Bingo. Here it is. Trump's path forward if he isn't stopped short now.

[Grasswire2]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[bamagal62]

1. We are in a dangerous situation.

Pretty worrying

[Towlie]

72. Help! I'm trapped in South Florida behind enemy lines!

 
←

... and our governor is the notorious Ron "Death Sentence" DeSantis!

Pam Keith, Esq.
@PamKeithFL

You heard it here first:

If we do not CONTAIN Trump by impeachment or indictment, in a few months he will start to run a shadow government from Mar-a-Lago and at least a dozen governors will start to take their orders from HIM.

He will claim he is the legitimate President & we will be RIGHT BACK on the path yo civil war that the extreme right has been pushing for.

Our squeamishness serves NO ONE & NOTHING GOOD!

We need an AG right now, and we need indictments on EVERY GOP member who participated.

This WILL not get contained any other way.

[enough]

2. That's going to happen anyway. Why would "impeachment or indictment" stop them? NT

[AntiFascist]

19. The key objective should be preventing him from ever taking office again...

that way he can only govern from a pretend shadow office.

[Karadeniz]

3. The GOP is corrupt beyond redemption.

[Turin_C3PO]

4. Maybe

Senate and House Repubs will leave DC for Mar-a-Lago and we can actually get things done in Washington. Sounds good to me. In all seriousness, Trump needs to face justice for his crimes.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Kevin McCarthy has already made his pilgrimage to Mierda A Lago.

Was seen wearing brown lipstick as he left.

[bdamomma]

32. well

McCarthy got stuck paying for his lunch, maybe he was wearing that lipstick when he left. Disgusting POS.

[vapor2]

44. Did we pay for his flight to FL??

[LeftInTX]

71. I doubt it

[Tribetime]

61. Sure it wasn't orange 😊

[TwilightZone]

6. Nah.

They didn't take orders from him when he was president. They're not going to start now. GOP governors love to run the show and aren't about to let Trump tell them how to run their states.

On a side note, impeachment (she obviously means conviction, not impeachment) isn't going to "contain" Trump. She appears to have a fundamental misunderstanding of the process and available remedies. In that, she's not alone.

[Bear Creek]

65. DeWine in Ohio

He did right at the beginning of the Covid19 then he backtracked and got right in line.

[NEOBuckeye]

67. DeWine is a fucking wet noodle

Totally spineless.

[Bear Creek]

73. Absolutely

A weasel

[Karadeniz]

7. The GOP is corrupt beyond redemption. Trump needs to be tried and convicted in a criminal court

PRONTO and put in prison.

[dchill]

60. THIS.

[Thomas Hurt]

8. Been saying this for a few weeks now, the next step is to play the rightful ruler in exile.

if for no other reason than to fleece the RWNJs for another 200 Million.

Donnie is always the victim.

[BGBD]

12. And what is he does?

I don't really care if Trump is larping in Florida. He has no power. I would rather just forget he exists that sit here and worry about him.

The best way to deal with Trump is to ignore him now.

[Grasswire2]

16. Prediction is that he will ask RW governors to take orders from HIM.

And there are more than half a dozen easily identified who would do so, already.

[BGBD]

22. What governor is going to take orders from him

that isn't already doing everything he'd want them to do anyway? What could he order them to do?

He wasn't even capable of leading as President. Why does anyone think he could run a "shadow" government?

[TwilightZone]

49. Agreed.

I find the whole concept of him running a shadow government hilarious.

I guess it's the deep state, but in reverse.

[BGBD]

52. Yes

That's what I was thinking too.

[Turin_C3PO]

33. The $$$ comes from the federal government.

If they were stupid and pledged loyalty to Trump then all federal money would be cut off. The governor’s would come crawling back. Trump has no official power. The entire government apparatus aka the “deep state” does not and will not answer to him.

[smirkymonkey]

26. I think we ignore him at our peril.

I am optimistically hoping that he is imprisoned, mentally or physically incapacitated or dead within the near future.

But if none of those things happen, he is a very dangerous person and needs to be neutralized by whatever means possible.

We can't take a risk with someone like him. He is a cult figure and has too many people under his spell.

[Turin_C3PO]

35. He's shed a lot support.

His approval rating is only at 29%. He’ll always have his vile cult but he won’t ever become President again. That doesn’t change the fact that his orange ass should spend time in prison.

[smirkymonkey]

45. True. I don't think he will ever be president again either.

But he can still wreak a lot of havoc in the meantime.

And I do think there is a good chance that he could spend some time in prison. There are the state charges from which he can not be pardoned. And there are a lot of legal people out there who would love nothing better than to see him destroyed. I am hoping that his luck has finally run out.

[BGBD]

54. Seems like pardons are out the window

He didn't pardon himself. If he did it "secretly" he'd still have had to make it known to DoJ and we'd have learned about it by now.

[Thomas Hurt]

29. Of course he has power...that is what those terrorists ransacking the Capitol was, power.

His hold over the RWNJs has diminished. He is still polling as the second coming of Jesus and Reagan.

He has shed some of the nutjobs but we are far from out of the woods.

[BGBD]

53. No

He was President then and his power was an ability to hamstring the defense and response to those people.

He can't do that as a civilian. He could tell them to do it again and this time they run into a buzzsaw halfway down Pennsylvania Ave.

[dchill]

62. HE. HAS. POWER.

[Eyeball_Kid]

9. There doesn't have to be a plan beyond expecting that the DOJ and other

jurisdictions just do their jobs and work the levers of justice. We should be expecting that grand juries have already been formed and are investigating Trump's crimes and those of others in his sphere.

Some time ago, Louise Mensch posted a belief, based upon her contacts, that Trump is already the subject of a sealed indictment at the SDNY. That's not been verified by the press, but it's a likelihood that she had good sources.

[rusty fender]

69. Louise Mensch, seriously?

During the Mueller investigation she claimed that there were sealed indictments against Trumpass

[ecstatic]

10. I was thinking he'd run for mayor, or even worse, governor

of Florida or some other unfortunate "red" state.

[stopbush]

11. Last I looked, Biden and the D-controlled Congress are the ones doling out $ to the states.

If R govs want to believe tRump is the actual POTUS, they can get their Fed $ from him.

[struggle4progress]

13. "Wanted. VP candidate for 2024 GOP ticket. The successful applicant

will not complain when party leadership sends an angry mob with gallows to hang him"

[Grasswire2]

14. He did a readout of his mtg with McCarthy today...

....and in it, he called himself the president.

[bdamomma]

38. shows

how he is truly delusional.

[LeftInTX]

48. Former presidents are called president

Just like Nancy Pelosi was called Speaker when she wasn't speaker etc etc

[jimlup]

15. Yes

this is likely true. The trama we have experienced as a country is not over. Unfortanately, he who shall not be named is only a symptom of a more serious disease.

Part of me thinks just go ahead ... what will have happened is that states that take orders from this alignment have essentially succeeded. I don't know where this leads but part of me thinks that we should just say to hell with them. Let them go. Maybe holdling the Union together in the civil war was actually a mistake. Obviously, sane people living in these states are then in jeopardy but if it becomes obvious that they are seditionists against the Union, then maybe a real rejection of this failed philosophy will prevail.

[Grasswire2]

17. too bad they don't align contiguously. nt

[jimlup]

37. Ha - yes...

back in 1861 they did...

[malaise]

18. At what point will he be arrested?

Asking for a friend

[Grasswire2]

21. There's a remedy.

Charge him with tax evasion, lock him up, gag order, seize/freeze all Trump assets immediately.

True, a mob boss can run an operation from inside federal prison. But it would at least hinder his plan while other charges can be adjudicated.

[malaise]

23. And he is a mob boss

[Grasswire2]

28. I know.

But extraordinary measures could ensue.

But look how they handled Manafort. Fer cryin' out loud. He ran scams from inside his loose confinement in prison. See that as a cautionary tale.

[malaise]

31. Lots of reforms are needed

The system is corrupt beyond belief

[bdamomma]

39. and he has

a mob/cult following him.

[malaise]

41. Indeed

Lock him and them up

[smirkymonkey]

20. Hitler was imprisoned after the Beer Hall Putsch.

It still did not stop him from spreading his propaganda and coming back even stronger after he was released.

What kind of message will it send if Donald Trump is not prosecuted to the full extent of the law?

[malaise]

25. The good news - this one is nearly 75

He'll croak

[smirkymonkey]

40. That is what I am hoping for Malaise.

And he is very unhealthy 75 year old at that. And possibly suffering from a range of degenerative illnesses including dementia. I don't think he's long for this world, but god knows who will pop up to replace him.

[malaise]

43. Get with the program nature

[smirkymonkey]

47. Exactly!

A couple dozen more Big Macs should do the trick!

[malaise]

50. and he did boast about the chocolate cake at

Mar-o-Lysol

[bdamomma]

42. Hey smirkymonkey

I did hear Randi Rhodes mention that on her show, truly disturbing. I hope he has a extremely health issue.

[smirkymonkey]

46. Hey, bdamomma!

So do I! Sooner or later, his luck has to give out. Hope you are doing well and staying healthy!

[bdamomma]

51. wishing

you healthy vibes too.

[Grasswire2]

24. What is the timetable for getting AG up to speed? nt

[Blue_true]

27. If Governors start taking orders from Trump, Biden should cut

off their funding wherever possible. Let Trump find the funds for them.

[Grasswire2]

30. chaos is the intent

And we're likely to see a lot more soon.

[andym]

34. Actually, many of us have been saying he is going to call himself the real Prez

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214788777

What to expect: Trump will soon be calling himself the "Real President" from the sidelines
After the majority of GOP House Reps support Trump in his quixotic bid to steal the election, with the outcome that Trump loses again, what will Trump do?

I think he will call himself the "real President Trump" from the sidelines and order his GOP minions not to cooperate with President Biden. He will be the GOP's Simple Simon, calling the shots. Most of the cowards in the GOP will follow his every whim. He will then run for his "third term" in 2024-- too bad for the GOP hopefuls like Senator Hawley. Expect lots of rallies from the "real Airforce One"-- a replica that will have to be created by his rich billionaire friends.

I wonder if he will go as far as to have the real State of the Union Address etc. ? Probably.

Why? His huge ego demands that he be the "leader" and that means he will never, ever admit he lost.

[JI7]

36. What Orders ? And he has already been impeached.

[LeftInTX]

63. Basically a coup with Trump as president with Republican governors as his country

I guess like the civil war??

Sounds like a crazy CT to me.

Trump will wield power, but not as a "shadow president"...He will do it via TV and threats to primary every Republican that does not give him what he wants.

[roamer65]

55. This would be where we use the military.

We have used it in the past for sedition and insurrection.

We can and will use it again.

Governors can be removed and a military governor appointed.

This man was military governor of TN before he was Lincoln’s VP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson

[kentuck]

56. President in exile.

Some people here on DU called that a few months ago.

[birdographer]

57. What happened to SDNY?

I was under the impression they were ready to pounce with charges the minute he was out of office. I would have expected them to make their move by now, I thought they had everything they needed for various financial crimes he has committed. Kind of disappointing that they are nowhere in sight.

[marble falls]

58. There's the scent of burning hair in the air.

[Sunsky]

59. My family has heard this before he left office

I've been saying this since the insurrection. McCarthy, Graham, and McConnell's behavior have solidified my view on this. His cult will cling to the fact that he still has influence within the party as a sign that he is working on a plan to get rid of the deep state and make his grand comeback. They'll become more emboldened and continue their misdeeds.

[SheltieLover]

64. RNC invited it to spring event

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/rnc-trump-spring-meeting-463574

[NEOBuckeye]

66. He needs to be crushed and destroyed.

Wreck his brand and his financial empire. Tear it all down and toss the motherfucker in prison for the rest of his miserable life.

[monkeyman1]

68. just a thought !

me think the state of IRAN will catch up to him by then !!! they want his fat sorry ass & thing is - they don't forget like Americans do .

[bdamomma]

70. McCarthy

wants to be House Speaker period, he will use the Qanon bastards to get the POWER back. Same for McConnell.