IMHO the end of Mueller investigation will be pyschologically

[zooks]

devastating for Trump. This is start of of Trump's personal Vietnam hellhole

I've have personal experience living through what can only be described as an unending horror flick, where one terrifying scene ends only for another to begin. In my experience a brief reprieve in stress is actually worse. One's hopes are restored only to the walls crash in again.

I've never been in a war but I'm sure that is what war is like - one battle ends only to find booby traps and another battle just about to begin.

Its my opinion Trump has depleted his inner reserves and will find it hard to keep it together emotionally now that the other investigations will be front and center. I think let himself believe that the end of Mueller would be the end of his problems.

[samnsara]

1. he has NO ONE to rail against now!

[mr_lebowski]

2. For 2 years it was 'Everything The Mean Dems Do/Say Is Because They Lost 2016!'

The next two years are going to be the exact same thing, but with 'because there was NO COLLUSION!'

It's going to be endlessly annoying.

[zooks]

3. Not only has he no one to rail against but he has exhausted his

emotional reserves. The reason people keep their cool is to preserve emotional reserves and thus their ability to think and act on their feet. Trump has wasted all reserves on Mueller. I think he hasn't tweeted because he is in a disoriented state

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. He will be subjected to legal colonoscopies for years.

He will suffer the death of a thousand cuts as a result of the many investigations by federal and state prosecutors and House committees of all of his financial dealings. He said that his finances were a "red line" Mueller couldn't cross - but Mueller is done now, and that red line is being crossed elsewhere and there's nothing he can do about it.

[MyOwnPeace]

5. Eeeewwwww! "Legal colonoscopies?"

Not a phrase that I'd want associated with any investigation I was doing about IQ45! (Sorry, Congressmen & Women!)

That being said, I do agree - he has tons to worry about. The new "checks & balances" group over there in the House have a clear path to go after what they see as "questionable" activities on the part of IQ45 and his merry band of thieves.

All investigations now taking place are away from the oversight of the Executive branch. There will be no demand for "loyalty" - no threat of immediate "shut-down" from any executive responsible for any aspect of an investigation.

It's clean sailing. Ask questions - send subpeonas - dig, dig, dig until you find something. IQ45 doesn't like it? TOUGH SHIT!

[zooks]

6. The Mueller investigation gave him the false sense

that he was fighting a conventional war with one front. He has defeated "one enemy" only to see a dozen other spring up in its place. He stopped the zombie at the door but now the zombies are crashing through the windows.

How much terror can one a''hole endure?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. He didn't defeat Mueller at all - in fact, Mueller survived the whole investigation.

I'm convinced he started spinning off investigations to other prosecutors, not only because they had to do with matters not involving Russia, but because that would keep them safe in case Trump or his stooge Matt Whittaker tried to fire him. And the fact that Mueller has not issued more indictments from his office doesn't mean that more indictments, trials and guilty pleas aren't coming from the cases he referred out.

[zooks]

9. I think in his mind Trump imagines that he has triumphed

over Mueller and his minions will be spinning that lie

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. That's probably true, but I find it odd that he hasn't tweeted his "victory" yet.

He's been strangely silent.

[Firestorm49]

8. It's rather comical.

He believes and will pronounce that he’s been vindicated, until the state courts begin rip him a new _____hole. I can’t wait.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Here's a nice summary of the shit that's about to hit the fan:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-legal-troubles-are-far-from-over-even-as-mueller-probe-ends/2019/03/23/397fd1e8-4d68-11e9-93d0-64dbcf38ba41_story.html?utm_term=.48afe7c2a6c9&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

These include:

Campaign hush money payments (Cohen)

Defamation lawsuit (Summer Zervos)

Emoluments (two federal lawsuits)

The Trump inauguration (what happened to all that money, and where did it come from?)

New York state and Manhattan DA investigations (misuse of Trump Foundation funds, inflated assets, Deutsche Bank)

Use of immigrant labor

Roger Stone criminal trial