• mechoman444@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 days ago

    The guy is preparing for some kind of land war. There is no need for a draft in the United States unless we’re fighting against China.

    And even then the US military is hopelessly outnumbered. The issue is that China doesn’t want armed conflict. As far as I can tell, their only real goal is to do business nowadays. Especially considering that both the Chinese and American economies are so closely tied together.

    I don’t think that this current administration knows what they’re doing. They’re flopping around like they’re sinking in water.

    I think the only solution is the 25th amendment.

    • zikzak025@lemmy.world
      37·
      3 days ago

      They couldn’t even pass a measure to pause hostilities against Iran, there’s no way they will have the 2/3 senate vote needed to remove him from office. I doubt it even has the 50% house vote to advance the impeachment process to that stage.

      The majority of American politicians in office approve of Trump and what he’s doing. Maybe after some seats shuffle in the midterms, which is already overly optimistic, there might be margins just slim enough to convince a handful of senators to cross the aisle and vote Trump out of office. But even then, I wouldn’t hold out much hope of that happening. MAGA voters remain committed to the cult, and Republican incumbents want to keep those votes to stay in office.

    • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      2 days ago

      The point is to gum up the works and to actually do their job regardless of lack of success. I don’t understand how people are okay with them not doing their jobs after we complain so much they don’t do anything.

      • n1ckn4m3@lemmy.world
        English
        1·
        1 day ago

        The problem is that repeated failed attempts to impeach galvanize his supporters and prove to the right that it doesn’t matter what they’re doing, they’ll get away with it. Which then just pushes them further. It’s not convincing anyone who doesn’t already think he’s a pedophile rapist facist, on the contrary, it’s making the people who don’t already believe that further believe that the left is just making bullshit up because if Trump were really the antichrist facist, the impeachment wouldn’t fail.

        Failing to impeach Trump over and over isn’t functional progress. If the democrats want to do anything, they should spend 100% of their time obstructing every nomination and every bill put forward by this administration, and spend every other bit of time they have gumming up the works with bills we know will fail to undo the damage being done. At least in those cases there’s a potential they could actually do some good.

        Trump will never be successfully impeached. Anyone who thinks so at this point is an absolute pelican.

  • TwilitSky@lemmy.world
    33·
    3 days ago

    Donald Trump Impeachment and Criminal Investigation File Storage Warehouse at the Library of Congress

    Donald Trump Impeachment File Storage Warehouse at the Library of Congress

  • Karmanopoly@lemmy.world
    31·
    3 days ago

    I mean if having credible witness statements that he raped a child isn’t enough to impeach… then probably nothing will be

  • SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
    183·
    3 days ago

    It’s just symbolic. This won’t get past the MAGA leaders in the House, let alone the pre-boomers in the Senate.