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...he will haunt the Republican Party for the rest of his life.
With the Republicans distancing themselves from Trump and likely soon to abandon him altogether, he will use his bull horn on social media to trash everyone on both sides of the isle. However, he will still carry the favor of the 1/3 far right wing conspiracy nuts which will continue to split their party, spouting off about how great he was and how he made everything so great again, while no one else measures up.
Like GW Bush, he will never be invited to a Republican convention again nor asked to endorse any legitimate candidate because it will be a mark of shame for so many. For a short time he will do the Trump TV stuff again, possibly another reality show, and will boast of another run for President and leading his cause for our freedom.
It will all look very similar to the lingering effects that Sarah Palin had until the slow fade comes after each personal embarrassment, but this will be much stronger than the Palin phenomenon. Fox will cover him for a while and then begin to ignore him and their will continue to be online reports of his tweets.
Democrats should be able to work with their head to the grindstone unnoticed while the Trump circus continues while occasionally throwing some fuel on the fire with investigations, documents and redactions released, and a few convictions of AGs, Secs of State other cabinet officials, aides and possibly children. To sentence Trump to prison for the rest of his life and therefore silencing him could be giving the Republican Party their cure and recovery from their own self inflicted misery. As comforting as it seems, we may need to think this thing through and not rush to the Judgement of Trump.
Alex4Martinez
(2,192 posts)etc., it makes Congress look weak and it encourages further crimes.
Checks and balances, my ass. It's a good old boys network.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)it's not good old boys, it's an organized criminal enterprise.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)no prisoners...
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)That was the flaw in the mueller investigation. Flynn, Stone and Manifort had the goods to put Trump away. Now they all walk free because the kept their mouths closed.
Doug.Goodall
(1,241 posts)Rather than wait until the last week before he departs, Trump is starting now to get in as many as he can.
madville
(7,404 posts)And I predict he will resign a week before Bidens inauguration, which will allow President Pence to pardon him for all federal crimes.
Odoreida
(1,549 posts)Am I the only paranoid around here?
I expect the shooting to start big time after the election, no matter who wins.
Trump has been playing it cool about civil unrest, but what about immediately after the election?
So there is no scenario where Joe wins and the investigation just proceeds as it should.
More like Joe wins, but lame duck Trump has a little over 2 months to settle scores.
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)He wasnt bound by any law for his abuse of power through this term and he certainly will not be bound by any regulation as a lame duck.
Perhaps what is best for the nation is to go into a covid 19 lockdown until inauguration with all government offices closed.
He may still be able to burn down the Whitehorse because there isnt anything in the constitution that says that he cant, but hey, isnt that the price we have to pay for freedom?
Even Barr sees their hand picked stooges beginning to revolt, even SCOTUS, and the Joint Chiefs have taken a few steps back, but Trump and Barr cant pull off a coup by themselves.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And it's not something I can mention here for fear of being banned.