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yardwork

(61,533 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:36 PM Nov 2020

I don't think that Trump will be in the White House by Jan 20

I don't think he'll resign early. He'll just leave at some point. He and Melania won't be there to greet Joe and Jill. Trump won't attend the inauguration. He'll pack up and sneak off sometime before Jan 20.

Trump is the ultimate sore loser.

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I don't think that Trump will be in the White House by Jan 20 (Original Post) yardwork Nov 2020 OP
That sounds about right. marybourg Nov 2020 #1
I think he'll spend most of the time doing what he has all along The Genealogist Nov 2020 #2
I think he won't be there after December 1st.... Pachamama Nov 2020 #3
Even better! yardwork Nov 2020 #4
Seriously - I think that he may head down to Florida to his compound in next 2 weeks and not be back Pachamama Nov 2020 #12
Entirely possible. yardwork Nov 2020 #13
He could do that and "claim" he was working from there. Marie Marie Nov 2020 #23
I agree. Pence will pardon Trump and attend the Inauguration. dem4decades Nov 2020 #5
I think Trump will pardon himself. He won't resign. yardwork Nov 2020 #8
Trump pardoning himself will invite an indictment VMA131Marine Nov 2020 #19
He'll go to Mar-a-Lago before Christmas and stay there dalton99a Nov 2020 #6
That's what I think. They'll pack up and leave in a snit. yardwork Nov 2020 #10
Something like that. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #20
That works for me. I don't want him there LiberalBrooke Nov 2020 #7
I think he will have to resign to have Pence pardon him. bullimiami Nov 2020 #9
I just don't see a malignant narcissist resigning. yardwork Nov 2020 #11
He can say he left on his terms. Always a winner. dem4decades Nov 2020 #22
I think he will be filing legal challenges until the last day VMA131Marine Nov 2020 #14
I'm sure he will. He just won't be living at the White House. yardwork Nov 2020 #15
I think that even if he starts spending all his time at Mar-a-lago or elsewhere, Tanuki Nov 2020 #21
Nixon (technically the RNC) filed suits in 11 states in 1960. rsdsharp Nov 2020 #25
I hope you all are right! I'm scared of what he'll do to the country while he still has power. napi21 Nov 2020 #16
Oh, he'll keep doing damage. He'll just do it from somewhere else. yardwork Nov 2020 #18
If he leaves early it will give the White House staff adequate time to delouse & sanitize. n/t Yonnie3 Nov 2020 #17
once biden (or pence) takes the oath, Barr can no longer protect him. Takket Nov 2020 #24
I can't wait. yardwork Nov 2020 #26
Michael Cohen just said as much today (Sunday) AwakeAtLast Nov 2020 #27

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
2. I think he'll spend most of the time doing what he has all along
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:39 PM
Nov 2020

Carrying out the most prolonged Festivus celebration in history, airing his grievances nonstop.

Pachamama

(16,884 posts)
12. Seriously - I think that he may head down to Florida to his compound in next 2 weeks and not be back
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:42 PM
Nov 2020

Good Riddance...

yardwork

(61,533 posts)
8. I think Trump will pardon himself. He won't resign.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:41 PM
Nov 2020

He'll continue to be president until January 20. He just won't be in residence at the White House on that day, and he won't greet the Bidens.

VMA131Marine

(4,135 posts)
19. Trump pardoning himself will invite an indictment
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:47 PM
Nov 2020

We need SCOTUS to weigh in on whether a presidential self-pardon is something he can do. If he can, we need a constitutional amendment to change it.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,811 posts)
20. Something like that.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:50 PM
Nov 2020

Maybe he'll go to the golf course in Scotland around New Year's.

In any case, I'd be surprised if he actually resigned.

bullimiami

(13,074 posts)
9. I think he will have to resign to have Pence pardon him.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:41 PM
Nov 2020

I dont think he would want to risk pardoning himself.


dem4decades

(11,269 posts)
22. He can say he left on his terms. Always a winner.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:51 PM
Nov 2020

The idiots will believe that. And that's all he cares about

VMA131Marine

(4,135 posts)
14. I think he will be filing legal challenges until the last day
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:43 PM
Nov 2020

Maybe he’ll fight it even longer. I don’t think Trump’s base is going to desert him because he will keep fighting. As long as Trump’s base sticks with him, it will be very difficult for any elected Republican to repudiate Trump because they will be afraid of getting primaried from the right. It’s not just that Trump is a sore loser, the GOP is full of them.

Tanuki

(14,914 posts)
21. I think that even if he starts spending all his time at Mar-a-lago or elsewhere,
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:50 PM
Nov 2020

he will leave a lot of his stuff at the White House and not officially vacate until the last possible moment, the better to inconvenience the Bidens on their way in.

rsdsharp

(9,135 posts)
25. Nixon (technically the RNC) filed suits in 11 states in 1960.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 12:03 AM
Nov 2020

I think the last was resolved in July 1961.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
16. I hope you all are right! I'm scared of what he'll do to the country while he still has power.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:45 PM
Nov 2020

75 days is a LONG TIME for somebody to have all that power & a vendetta!

Takket

(21,526 posts)
24. once biden (or pence) takes the oath, Barr can no longer protect him.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 12:01 AM
Nov 2020

Then we unleash SDNY on him.... its going to be glorious.

AwakeAtLast

(14,120 posts)
27. Michael Cohen just said as much today (Sunday)
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 04:29 PM
Nov 2020

On MSNBC he said he thinks Trump will go to Mar-a-Lago for Christmas an just stay there.

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