Does anyone believe that TFG will fake an illness...

[Laffy Kat]

To avoid arrest? I just watched the MTN Legal AF podcast that aired earlier tonight and one of the comments suggested that he may fake a heart attack or something similar. I could see it happening. He's such a coward.

[Ocelot II]

1. I don't think so. He's always bragged about how healthy he is,

and claiming to be ill would be an admission of weakness, which he hates more than almost anything.

[Laffy Kat]

4. That's a good point.

Still, they say he's absolutely terrified of ending up at Rikers Island. I wonder if he'll buckle under and feign an illness to buy himself time?

[former9thward]

16. "they say he's absolutely terrified of ending up at Rikers Island"

Who exactly is "they"? Trump knows there is no way he is going to Rikers Island.

[PJMcK]

23. Trump won't be going to Rikers

Seriously.

DA Bragg’s charges probably wouldn’t send anyone to Rikers. The charges will probably be for “white-collar” crimes. Rich white men don’t get incarcerated for those.

[Scrivener7]

21. On the other hand, he has always turned on a dime when it suits him.

[treestar]

25. Bone spurs

his health can be in question when he needs it to be.

[Takket]

2. Not to avoid arrest. But he'll pull some BS to delay the trial

After jumping through months of legal hoops with dismissal demands and change of venue, when the trial date is finally set he’ll get some quack to say he needs inpatient treatment for some fake condition and they’ll keep asking the court for delays.

[Laffy Kat]

5. That's what I actually meant, I guess.

Not so much avoid arrest.

[Scrivener7]

20. This.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. I don't think his rabid narcissism will allow him to do so.

He thinks he is right and has been betrayed. He is the victim of a huge conspiracy. He is a fn hero. He wants to sell some more commemorative bills.

[Demobrat]

6. If he really thinks he might go to prison

I could see him running. I wonder if they will make him surrender his passport at the arraignment. If anyone is a flight risk he is.

[elleng]

7. He might try. Won't work.

[BigmanPigman]

8. He already displays signs of mental illness

and has for a long time. He won't fake physical illness since his ego won't allow it. Remember the BS show when he had Covid and the time he had to be whisked off to a hospital for some mystery tests that we never really knew what that was about? He has his doctors lie about his physical condition. Wasn't he a healthy 165 pounds and normal heart, etc.? I believe everything Dr Ronnie Jackson tells me.

[walkingman]

10. Your average American would be in a straight jacket if they acted like him.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Oh, ouch! His bone spur is acting up!

When that happens, he can't even walk.

[Stuart G]

12. Trump defines the word..."EVIL." He has hurt thousands of people by saying..."It is all a hoax."

Doesn't say he is sorry for anything. Hates most people, and I honestly believe that his history of hurting people
will keep Trump from getting elected to anything. He cheats, lies, tries to avoid any commitment other than to
himself.

[rubbersole]

14. Is he going after the kitty with a fork? 😳

I do expect he'll use some kind of insanity defense if actual prison looks possible. It would work. He is batshit crazy.

[lame54]

11. Should be odds on the board in Vegas

[emulatorloo]

13. No. CNN is reporting that he actually thinks the arrest will help him win the election. So he is

most likely wanting to make some big nutty statement in public after he’s been fingerprinted and had his mugshot taken.

A WAPO columnist speculates that the hysterical truth social posts were designed to get more people to attend his rallies.

[stopdiggin]

15. Not plausible. (IMO)

1) I don't think there is going to be anything like a 'knock on the door' arrest. People that are looking for a perp walk are probably going to be disappointed. And, as far as we know, the Tuesday date is made up out of whole cloth.

and 2) 'Ill' and elderly defendants have been put of trial before. Plenty of precedent for the courts to follow in handling such an eventuality. (of both real and feigned variety)

[Bluethroughu]

17. He's done it once before.

[malaise]

18. At least two of us already suggested that

Who knows with this evil monster

[samnsara]

19. no cuz he brags about being so healthy.. i think he will use a family members fake illness

[Irish_Dem]

22. Cornered sociopaths may try anything to avoid consequences for their crimes.

Trump is already stirring up violence.
And may have other tricks up his sleeve.

Or he may go quietly, working on a favorable plea deal.
He holds some cards so could make a deal.

[onenote]

24. Some DUers apparently believe it. But its a silly fantasy.

Apparently speculating Trump will fake an illness is the latest entry in the fantasies some DUers have regarding the Trump indictment.

Here's a dose of reality.

If he's indicted (and while there are indications he will be, nothing is certain until it happens), he will not fake an illness, he will not try to flee the country, he will not hunker down in Mar-a-Lago and fight extradition. He will cooperate with the New York authorities in the booking process.

[Laffy Kat]

28. That was harsh and uncalled for.

It's a valid question.

[onenote]

30. Disagree. It's not a valid question in the real world.

Not with everything that's been reported as well as plain old common sense.

[Mr.Bill]

35. When Trump enters the scene

common sense makes a fast exit.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

26. Personally, I want to see him resist arrest, they then taze him and cuff him and drag him to jail

I can dream too, lol

[Laffy Kat]

32. I hear that. nt

[Talitha]

27. Yeah, I can picture him trying to pull a few stunts.

Imitate Bart Simpson and complain that he has cramps.

Watch Melania fall down a flight of stairs.
(Dig another hole at the golf course, boys!)

[allegorical oracle]

29. Too obsessed with appearing superhuman to try that. Believe he has a messianic complex and may

actually have bought into the notion that he was sent by God to save the nation. Ties in with his would-be martyr complex. Can see him resist turning himself in just to show his base just how horribly persecuted he is.

[Laffy Kat]

33. I seriously doubt he believes in God, which is fine.

Except he lies about it. He never really went to church or mentioned a higher power before he ran for prez.

[allegorical oracle]

36. You don't have to believe in God to think you ARE one... nt

[Laffy Kat]

37. This is true. nt

[UTUSN]

31. Mystery how his lifestyle keeps him crawling around. Uppers?

[Laffy Kat]

34. Who knows?

Although it seems like amphetamines in a man his age would be dangerous. I haven't a clue.