Trump 2028: The Joke That’s About to Kill American Democracy

He told us exactly what he planned to do — dismantle democracy, destroy the Constitution, and rule unchecked. The real tragedy? We still aren’t listening.

Guest article by Michael Cohen

Donald Trump didn’t lie about who he was. He didn’t hide it. He didn’t sugarcoat it. Hell, he wasn’t even clever about it. He telegraphed it; screamed it, shoved it in our faces like a pie made of hate, greed, and authoritarian wet dreams. And still, America acted surprised.

Now, like the sucker who keeps going back to the three-card monte dealer on the corner, you're about to get conned again—and this time, it might just be the death blow to our democracy.

Let me be perfectly fucking clear: Trump is building an unconstitutional presidency right before our very eyes. Not tomorrow. Not next year. Now. You think you still have time? You don’t. He’s coming for the First Amendment. He’s coming for dissent. He’s coming for anyone who won’t bend the knee and kiss the oversized ring.

Deportations? Mass roundups? Raids on universities? Politicizing the military? Stripping away free speech? Yeah, that’s not campaign rhetoric. That’s the Trump 2.0 action plan. He warned you during his first term. He’s warning you again now. And if you think Congress or the courts are going to swoop in and save you, wake the hell up. He doesn't respect the Constitution; he barely knows what's in it. To Trump, the law is just another contract he can break, another rule he can smash and walk away from without consequence.

And about that third term? You laughed. You dismissed it. "Congress would never allow it!" you said, smug in your ignorance. Well, guess what? It’s already in the bloodstream. His campaign dropped that psychotic "Trump 2028" photo like it was just another MAGA meme. They’re selling T-shirts and hats with “Trump 2028” on them. He’s testing the waters. And America—brilliant, naïve America—just chuckles along like it’s a comedy skit instead of a five-alarm fire.

This isn’t comedy. It’s confession. It’s a battle plan.

And let me remind you: every time Trump has floated one of these so-called "jokes," it wasn’t a joke. "Maybe I'll stay in office forever." "Maybe we should terminate parts of the Constitution." "Maybe we should have military tribunals for journalists." Maybe, maybe, maybe—until the maybe becomes reality.

He doesn’t play 4-D chess. He plays the same broken record on loop. He tells you exactly what he’s going to do, and then does it—counting on your cynicism, your laziness, and your belief that "someone else" will stop him.

There is no "someone else." It's you. It's me. It’s everyone who still believes in the insane idea that America should be a democracy, not a banana republic run by a spray-tanned con man and his band of sycophantic grifters.

Here is what to expect: Expect institutional collapse. Expect loyalty tests at every level of government. Expect federal agents knocking on doors. Expect blacklists. Expect Trump Jr. in a cabinet position and sycophants like Stephen Miller writing executive orders that read like the fever dreams of every dictator who ever lived.

This isn’t hyperbole. It’s math.

Trump is out there right now threatening prosecutors, judges, journalists, universities, immigrants—anyone who doesn't bow before him. And he's doing it… one executive order at a time. One unthinkable act by a loyalist at a time.

Still think it's just words? Still think the Constitution is some magical barrier against authoritarianism? Ask yourself: What good is a Constitution when the guy in charge wipes his ass with it and the institutions meant to stop him fold like a cheap suit?

Trump isn’t hiding his playbook. He’s reading it aloud, night after night, executive order after executive order, while the media normalizes it, while the public shrugs, while Congress naps.

He’s telling you—again—exactly what he’s going to do.

Ignore it at your peril. Because the next time, when he puts "Trump 2028" on a ballot or declares an "emergency" to cancel elections altogether, it won’t be a joke. It’ll be the end. And America—once the land of the free, the home of the brave—will have become the punchline to its own tragic, stupid joke.

You were warned by me before.

You are being warned by me again.

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