Is Trump Eligible to Run Again?

[Suppressed Poet]

I used to think the the goatee provided some safety against that, but given the number of traps sporting beards, not to mention Casper the friendly luggage thief, I've reevaluated the implied masculinity of facial hair.

That’s true. In 2023, a goatee alone is insufficient to project masculinity.

Here are some things you can do everyday that should help with that:

Do some push-ups
Spend time outside in the sun
Eat more protein especially red meat cooked rare
Take your T shots from the backseat of a ‘69 Firebird while watching Conan the Barbarian

[Seran]

That’s true. In 2023, a goatee alone is insufficient to project masculinity.

Here are some things you can do everyday that should help with that:

Do some push-ups
Spend time outside in the sun
Eat more protein especially red meat cooked rare
Take your T shots from the backseat of a ‘69 Firebird while watching Conan the Barbarian

Lol. Between mountain biking, downhill racing, and snowboarding, I'd bet I get more sunlight and exercise than the majority of you script runners and couch potatoes. But I get your point, masculinity is subjective. Look at that idiot attacking Timothee Chalamete for being so soft featured and 'pretty'. Dude is a great actor, handsome, well educated, multi millionaire and banging one of the Kardashians, think folks are envious.

[Seran]

Also, I'll substitute your Conan the Barbarian with John Wayne, the original Chad

[Methais]

Homeboy probably have bigger thighs than I do a waistline I'd imagine. Not to mention arterial plaques thicker than a finger

[Methais]

That’s true. In 2023, a goatee alone is insufficient to project masculinity.

Here are some things you can do everyday that should help with that:

Do some push-ups
Spend time outside in the sun
Eat more protein especially red meat cooked rare
Take your T shots from the backseat of a ‘69 Firebird while watching Conan the Barbarian

[Parkbandit]

Lol. Between mountain biking, downhill racing, and snowboarding, I'd bet I get more sunlight and exercise than the majority of you script runners and couch potatoes. But I get your point, masculinity is subjective. Look at that idiot attacking Timothee Chalamete for being so soft featured and 'pretty'. Dude is a great actor, handsome, well educated, multi millionaire and banging one of the Kardashians, think folks are envious.

I didn't know who Timothee Chalamete was until I googled him... still don't know who he is..

but I believe Aerosmith said it best... the dude looks like a lady.

[Parkbandit]

The hair on his head comes in wonky... I bet his beard would be patchy and fucking ugly.

[~Rocktar~]

[Realk]

I just wanted to say if that's how it would actually look on him(the beard) he should have done that years ago. but i'm guessing he tried it and it doesn't come out like that.

[Bhaalizmo]

Here's the part of the Constitution in question..



I see two problems with challenging Trump's eligibility based on the 14th Amendment..

First, did he engage in insurrection or rebellion or give idd and comfort to our enemies? There's been no court case, so far, determining that he did. We know, though, that the drafters of the 14th Amendment did not intend to require a court determination of criminal guilt. This part of the 14th Amendment applied to Confederates, even though there was no plan to criminally prosecute them.

Second, was Trump an "officer" of the United States? That's the more difficult question. The only category of people to which Section 3 of the 14th Amendment applies that might include Trump is "officer." Is the Presidency an office? We will surely find out before the 2024 election! It should provide a fun history of the word "officer." I frequently hear people refer to the "office of the President." Personally, I think that's a modern use of the word, and I don't think the drafters of the 14th Amendment used the word "officer" as we use it today. I think people appointed by the President to positions of authority are officers, not the President himself.

A successful impeachment vote of a sitting president for inciting an insurrection should be sufficient grounds to enforce a 14th amendment bar to his running for office.

But that aside, what Mike Flynn was sentenced and then pardoned for should suffice as well.