology. He’s 78, not in good health anyway and about to enter a very high-stress job. If he’s still going at 86 I’ll be surprised.

      And that’s assuming the cabal of demented fascists he’s assembled around him don’t tear him apart the second he shows any sign of weakness or of no longer being useful to them, which they definitely will.