Why did Trump wait until After he was Acquitted?

[berni_mccoy]

As soon as his acquittal was official, Trump began exacting his revenge on those who spoke the truth. He could have done it during the Senate “trial”. He did not.

Waiting until after means two things:
1. It confirms his own sense of guilt.
2. His hold over Senate Republicans may not be as strong as it appears.


House Democrats should capitalize on this fact and fact and apply more pressure through public investigations that expose more truth and facts. They should do nothing else from here on.

[Towlie]

1. Because, in his eyes, the Senate has anointed him king and given him free reign.

It's as simple as that, and unfortunately, somewhat true.

Think about the Twilight Zone episode with Billy Mumy.

[2naSalit]

2. YUp, that's pretty much it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Wow. Thanks for link. From closing narration:

And, if by some strange chance, you should run across him, you had best think only good thoughts. Anything less than that is handled at your own risk, because if you do meet Anthony, you can be sure of one thing: you have entered The Twilight Zone.

[Bengus81]

3. Trump whishes he had the POWER that China does and just "dissappear" people

Re-elect that THUG and that might just start happening.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. It it very interesting. I guess I see it a bit differently

I see him like Hans Brinker. He reacts by putting his finger in the dyke where there's water (dissention) leaking out at any given moment. If no dissent he ignores. Once Romney voted aye, boom. Same with Comey. Same with Michael Cohen.

I am not even sure he actually ever thinks he does wrong. He thinks he is omnipotent.

I doubt there are many on earth who don't think he did wrong with Ukraine. The loyalists just sweep under rug.

I totally agree, keep on investigating. And do it asap. Would like to see other crimes that are more relatable and less political as possible. Yet he's committed so many of those in the past that it might ring hollow? Retroactive outrage not the most effective strategy.

[Jade Fox]

11. Yes, Trump is very reactive...

and it seems like he has no real plan on any given day that isn't set up by someone else. He's in permanent reaction/attack mode. His job is self promotion and, currently, self protection.

It's a weird part of his psychic makeup that I suppose is an aspect of his narcissism.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Great documentary was on Netflix and they said the

Exact same thing you did. They said he was the best self promoter ever to exist. Been doing it for what 50+ years. It's amazing he has pretty much gotten away with it all. Although half the country hates him. That's quite impressive in itself. Yet he doesn't address that does he.

He doesn't reach out. If you like me unconditionally (dumb or crooked), you will come to me.

[Jade Fox]

13. "He doesn't reach out."

I never noticed that about Trump. It's like reaching out to another is degrading to him.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Yes. He thinks he knows more? He dumped

All those smarter. Funny, it was Bloomberg who told him at the start to surround himself with people smarter than he is.

[TxVietVet]

5. I'm hoping the Dems continue

To expose tRump’s crimes. We must carry on. I’m an old man and I still have some fight in me. Never give up. I was born a union-made Democrat and I’ll die one.

We must continue in the House to investigate. tRump thinks he is now invincible and can’t be touched and free to do what he wants.

Dems, prove him wrong.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. he was "acquitted*". still guilty as hell. Fix was in.

he'll own that * forever

[MerryBlooms]

8. republicans and his cult base confirmed trump will not be held accountable for any of his

heinous or illegal actions. trump and republicans are emboldened now as never before. After senate shitshow, trump has no reason to hide his corruption, crimes or gutter mouth, and he's just getting started... The cult will back him and his minions 100%.

[skip fox]

9. Two fine points.

[llmart]

10. One of my favorite lines is...

don't try to put rational thought to irrational behavior.

Because we are rational people, we try to understand what makes someone such a horrible human being, but we are just wasting our time if we try to "figure him out". As a sociopath he just acts on impulse. There's not a lot if any of thought behind what he does.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Waiting for revenge until after the 'trial' gives the Repub senators up for re-election an excuse

They get to say "on what we saw as evidence, he wasn't guilty in our eyes". And Republican voters who want an excuse to vote for them again can use that to say "they did what they thought was best". If Trump had started firing people the moment they gave evidence, the fix would look more obvious.

Yes, exposing truth and facts is important, especially for stopping Trump himself from getting re-elected. But they knew that holding back until the senators can claim "this all happened after the impeachment" was a useful dodge. They'll pretend the truth and facts are only 'new', and there's nothing they can do now.