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liberalmediaaddict

(766 posts)
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 06:45 PM Feb 2020

What are your fears about a Trump 2nd term?

What are your biggest fears about what Trump might do if he's re-elected?
Personally I've always had the same fear: That he might deliberately or inadvertently start a nuclear war. Or more likely a world war in the middle east.

My secondary fear is that his domestic policies are going to get me or one of my family and friends killed. Possibly due to lack of healhcare, gun violence, EPA rollbacks, eliminating the social safety net, etc...

Undoubtedly his cognitive decline and pathological narcissism is going to get worse. And the Republican party is going to become even more extreme.

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What are your fears about a Trump 2nd term? (Original Post) liberalmediaaddict Feb 2020 OP
Repeal of the ACA superpatriotman Feb 2020 #1
That would be third... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #2
That it happens. calguy Feb 2020 #3
Same for me. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #6
More hard right judges. patricia92243 Feb 2020 #4
Waking up on the morning of November 4th. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #5
That it should occur. nt WhiteTara Feb 2020 #7
My biggest fear is that I'd self medicate to an extreme. dem4decades Feb 2020 #8
there's help for that ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #15
I'd rather it said vodka. dem4decades Feb 2020 #26
Social Security and Medicare destroyed by Fat Nixon and the Republicans. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2020 #9
That he never steps away from his first term Generic Brad Feb 2020 #10
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G Faux pas Feb 2020 #11
Social Security cuts, Medicare cuts/elimination, war, further detioration to divide this country.. Frustratedlady Feb 2020 #12
that ivanka will run and win in 2024. that will be trumps no. 1 priority Kurt V. Feb 2020 #13
Social Security and Medicare for me and my kids.... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2020 #14
I will think about this while I fold socks. BBL rzemanfl Feb 2020 #16
Add more judges to the Supreme Court, arrest Democrats using bogus warrants, make our lives hell dustyscamp Feb 2020 #17
That he would appoint 2 or 3 more far-right Supreme Court judges. subterranean Feb 2020 #18
2nd term, or not, I'm going to worry. Siwsan Feb 2020 #19
Pretty much what everyone else is Karma13612 Feb 2020 #20
Not having Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #21
That on 2024 he will anoint Don Jr. to succeed him question everything Feb 2020 #22
It will be our last elected President Lochloosa Feb 2020 #23
The courts Mz Pip Feb 2020 #24
RBG Skittles Feb 2020 #25
Hoping she can serve until Jan 2021. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #44
Fascism waterwatcher123 Feb 2020 #27
If he is re-elected I will retire into my farm Zolorp Feb 2020 #28
My husband and I have started watching Karma13612 Feb 2020 #39
Judges! 4 decades worth jimfields33 Feb 2020 #29
The absolute worst thing would be his picks for the SCOTUS! Several Justices are already old, and napi21 Feb 2020 #30
No fear. Cheatolini WILL NOT be re-elected! #Gotv2020 RestoreAmerica2020 Feb 2020 #31
Everything. potone Feb 2020 #32
Bot B Gone jpak Feb 2020 #33
Violence against blacks, LGBTQ, immigrants, women apcalc Feb 2020 #34
That it will be decades, if ever, before this country recovers. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #35
Judges. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #36
what is there not to fear? demosincebirth Feb 2020 #37
Starving to death I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #38
Dollars being replaced with Rubles. William769 Feb 2020 #40
The absolute END of our democratic republic. VOX Feb 2020 #41
Mass Graves uponit7771 Feb 2020 #42
My marriage and other rights as a gay man will end. Behind the Aegis Feb 2020 #43
Nothing good Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #45

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
12. Social Security cuts, Medicare cuts/elimination, war, further detioration to divide this country..
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 06:52 PM
Feb 2020

environmental issues, my family's survival once I'm gone, the end of democracy as we know it and martial takeover.

I'm sure there are many others, but these would be my top priorities. My family hasn't done anything to deserve this bastard for 4 more years.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
14. Social Security and Medicare for me and my kids....
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 06:53 PM
Feb 2020

Who are in their mid 40's right now and have been paying into the system since they were 14 with their first jobs.

dustyscamp

(2,224 posts)
17. Add more judges to the Supreme Court, arrest Democrats using bogus warrants, make our lives hell
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 06:57 PM
Feb 2020

repeal Roe vs Wade, and many more horrible things

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
18. That he would appoint 2 or 3 more far-right Supreme Court judges.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 06:59 PM
Feb 2020

This is why it's so critical for us to win back the Senate. A Democratic Senate would be able to limit a lot of the damage Trump could do if, God forbid, he does get re-elected.

Siwsan

(26,278 posts)
19. 2nd term, or not, I'm going to worry.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:00 PM
Feb 2020

And I'll keep worrying about him and the 'confederacy of dunces' that belong to his cult. No matter what the outcome of the election, he will make problems. Should it be a fair election and he definitively loses, he won't accept the results and neither will his minions. One can only imagine how they will react. Should the election be 'controlled' by Putin, he will feel as if he has carte blanche to do whatever the hell he wants, to whomever the hell he chooses.

trump* and his family will be thorns in the side of this nation, long beyond his last days breathing oxygen.

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
20. Pretty much what everyone else is
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:01 PM
Feb 2020

Dreading.

-Attack on social safety net programs
-Another Supreme Court pick
-More right-wing judges
-Loss of progress on climate change programs
-Further loss of respect from world leaders
-More isolation in terms of global partnerships
-Spike in suicides due to hopelessness, fear and lack of confidence in domestic leadership.
-War with/in [fill-in the blank]

These are just the first that come to mind. There are others I still haven’t even thought of yet.

My mood on November 4 is going to be extreme, either way.
I fear my mood won’t improve if we lose.

question everything

(47,498 posts)
22. That on 2024 he will anoint Don Jr. to succeed him
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:03 PM
Feb 2020

And all the Rs will just cower and bow and say Thank You oh grand emperor.

And all the judges that he and the Turtle appointed will hit they gavel and say: and so it has ruled.





Mz Pip

(27,452 posts)
24. The courts
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:05 PM
Feb 2020

God knows what kind of reactionary zealots he’ll scrape up to appoint to lifetime positions.😡

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,354 posts)
44. Hoping she can serve until Jan 2021.
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 07:55 AM
Feb 2020

Jan 2025 would be a stretch, even for the indomitable notorious one.

Maybe, Dems can also take the Senate, wouldn't that be a victory!

 

Zolorp

(1,115 posts)
28. If he is re-elected I will retire into my farm
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:11 PM
Feb 2020

I will concentrate on feeding me and my family with as little contact with others as possible.

I will not participate in anything political again because doing so will only get me and my family killed.

I will keep my head down and bide my time. Dictatorships always fall and I'l be there to try to pick up the pieces.

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
39. My husband and I have started watching
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 11:35 PM
Feb 2020

Season 3 of “The Handmaid’s Tale”.

So, I would add “Gilead” to my list of fears.

The Washington Monument turned into a cross, and Abe Lincoln’s statue unrecognizable.
It tears at my very soul.

Trump is destroying this country.

We must vote him out in November. And protect all that we can until Inauguration Day in 2021.
He will try hard to see that we don’t have one.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
30. The absolute worst thing would be his picks for the SCOTUS! Several Justices are already old, and
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:22 PM
Feb 2020

RBG has been ill several times. I kniw she keeps fighting on, but statistics say she can't go on forever! He's already screwed up the Fed. Courts with his incapable judges which he'll only make worse.

He's already almost started a new war with Iran, so nothing's stopping him from doing THAT again, or with N Korea!

He's close to destroying the FBI & is working on wrecking on screwing up several other departments of our Country.

I don't want to find out whatever other mayhem he can create without even trying!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,865 posts)
35. That it will be decades, if ever, before this country recovers.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:45 PM
Feb 2020

I like to say that at least Germany was lucky enough to lose WWII.

Realistically, we'll become Spain. Back in the late 16th century it was a genuine world power, with a navy that went everywhere, conquering indigenous peoples everywhere, establishing colonies around the globe.

Then two things happened to it. One, it sent an Armada to attempt to conquer England and lost badly, thanks both to the English navy and a bad storm. Two, it decided to tax the poor, not the rich. Oh, for a while Spain continued to be something of a world power, but that power steadily eroded, and it wasn't long before it was essentially a has-been country. Now, I've never been to Spain, and I'm sure if I ever get there I will like it. The rare Spanish people I've met have all been quite nice, and are probably gracious and welcoming to tourists.

If Trump is re-elected, money will pour from any and all social programs, infrastructure projects, research of any kind besides military, and so on. Taxes on the rich will be cut. Those on the middle class and poor will be raised. Meanwhile, this country is being seen more and more as an irrelevant joke by the rest of the world. That's especially true of the person of Donald Trump. By 2024 we'll be a laughing-stock, a backwater no gives a flying fuck about.

I recently told my son that when he completes his PhD in astronomy, he seriously look for work in another country, preferably one that would be easy for me to go live in also.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
38. Starving to death
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 09:33 PM
Feb 2020

Dying from diabeties,stress and my illnesses because I cannot afford my meds,losing my home, losing SSI. And the streets full of evangelical brownshirts and so called militia nuts terrorizing everyone not like them,
Being rooted out as transgendered and murdered by right wing nuts and bigots.. having to listen to Christian bull shit getting triggered and freaking out when I go there because I have to eat. Or in plain desperation killing myself because there is no way out of this shit. That's my fears. And my other fear is this will happen to countless others.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
41. The absolute END of our democratic republic.
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 12:46 AM
Feb 2020

Fascism, imprisonment of political opponents, in-broad-daylight lawlessness, no more free and fair elections, further marginalization of people of color, elimination of women’s control over their own bodies. The destruction of healthcare, Social Security, Medicare. An autocratic oligarchy, like Putin’s Russia.

Behind the Aegis

(53,963 posts)
43. My marriage and other rights as a gay man will end.
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 06:50 AM
Feb 2020

Sure, I don't think most even give it a second thought, but it is always on my mind. War is another big concern, as is another mass genocide of a much hated group.

Joinfortmill

(14,439 posts)
45. Nothing good
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 08:41 AM
Feb 2020

He would be fully unleashed. I suspect a police state similar to Putin's Russia would follow. Many would try to flee the country. I think some countries would shut their doors to Americans. We'd be screwed. Vote Blue.

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