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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you think a deal should be done with Trump - he encourages a peaceful transition in exchange
for going easy on his crimes?
EDIT
I see a lot of "no" replies.
Specifically, I'm think of the damage Trump can do before he leaves, in particular inciting civil unrest.
Okay, how about if he was told something along the lines of: "These are all the charges you will face. However, if you want us to play nice, you need to do the same." Then, when Trump leaves office, he is still arrested.
we can do it
(12,182 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,383 posts)demosincebirth
(12,536 posts)CincyDem
(6,351 posts)struggle4progress
(118,278 posts)Loge23
(3,922 posts)He should be arrested, immediately, for sedition.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)GaYellowDawg
(4,446 posts)He wont be able to stop the transfer of power, so fuck him.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Lokee11
(235 posts)E double LL
NO!
FDT!
Ms. Toad
(34,062 posts)long before January 20.
Avoiding the chaos of the upcoming period would be almost priceless.
Doodley
(9,088 posts)elected Joe Biden.
The only way for trump to lose his mystique and control over his base is when they see him totally emasculated. Broke, bankrupt, kaput.
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)And I'm a 56 year old woman who never cusses!
consider_this
(2,203 posts)Not just no. No fucking way. No
Codeine
(25,586 posts)His army of obese hillbillies doesnt worry me.
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)Secondly, what makes you think Trump will negotiate?
RicROC
(1,204 posts)Instead of merely resigning early, he would negotiate himself into a prison term.
edhopper
(33,570 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)he's not going to keep any trumpsters in the Admin, he doesn't need introduction to administrative responsibilities, darn sure don't need introduction to trump's CV19 efforts, etc.
Seriously, trump and his cronies can just leave and Biden will step right in and not skip a beat.
Doodley
(9,088 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)groups intimidating polling places. Except for a few minor incidents, didnt happen.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)He certainly knows it better than Chump.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)MuseRider
(34,105 posts)dflprincess
(28,075 posts)On the other hand. I believe there is a "Law & Order" for every occassion. I seem to recall an episode where McCoy cut a sweet deal with a criminal but the twist was it didn't apply to federal charges. As the crook left the courtroom, the Feds moved in.
With Trump, it could be done in reverse. He cuts a deal with the Feds and as he thinks he's walking away free, New York State troopers move in and drag him off.
Doodley
(9,088 posts)arrested.
TlalocW
(15,380 posts)Biden throwing him a fast food banquet and another 3 months of playing golf on the government's dime.
TlalocW
Bad Thoughts
(2,522 posts)... but no one else. And the investigation of Jared starts post haste.
TwilightZone
(25,464 posts)Suburban Warrior
(405 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,488 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)behavior. You don't negotiate with a thug.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)Withywindle
(9,988 posts)He doesn't pay bills. He left thousands of his own supporters miles away from their cars in the cold THREE TIMES because he stiffed the bus companies that were supposed to shuttle them back.
He won't honor a "deal" if he thinks it's remotely unfavorable to him in anyway. So, no deal.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)BainsBane
(53,031 posts)GETTINGTIRED
(330 posts)It, being watching trump physically removed from the White House kicking screaming and leaving orange drag marks across the grounds.
you don't bargain with folks the like of trump.
i do my hair toss, check my nails , baby how ya feel.
feelin' good as hell.
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)Ponietz
(2,960 posts)Absolutely no deals with the traitor.
Digger
(478 posts)I hope they soon fit him for a straight jacket and take him to a rubber room somewhere. He wont be a danger to himself or the country while Pence fills in until mid-January.
But would let him take a flight to Moscow before starting his trial.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)No. He and those around him need to be held accountable. We tried the time to move on for the healing of the nation with both Nixon and W. Its part of how we ended up here. It only emboldens the next wanna-be dictator. Which, if rumors are correct, could be Trump 2024.
LowerManhattanite
(2,389 posts)Full stop.
Ohio Joe
(21,752 posts)joshcryer
(62,269 posts)...the next President, and Trump, no matter what he wants to do, will be removed from the White House on inauguration day, regardless of his actions to prevent this from happening. If he resists they will remove him by force.
The peaceful transfer of power will not be compromised by that old man.
Post his secret service guy outside his cell door.
zooks
(308 posts)Now he has incited his followers what makes you think he can control what his delusional followers will do? No one that corrupt and frankly that evil should be let off the hook for any reason. If he and his spawn don't feel the full force of the law, they will set up their own tv channel and spew their ignorance non-stop.
DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts)?1597279437
It's about time we ignore him and do justice.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)He has far less to fear from US prosecutors than Russian oligarchs
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)"Lock'em all up!"
tanyev
(42,550 posts)Tell him he'll get something if he leaves and then say Naw, deal's off.
Captain Zero
(6,801 posts)nt
Captain Zero
(6,801 posts)Buzz him off if he starts unfounded shit.
keithbvadu2
(36,774 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,650 posts)He won't agree to anything on his way out the door.
And he needs to pay for everything he has done.
Prison will be too good for him.
We should send him to France, and let them revive a very old tradition.
Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)He and his brood agree to freezin and relinquinshing all Domestic assets. He and his brood renounce Citizenship. He and his brood leave the Country and agree to never return.
qdouble
(891 posts)That would set an awful precedent.
Caliman73
(11,730 posts)Donald Trump does not make deals in good faith, so any deal that would be made with him would sully all hands and would not be adhered to.
No deals. He leaves office on January 20th and he faces whatever legal problems he is in. That is it. We root out all of the horrible people who supported Trump and kick them out of government.
JCMach1
(27,556 posts)hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 6, 2020, 05:38 AM - Edit history (1)
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)argyl
(3,064 posts)Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)Eid Ma Clack Shaw
(490 posts)him ratting out his criminal associates AND admitting, on camera, his lies and attempts to subvert democracy and agree - along with his family - to scuttle away and live away from the public eye. IF does that, I have little problem with him avoiding prison.
The surest bet of healing is for it to come from his own mouth because its the only source his cult will believe.