Trump Ready To 'Burn It All Down' If He Doesn't Get His Way With GOP: NYT Reporter

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Republican Party may be girding for a brutal internal war amid the wreckage of its midterm elections — and Donald Trump is ready to “burn it all down” if he can’t keep his grip on the GOP, predicts New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.

Who or what remains standing after such a clash is far from clear, she noted Friday.

The throw-down is likely to begin next week when Trump is expected to announce that he’s running again for president, against the advice even of some of his allies. Trump has already been trashing potential primary rivals, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and possibly Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Trump is “vulnerable” to internal attacks now in the wake of the Republican Party’s dismal showing in the midterms — but “that has happened before and he’s survived,” Haberman pointed out in a series of tweets.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-ready-burn-down-doesnt-000641923.html

[Beetwasher.]

1. And it Shall be Glorious!

[peppertree]

42. Everybody now...

[sarchasm]

55. lol! perfect!

[peppertree]

59. Why, thank you.

Here's hoping for, as Ed Sullivan might put it, a really big show.

[Ohio Joe]

2. Repugs are now in a civil war...

I took a look over in freeper land and they are tearing each other apart. They are ripping tfg, DeSantis and each other up. It's pretty funny

[redwitch]

44. It is sad and funny at the same time.

There are some on there that are absolutely willing to kill or die for him. The rest are beginning to figure out how bad it’s going to be in the lead up to 2024. Freeper Land will definitely implode when Trump announces and Desatan does too! Republicans are in disarray!

[Ohio Joe]

50. The really sad part has not hit them yet...

The ones that have a light turning on are only just realizing that tfg is only about himself. Before long they are going to see the reality of his scams. They are going to figure out they have been giving money to a conman who uses it only for himself and nothing else.

[krkaufman]

56. If history is a guide...

… they’ll find some other way to rationalize it that will avoid the implication that they were willing dupes.

[calimary]

61. That's what the smug pundits always say about us.

The same lame go-to, “Democrats in disarray.”

It’s a wild exaggeration most of the time. Somehow the GOP has never merited that diss, even when it’s richly deserved.

Now, it’s unavoidable.

[onetexan]

65. This!!☝️

Hopefully it w be to Dems advantage leading up to 2024. We'll need the Hatfields & Mccoys - the buncha ne'erdowells - to continue feuding and fuel our candidates to wins.

[wnylib]

62. So when do we hear all the reports about

Republicans in disarray?

[Irish_Dem]

67. It is great to see them fight each other instead of the rest of the country.

[IronLionZion]

71. They've always said a civil war was coming

they wanted it so bad for so long and now they have it, just inside their own party

Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.

[Richard D]

3. I would support him running on a third party ticket . . .

. . . from prison.

[electric_blue68]

8. The Orange Jumpsuit Party!

[malaise]

29. Nicely played

😀😀😀😀

[electric_blue68]

30. Thank you, thank you very much 😄

[uponit7771]

32. YEP !!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Good luck paying your increasing Legal bills, bucko.

The RNC piggy bank stops after he announces a run for the White House.

[NBachers]

5. Sweep the ashes of the Maggot Party into a coal shovel, dump it into a trash container,

and wheel it out to the curb.

Then walk away

[bedazzled]

47. Hazardous waste

Needs special handling

[mercuryblues]

6. please proceed

[tanyev]

7. The inevitable end of the escalator ride.

[CatWoman]

9. going straight down to Hades

[struggle4progress]

10. "Hang Mike Pence!" seems so 2020! Wait for the Trump mobs to start shouting

"Hang Kevin McCarthy! Hang Mitch McConnell! Hang Brett Kavanaugh! Hang Ron DeSantis! Hang Greg Abbott! Hang! Hang! Hang! Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Burn Baby Burn!"

[Raven123]

11. Now I'm conflicted

Part of me wants Garland to indict soon (assuming of course the election was the reason he hasn’t so far) and the other part of me wants to watch the fire. If he’s indicted too soon, McConnell and company will use it as an off ramp to justify dumping him.

[OneGrassRoot]

23. Same. n/t

[yankee87]

54. same

let him run

[spanone]

12. INDICT HIM....NOW

[Doodley]

13. I fully support Trump burning the GOP to the ground!

[bdamomma]

20. The GQP

will be eating their own.

[Orange Buffoon]

14. That's exactly what Hitler did in the last days of the war

He felt the German people had betrayed him and were not worthy of him, so as punishment he decided to burn it all down and preside over the ruination of Germany.

[Yavin4]

15. Burn. Baby. Burn. n/t

[The Unmitigated Gall]

16. You boys need any gas, kerosene

Or other other “combustimables”, you let me know!

[Sky Jewels]

17. ...

[niyad]

21. you nearly owed me a keyboard.

[Elwood P Dowd]

18. Like the book says . . . . .

[Kennah]

19. GOP need a GoFundMe for gasoline?

[Blue Owl]

22. Do it, fat man. C'mon, do it....

[Orrex]

24. It would be wild if, after all else, Trump achieved the death of the GOP

He might turn out to be a hero after all!

[UTUSN]

25. K&R

[Renew Deal]

26. I'm ready for him to do that too.

Wait till republicans point out that he's lost the popular vote twice and has a 60% disapproval rating.

[SheltieLover]

53. ...

[PortTack]

27. The FL gov is going to be the next biggest loser in all of this. Tfg is already signaling to his

Cult not to vote or support deathsatan. Works for me!

[milestogo]

28. I'll send matches.

[Peacetrain]

31. I was just reading this..

Great isn't it

[DinahMoeHum]

33. Wake me up when there's a cage match. . .

. . .between TFG and DeSantis, complete with folding chairs.

[Gore1FL]

34. Light My Fire

[Mr.Bill]

35. Could we just fast forward

to the scene with the revolver in the bunker?

[IronLionZion]

36. Oh hell yes, take that party down like a Trump business

Go third party, like the MAGA party or America First party or something like that. Attack DeSantis as much as you can.

[Traildogbob]

45. Oh shit

The double fisted penis pump move while burning is the greatest thing I have ever seen. Is there anyway I can make that my screen saver? Come in Techers, help a vet out here.

[IronLionZion]

70. Your screen saver settings should allow you to upload your own image

I don't use screen savers, but you can also set it as your desktop background.

[Traildogbob]

72. Thank you

IronLionZion. I can hammer around and eventually get to where I want. Not a techer, but I got it done last night. Can’t bear to see his face long, but I will keep it as we enjoy the Season to share with trump family. Then wash it out of my eyes and phone. Thank you, Cheers for their Tears.

[stopdiggin]

37. gosh. sure seems like I've heard something

an awful lot like this before? "He's going to burn it down ..!"
Okie dokie, then ...

(one, rather significant, difference here ... ? He is not the POTUS. So he can claw people to shreds on social media. But he is no longer the commander in chief .. no longer chief executive .. can no longer hire and fire Attorney Generals, etc., etc. .. )

[EndlessWire]

38. Maybe he can blame Melania for it.

If I were her, I wouldn't be staying at MAL right now. He's liable to drag her to Fifth Avenue and shoot her.

I want to see him start a third party and split the vote. How soon after his announcement will we hear that they have withdrawn support?

He has to announce on the 15th because he told people in Ohio that he would. Not much of an announcement. What a loser.

[jmowreader]

39. This is one of Trump's stupidest ideas yet

That, naturally, is why I recommend he do it.

Trump’s problem in a nutshell: GOP opposition research is excellent at finding the skeletons in your closet, and you could start a Halloween store with all the ones he has. If Trump decides to go nuclear on the GOP, they will return the favor - and some of his skeletons are felonies.

Now for the best - or worst, if you’re a Trump - part: I predict that many of his crimes are not ones his fans can overlook. Trump was friends with Jeffrey Epstein for quite a while. Epstein, as the world knows, specialized in pimping minors. Trump has no morals. The other day I saw a bumper sticker between two Trump decals that read Shoot Your Local Pedophile. Most of them don’t put it quite that badly, but pedophilia is highly unpopular among Republicans. If it turns out Trump was doing more on Epstein’s island than drinking Shirley Temples, things will get bad quick.

[StClone]

51. Not stupid! Genius!

The Devil knows fire.

[Grokenstein]

40. We don't need water, let the motherf***ers burn!

[peppertree]

41. God, and His mysterious ways...

[Wicked Blue]

43. The final result: a tiny splotch

of scorched ketchup

[Quixote1818]

46. I think the GOP finally realizes they have to ditch him regardless. nt

[Initech]

48. GET BACK HERE AND LOVE ME!!! I'M THE GREATEST!!!

[BigmanPigman]

49. He is also pissed off at Melania for recommending Dr Oz to him.

[Old Crow]

52. All he needs now is a German Shepherd to test his cyanide capsules on.

Well, we actually might have to wait five or six more months for that, but still.

[orleans]

57. "burn it all down?" may he begin with himself nt

[Willis88]

58. Never thought I'd say this!

Go tRump! Burn the GOP down!!!

[Hekate]

60. In my house we pegged him as that kind of guy from the very start...

GOP powers-that-be thought they could chain that monster and control him, but he’s never been controlled in his life and he’s not the type to go quietly. He’ll tear everything down around him and burn the city.

[wnylib]

63. Oh yeah. Now that he knows that

party leaders and Fox say that he shouldn't run, he will run to get vengeance on them for their disloyalty, and to punish people for not electing his chosen candidates.

If he is indicted and Republicans use that to dump him, he will still run on a third party ticket just to destroy them. Even the likelihood of losing as a third party candidate will not stop him from getting his vengeance on the party. It's like what he did in Georgia as vengeance against McTurtle, which gave us the Senate.

[GoodRaisin]

64. Hmm. Not sure what this means.

What would “burning it down” look like? Take a bunch of Magats with him on a 3rd party run? Or just more poo-pooing candidates he doesn’t like? What does “not getting his way” mean? No republicans run against him once he announces he’s running, because he thinks he’s “God of Republicans”?

I know the party seems to be in some disarray right now but it sounds like the big bag of wind is either being a little overly dramatic or maybe MSM is.

Don’t get me wrong. I’d love nothing more than to watch the GOP level itself to an ash heap. Hope it happens. Just not sure how or if that would go down.

[Irish_Dem]

66. I hope he just burns down the GOP, not the rest of the country.

[Emile]

68. After he burns it all down can we lock him up?

[kentuck]

69. One person can save them.

Merrick Garland.

[alterfurz]

73. Donald Trump will boil the Republican Party's pet rabbit in a pot...

...before he will let them ignore him. -- @MiddleAgeRiot