good morning, wouldn't the puppets have to win? Are you suggesting the Dem party is that hopeless and pathetic? Thank you.

Yes, the puppet would have to win. No, I'm not suggesting the Dem party is hopeless or pathetic. The implicit assumption in all of these discussions is that as we head into the 2028 election cycle that Trump is popular enough that he would be a winning candidate if he were to run again, and is merely being blocked by the 22nd Amendment. In that scenario, he could turn to a kludge like running Don Jr. as the candidate with the expectation that he'd step aside for his father if elected.

DJT has won two Presidential elections. He is good at running for President. He is good at energizing his supporters, he is very good at media, and has great political instincts for what will draw attention. And he has now completely dominated his political party. One need not posit that the Democrats are hopeless or pathetic to observe that they could lose to him again, should he run for office again (either by repeal of the 22nd Amendment or some hack).