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liberalmediaaddict

(759 posts)
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:34 PM Aug 2022

He's never going away is he?

Trump is never, ever going away is he?

He's always going to be in the news, holding hate rallies, threatening people on social media and making millions off lying to his supporters

And let's be honest. He's never, ever going to be indicted or spend a minute in jail. Look at how crazy his cult reacted to a simple FBI search of his home. Think any prosecutor is going to dare put Trump on trial if it's going to unleash his mob of other well armed domestic terrorists who want to burn the country down?

And he's never going to stop running for President or concede when he loses (again). And if the apocalypse happens and he somehow manages to win in 2024 he's never, ever leaving the White House again voluntarily.

At this point the only thing that can stop Donald Trump is Donald Trump. Maybe he'll suddenly have a spiritual awakening and realize there's more to life than practicing the seven deadly sins every day. But at his age I doubt he's capable of changing who he is. Unfortunately he's definitely changed America for the worse and isn't done yet.

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He's never going away is he? (Original Post) liberalmediaaddict Aug 2022 OP
Merrick Garland said no one is above the law. Emile Aug 2022 #1
There is hope he will go away...unless he's immortal. Different Drummer Aug 2022 #2
I think he'll live to be 90 at least liberalmediaaddict Aug 2022 #3
Not until he's six feet under. CrispyQ Aug 2022 #4
I will think about this while I launder my socks. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2022 #5
No, he is not ever going away. njhoneybadger Aug 2022 #6
Your optimism is contagious! PJMcK Aug 2022 #7
I hope you're right liberalmediaaddict Aug 2022 #11
he will die eventually. that's a guarantee. NewHendoLib Aug 2022 #8
Not until he fucking croaks stumpysbear Aug 2022 #9
Even when he dies, his cult will continue to worship him. Mariana Aug 2022 #10
Yep liberalmediaaddict Aug 2022 #13
Right? n/t msfiddlestix Aug 2022 #34
So true. Fear shrines will be erected (freeze-dried, lying-in-state somewhere, like Lenin) allegorical oracle Aug 2022 #36
His CPA just pead guilty in a deal for a pledge to testify IbogaProject Aug 2022 #12
He's definitely a media darling liberalmediaaddict Aug 2022 #18
somehow this fact just doesn't seem to be all that significant anymore. msfiddlestix Aug 2022 #35
Even if he drops dead tomorrow, he has changed this country permanently. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2022 #14
I don't know if he has "changed America" or... kentuck Aug 2022 #15
He'll live to be 100 and go down in infamy. johnp3907 Aug 2022 #16
Oh please. nolabear Aug 2022 #17
But he doesn't go away when he loses liberalmediaaddict Aug 2022 #19
Well yeah, he's still loud and profitable. nolabear Aug 2022 #23
Great analysis! PortTack Aug 2022 #22
K&R UTUSN Aug 2022 #20
JMHO when he or his candidate of choice is defeated in '24 he will be very diminished if not done PortTack Aug 2022 #21
Yes. He is like Putin, they don't stop destroying the world until they are stopped. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #24
One beautiful day, a blood clot/ball of grease Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #25
He feeds on our disgust of him IcyPeas Aug 2022 #26
Sound thrashing of his acolytes in the mid-terms would help Doc Sportello Aug 2022 #27
Even after the worms have him KentuckyWoman Aug 2022 #28
He'll be a major force in American politics for as long as he's alive Poiuyt Aug 2022 #29
Like "me and Julio," he'll never shoot par............ DFW Aug 2022 #30
Thank you! Kid Berwyn Aug 2022 #32
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2022 #31
Nope. Nor is the rest of the cult governors or his corrupt family msfiddlestix Aug 2022 #33
He's certainly never going away here. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #37
I wish DU had a separate forum that all posts about him would go into bif Aug 2022 #38
The only way to stop a bully is to stand up to them and this is where we are right now. Talitha Aug 2022 #39

PJMcK

(21,921 posts)
7. Your optimism is contagious!
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:47 PM
Aug 2022

Trump is going down. Bank on it.

There are too many different investigations closing in on him. His allies are abandoning him. Trump cannot get good lawyers to represent him.

Trump is going down. Bank on it.

liberalmediaaddict

(759 posts)
11. I hope you're right
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:56 PM
Aug 2022

It just seems the more crimes he commits and the more he's investigated the more money he raises. He's an absolute freak of nature.

stumpysbear

(132 posts)
9. Not until he fucking croaks
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:52 PM
Aug 2022

Not until he fucking croaks, and even then the cult will probably expect a resurrection

liberalmediaaddict

(759 posts)
13. Yep
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:58 PM
Aug 2022

It will be like that movie "The Death Of Stalin." Trump's followers will refuse to admit he's actually dead and will call it a conspiracy.

IbogaProject

(2,694 posts)
12. His CPA just pead guilty in a deal for a pledge to testify
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:57 PM
Aug 2022

And remember whenever he either perishes or has a life altering Heart Attack or Stroke, he will disappear fairly quickly. He is a media darling, but once he can't project a clear voice it will be game over. There are no viable Heirs. No one other than the FL Governor is even close. Gov D scares me even more than my fear of T, I knew we were in trouble in June of 2015.

liberalmediaaddict

(759 posts)
18. He's definitely a media darling
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 10:06 PM
Aug 2022

He gets more coverage now than he did in 2015. You'd think he was still President the way cable news covers him every day.

And half the time they still call him "President Trump" and not "former President."

BlueTsunami2018

(3,461 posts)
14. Even if he drops dead tomorrow, he has changed this country permanently.
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:59 PM
Aug 2022

His style of hate politics is on the rise and it’s easy to see why, people like this stuff. They like the bravado and bullying, they like the threats, they like the violence. They really want their version of religious rule and they really want to be able to kill us. Literally kill anyone who doesn’t toe their line. He certainly didn’t start it, this was always the right wing dream, but he fast forwarded the agenda by at least a decade.

Quite frankly, I think the old paleo-cons and neocons hate him more because they really wish they could be him than because they’re “outraged” by his actions. They didn’t know it would be this easy.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
15. I don't know if he has "changed America" or...
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 10:00 PM
Aug 2022

...exposed America?

He just gave them license to be themselves. If they wanted to be an asshole, then he would show them how to do it. If they wanted to act like a criminal, then he would be their boss.

But, like everyone else, he's got to walk that lonesome valley.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
17. Oh please.
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 10:05 PM
Aug 2022

We were caught by surprise the first time. We were ready the second time and he lost, lost, LOST. People are willing to say all kinds of stupid things on social media and cable media but the number of people willing to actually risk their comfy little lives, no matter how drunk they are on koolaid, is not very big. The number willing to vote on both sides is enormous, but I think we’ve got them beat.

He’s also old, his support system is full of both holes and snakes, and I don’t see many who’re capable rather than just loud coming on board. As soon as he shows signs of weakness the ones hanging on now are going to bail.

Forever? Goodness. That’s koolaid too.

liberalmediaaddict

(759 posts)
19. But he doesn't go away when he loses
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 10:15 PM
Aug 2022

We beat him by 7 million votes and 2 years later he still dominates the news.

The media is still hopelessly addicted to covering his never-ending chaos. And they're convinced (hoping?) that he'll win the Republican nomination in 2024.

If we beat him by 20 million votes in 2024 I'd still be shocked if he went away.

PortTack

(32,606 posts)
21. JMHO when he or his candidate of choice is defeated in '24 he will be very diminished if not done
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 10:45 PM
Aug 2022

I think too if we maintain the house and senate this fall, he will be muted. Fux is dumping him, they want the advert dollars of all the primary candidates, not just his.

Sky Jewels

(6,860 posts)
25. One beautiful day, a blood clot/ball of grease
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 11:37 PM
Aug 2022

will travel within that fat sack of shit known as Trump and come to rest in his lungs or brain or heart. And there will be much rejoicing.

Doc Sportello

(7,455 posts)
27. Sound thrashing of his acolytes in the mid-terms would help
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 11:58 PM
Aug 2022

The narrative would be that he could get his fellow fascist dipshits primary wins but they are costing the repubs nationally in a year when the incumbent party should lose. I think (hope) that would be at least a slow slide into irrelevance for the POS. Then maybe he could scarf down one chicken leg too many and take a step toward that heart attack we are all hoping for.

Poiuyt

(18,087 posts)
29. He'll be a major force in American politics for as long as he's alive
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 12:06 AM
Aug 2022

I don't think anyone on the right has enough charisma to carry on after he's gone.

Response to liberalmediaaddict (Original post)

msfiddlestix

(7,265 posts)
33. Nope. Nor is the rest of the cult governors or his corrupt family
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 08:36 AM
Aug 2022

we'll be seeing and hearing all of their names in the headlines about their latest tweets, fox news appearances pundits "smack down" (not) etc etc etc. ad nauseum.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
37. He's certainly never going away here.
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 09:32 AM
Aug 2022

I see more than a dozen threads about him daily. I don't know how many stickies are about him on the Grovelbot page, but there are a lot.

We really need a forum just for those who allow him to live rent-free in their heads. Sick of so many threads about him, and it's impossible to trash all the threads every time I log in.

bif

(22,560 posts)
38. I wish DU had a separate forum that all posts about him would go into
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 11:27 AM
Aug 2022

Sick of seeing even his name in General Discussion.

Talitha

(6,479 posts)
39. The only way to stop a bully is to stand up to them and this is where we are right now.
Thu Aug 18, 2022, 11:31 AM
Aug 2022

Have patience, Grasshopper... have patience.

And stock up on the popcorn.

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