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Doesn't seem particularly "cryptic" to me. Essentially he's saying "If we win, you don't need to vote, because I'll make sure we win from now on by rigging it".
Seems pretty cut and dry to me what he's saying.
I dunno, I hate Trump as much as the next guy but it seems to me he meant "I'm going to fix all the country's problems in one term so you won't need to vote for me again", not "I'm going to abolish voting".
Are you fucking dumb? Or are you actively trying and failing to do propaganda?
You won't ever need to vote again was the meaning. If you can't see that as a red flag, then you deserve the r word in my opinion. The dude doesn't want a democracy. He wants to be a dictator to avoid his legal issues. This guy will absolutely take down democracy without a second thought. He'll drag America down with him.
The worst r word I know is Republican.
I think it's more that he doesn't give a shit what happens because he can only be elected for one more term. Trump doesn't give a shit about anyone except himself, on other words. And even he's smart enough to know he's lucky if he's got four more years of health left in him. Cholesterol is the only thing holding him together.
That's what I was initially thinking. Maybe he doesn't give a shit what happens in 4 years because he won't be running and he doesn't give a shit what happens after that. He doesn't care about people voting Republican in 4 years because he'll be gone.
But, then I tried to imagine him peacefully handing power over just because the constitution limits how many terms he could serve... and I just couldn't picture that.
I mean sure, if he's elected he'll definitely do everything possible to destroy any legal cases against him. He'll also try to have anybody who pissed him off sent to Guantanamo or something. But, will he really want to just retire after that? Even if he feels safe because any potential enemy has been put away, can you really picture him giving up the spotlight and power that comes with the presidency? I can't.