I think that Trump will self-destruct before November.

[cheyanne]

His finances, his health (see dr.'s letter), his businesses are all areas where he will be forced to explain his past and he will finally say something that could put a stake through the heart of his campaign. What about his taxes? Is he going to continue to run his empire from the oval office?

I think that the GOP should be prepared to pull a new nominee out of a hat!

[apcalc]

1. Good points, all.

[Laurian]

2. I don't know, I thought that from the time this all started.

And the jackass is still standing.

[awoke_in_2003]

23. The more jackassy he acts

the more his people love him.

[homegirl]

41. As

did I.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. He announced almost a year ago. He can make it another 6 months

[Tsiyu]

4. This is something I've considered as well

He's impulsive, and he has a very checkered past, so who knows what might be the situation that sets him off.

That he has come this far is a bit of a surprise, but the Republican party created this monster, and it isn't dying on its own.

I hope your predictions are correct, though, but would rather see Trump in office than someone like Cruz if the worst happens.

Can you imagine the executive orders under Cruz?

Trump will get us in so many wars, the country will die like Rome. Cruz would take away every right we have at the same time. If we go down, better with a God-complex buffoon at the helm than a sociopathic God-complex tyrant.

[world wide wally]

8. I hate to say it, but if we elect Trump, we deserve to go down

[Tsiyu]

12. no doubt

"Just take that there hammer, and keep banging yourself in the head with it."

"When does it stop hurting?"

"When you decide to stop hitting yourself."

[awoke_in_2003]

24. That reminds me of this pic...

(although they misspelled "lo&quot

:large

[Tsiyu]

63. yep

too funny

low and bee holed

[awoke_in_2003]

66. I posted that on Facebook...

with the bold claim that I never did that to my sisters. You, of course, realize I was lying?

[Tsiyu]

73. of course

I was such a guileless kid, the same guy would do the "What's that on your shirt?" schitck to me, bopping me on the nose when I looked down.

Every. Single. Day.

I am ready for him now. Probably.

[pampango]

21. As sad as that is for those who do not elect him (American liberals and all foreigners),

I agree there is a lot of truth in that statement. He is not hiding who he is. If we elect him, we cannot claim to have been tricked.

[edhopper]

5. he won't

he has no shame

[world wide wally]

6. I am sure the GOP is counting on just that

[oldandhappy]

7. I am curious about the loyalty pledge

all the candidates had to sign. RNC forced that so Trump would sign. Now he is the last candidate standing. Where are the others??!!

[Old Codger]

15. LOL

The combination of republican and loyalty is an oxymoron , there is no such thing in their playbook as loyalty to anything, that little "oath" won't mean much when they can't even hold to their oath of office.

[vlyons]

35. republicans are loyal only to those

who have the potential to line their pockets with moolah

[Kingofalldems]

9. I get the feeling he is starting to believe he is in over his head.

His comments on Sen. Warren were 5th grade stuff.

[Wounded Bear]

11. So, he is getting more mature in his comments....?

Last I heard, he was barely at a 3rd Grade level.

[Agnosticsherbet]

10. No, he will not implode.

He has had many chances to do that, and yet he is still with us.

[Wellstone ruled]

17. This Phony is all in.

Appears this was his game plan since 2012 when Obama was reelected,and the Birther Movement failed to get any Court to here his complaint. The Guy is just a Con Man and Con Men just have the luck to survive until the Media takes them down. And we know that is not going to happen. And the Bankers are not going to rattle his cage until the middle of November.

Comcast/NBC/MSNBC have this fakes back. It's all about profit...

[Ineeda]

39. Devil's advocate here...

The media won't lose in either case. As a matter of fact, the All-Trump-All-The-Time media would become The-Even-More-Trump networks. He'd be added to the mix, but probably still be the headliner.

[Wellstone ruled]

43. Notice last year the

how excited the Honchos at Comcast were when Trump made one of his many pronouncements he was in the running for President of America as he would state. Then Fake Noise started their we can out Trump your NBC/MSNBC free Trump time. Then in late November,Moovies of CBS bragged about all the money the Stations were making with the free Trump Promoting has brought in.

And it is not going to stop,even yesterday the networks were doing their Breaking News thingy and going to some Trump spewing event. And it will only get worse.

[Agnosticsherbet]

94. As long as people watch, it will be all Trump.

Eyes on screen mean more revenue from advertisements.

[truebluegreen]

13. He's going to have to talk to non-fans

and I don't think that will go well...which will be a UUUUGE problem for such a UUUUGE ego.

[trueblue2007]

14. WHAT DOCTORS LETTER ???? Please post link

[cheyanne]

20. the letter is embedded in a blog. I can't copy it.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-doctor-health-astonishingly-excellent-article-1.2465579


It says basically that he is in excellent health and "If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthest individual elected to the presidency." Sounds like Trump wrote it himself.

[PJMcK]

30. The doctor could be challenged

How can a doctor know the health of people- past presidents, I mean- he has not examined? It strikes me as somewhat unethical for a doctor to make this kind of comment and it reminds me of Senator Frist, who was a doctor, diagnosing Terri Schiavo from a video tape. As you wrote, cheyanne, it's as though Mr. Trump wrote it himself.

[cannabis_flower]

42. The doctor looks

as crazy as Trump!

[Shrike47]

48. I always thought he wrote it himself, due to the idiotic wording.

[femmocrat]

56. He makes him sound like Kim Jong Un! nt

[lame54]

16. Another prediction?...

he has survived them all

and there have been many

[fred v]

18. He has Already self-destructed

And the knuckledragging Teabaggers keep begging for more!

[BlindTiresias]

19. Unlikely

[Egnever]

22. He already did

[maveric]

25. Maybe a "Stillsonesqe" event?

I do believe that he is a coward and would stoop as low in a similar situation.

[kimbutgar]

58. Great movie.

I definitely think he will have that or a hot mic event like Face in the crowd where he speaks the truth how he really feels about his voters. And when that happens it is captured and rerun as a commercial in those areas where he has big support.

His narcissist personality will be his undoing.

[mnhtnbb]

26. I thought he would self-destruct by last January.

I certainly hope you are right. I do not want to even think about that racist, bigoted, ignorant, a$$hole having access to the Oval Office.

[valerief]

27. No, he's working the ratings for TV for now. The RNC already have their candidate for the

brokered GOP convention. Trump is all theater. He's like the warm-up act for the main event.

[beastie boy]

28. I hope he hangs on. I want him to make history.

I want him to be the first presidential candidate in US history to lose to a woman.

That would be so fitting!

[ailsagirl]

57. He's already made history...

by being the most unpopular candidate ever.

The most recent poll says he's disliked by 70% of Americans.

http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/04/07/new-national-poll-everyone-hates-donald-trump/

[ailsagirl]

29. I googled "trump's health" and all I read was good stuff

He doesn't seem healthy to me but one can't tell what another's BP is without taking it.

[840high]

31. I would imagine with his

money he is kept in good shape by his doctors.

[kimbutgar]

59. All those chemicals in his spray tan might become toxic in his body

[braddy]

32. A private doctor's note is what the young millionaire used to evade the draft with.

[ailsagirl]

33. This is more like it: Big Macs, bacon, sausage...

What Trump eats: The presidential candidate's less-than-healthy habits

Wendy's on his custom Boeing 757 while campaigning with Jerry Falwell Jr. in Iowa. McDonald's with advisers during a swing through New Hampshire. Two eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns and two biscuits at the Ham House during a pit stop in Greenville, S.C.

The world is his oyster, but that's not what he's consuming. The front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination eats like a teenage boy, inhaling Filets-O-Fish and Big Macs. "It's great stuff," he says of his fast-food habit. At a time when growing, cooking and enjoying food in the United States is yooooge, his preferences are surprisingly pedestrian - and passe, as if Alice Waters had never been born and food were fuel (albeit dirty gas as opposed to premium).

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-trump-food-habits-20160324-story.html

[vlyons]

34. from your lips to God's ear

Trump's recent rant about Hillary being mean to Bill's GFs was really quite vulgar and about as wholesome as a pig wallowing in the mud. Trump is so vulgar. I keep thinking that he can't get more vulgar, but he keeps finding more slime to spread around. Trump cannot control himself. Apparently, he cannot see/know that most people find his fear-mongering and vile ad hominem attacks quite distasteful. But he will go there over and over and over, because it's really all he has.

[Ineeda]

45. True characteristics of a genuine,

to the core bully. You're right. It is all he has, and he truly can't help himself. Great assets for POTUS. But bullies can't abide tit-for-tat and even more - mockery. It's actually his weakest spot. The Dem candidate should take advantage of it, but be smart about it so as not to turn off voters.

[L. Coyote]

36. Plus, there's the issue of Alzheimer's and his word salad and bloviation propensities.

Or were you just being polite?

[yellerpup]

37. I still think he's saving his big finale for the convention.

He never wanted to govern; he only wanted to win. He's planning a big finish to the craziest reality show ever.

[ailsagirl]

40. Reality TV shows and billions of dollars get boring

Drumpf knows that the highest status in the world is president and that's why he's going for it.

He's a megalomaniac who is crazy enough to think he can actually function as president. If he
thinks that, he's not playing with a full deck.

Massive ego, else why target the White House??

I suspect he thinks being elected prez will be the crowning touch on a long and checkered career.

[yellerpup]

44. Donald would be a flop as president.

He's probably all those things you describe him as, but he won't want to end a long, checkered career with the most colossal FAIL of all time. (for him) Unless he really does have Alzheimers or dementia, that is. I'm betting he will stop the show with a cliffhanger ending at the convention and turn it back to the party he destroyed. Big finish.

[ailsagirl]

50. He'd be CATASTROPHIC!!

[yellerpup]

68. He's a local boy.

You can't help reading about him since he was the playboy of Studio 54. He's always in the tabloids because he's all about publicity. I could be all wrong, but my sense is he doesn't have the stones to lose and it's clear by now that is his destiny. Still, he'll take it to the convention just to get the big stage.

On Edit: Been reading about him in the local papers for 38 years.

[ailsagirl]

74. Wow-- 38 years! Has he always been so over-the-top?

I never knew he even existed until the 1990s, I think. Whenever he married Marla, whenever that was.
I just thought he was some kind of joke, really. Yes, he's rich, but the media seemed to treat him with
tongue-in-cheek. I'm on the west coast-- plenty of crazies here-- but he seems to take the cake for both
coasts!

[yellerpup]

86. Yes, always crazy.

And no matter what he screws up (plenty!) he always comes out okay. Everyone around him ends up in ruins - investors, employees, sports franchises, the Tour de Trump (bicycle racing ala "Trou de France&quot ,Scottish golf courses, the students of "Trump University", you-name it, but he still comes out with the money and a plausible excuse. That doesn't even go into his marital indiscretions. Of course, I don't KNOW what he'll do but I think the Repugs made Cruz and Kasich drop out now to deprive him of any more competition. We'll see how fast he gets lazy with no one to run against in the primary. Nice to meet you!

[LibDemAlways]

47. We somehow survived the biggest moron (and his cohorts) to

ever sit in the Oval Office -- GW Bush and his band of evil henchmen. We did not survive unscathed, however, and we are still dealing with the aftermath of that shitshow.

Ironically, Trump is hated by the R establishment not so much for his anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-women attacks but for his not wanting to destoy Social Security and statements he's made in support of Planned Parenthood. He's extremely inconsistent and has no core set of beliefs or values. He'll say anything to further his own ambition.

I think if he did manage to win (doubtful) he'd bring in a bunch of people experienced in government to do the heavy lifting. Whether he'd choose well is iffy, but he's smart enough to know he's incapable of doing the job. He just wants the title.

[Ghost Dog]

54. Emperor.

Nothing less would do.

[yellerpup]

87. Like Idi Amin Dada.

Only whinier.

[Maeve]

88. Idi, Idi, Idi Amin, most amazing man there's ever been

He's the General, the President, the King of the Scene....yeah, that fits!

[yellerpup]

89. I can't see him taking a job

that won't allow him to say, "You're fired!" at will. Can you imagine how frustrating that would be for him working with civil servants? He is nothing if not grandiose.

[Maeve]

90. Yeah, it doesn't seem like him

That and having to actually work...and living in the White House would seem like a lowering of his living standards.

[yellerpup]

92. He's just not that altruistic.

He's not going to stop being The Donald.

[MFM008]

38. i watch his crap

just to see if he drops dead.
He looks deranged half the time.
He cant help himself.

[Scootaloo]

46. I think Democrats need to focus on winning, rather than hoping Trump loses

[ailsagirl]

52. AMEN!! n/t

[Johnny2X2X]

49. He has seen nothing yet

His record, his history, and his comments have not even begun to be scrutinized by the media and the public. The vetting you get in the primaries is nothing compared to the enteral election. And the GOP didn't take him all that seriously so they reall didn't bother to do any digging until it we too late. All the insane things he said only appealed to a small % of the population, his supporters. Trump needs to win over tens of millions of other Americans to have a chance, that will not happen, in fact he might lose voters over the not six months. He will lose in a landslide.

[TDale313]

51. Possible, but we can't count on it. n/t

[G_j]

53. It's up to the Media..

don't forget, they gave us Reagan.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

55. Even if he does, Democrats cannot afford to be complacent

Can't take chances because the downside is so very bad.

The Democratic nominee needs to be careful and let Trump & GOP implode. But additionally our nominee needs to bring a message of hope for the future, a positive message to counter all of Hair DrumpFührer's negativity.

There is much too much at stake: SCOTUS, Senate, State Legislatures & Governors, even the House.

"Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake." -- various secondhand paraphrases attributed to Napoleon

[ViseGrip]

60. I think that was the plan all along, to protect Hillary, and then back to golf.

[litlbilly]

61. What rock were you under? NOthing Trump says will get him booted. He cant really say

much worse than he already has. Hell, he even said he could shoot people on 5th ave in NYC and he would still get the nomination. That is just the way it is.

[Warpy]

62. And I don't think it will matter

Morons are voting for their favorite teevee star and Clinton is dull as dishwater. Sanders isn't much more exciting, although he does talk purty about how we're all getting screwed.

[highprincipleswork]

64. Yeah, that's what they all said!!!

[tabasco]

65. The overlords will get him to "play ball"

and all will be well in republican-land. The brainwashed populace will turn out in large numbers to vote for their "strong leader" and Trump will be sworn in on January 20th, 2017.

[nadinbrzezinski]

67. Those of us who have taken Trump seriously

Have been correct you will join the chorus of those who keep misjudging this election

[pnwmom]

69. I agree. Cheney, for example, will know how to manipulate him through his narcissism.

He would view Trump as a potential puppet.

[Katashi_itto]

70. # 126 of "Trump will self destruct By (Insert Date here) Because (Insert Reason Here)"

[CobaltBlue]

71. I would not assume…

People, including pundits (who are laughable), were saying that Donald Trump would flame out.

I would not assume, with those recent CNN numbers, that Donald Trump would lose in a general-election landslide (to a Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton). What would help create that is if the Republicans, as they are doing now, put the screws to him. Thing is, that affects down-ballot races and, frankly, Old Guard types like U.S. senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)—their first elections in 1986 and 1980—want another term.

Voting habits, over the last three presidential elections—2004, 2008, and 2012—have been that states with U.S. Senate elections tend to see same-party carriage—President and U.S. Senate—at a rate of about 80 percent. In other words: 33 or 34 states may be on the schedule—and 25 to 27 end up carrying for the same party at both levels.

So, I don’t think the Republican Party are going to lie down just for satisfaction of Trump ending up losing badly.

[StarTrombone]

72. Of what year?

eom

[MisterP]

75. problem is everyone--EVERYONE--who says now that he can't advance were saying

Jeb would cut him to ribbons by last August, or that the RNC had a brilliant plan to swap him out for Kasich/Ryan/Romney

the problem is everyone misunderstands populism--it's not about the promises, not about condemning pissing away trillions in Iraq or promising more domestic spending, but about exposing the swindle that both the parties have been using to pull neoliberalism on the people for four decades

[cheyanne]

82. But I don't think his base is large enough for him to win. He needs at least some of those people

he has insulted. But as his campaign goes on those voters will become more alienated from him, he will become more insulting and crazy as it becomes apparant that people are rejecting him. He'll keep saying that everyone loves him, but it will ring hollow to the establishment republicans and independants. This will be his downfall.

[COLGATE4]

76. I agree. I think that the thing that will set him off and not be

able to recover will be some encounter with Hillary. We've seen that the most important chink in his 'armor' is his inability to deal with a strong woman. It really, really threatens him. He is good with the hit and run insult strategy he pulled during the so-called debates but he hasn't ever had to face a woman like Hillary. If he tries to pull it during a debate, where he can't run and hide after doing it, I predict she will proceed to disembowel him for all to see with a smile on her face and a song on her lips. And that's if she even gets a chance to do it - personally, my money is on Warren to do it before Hillary ever gets a chance.

[SusanCalvin]

77. God I hope so.

What an embarrassment to our country.

[greymattermom]

78. good question for the Donald

should Dr. Oz be allowed back in the country if he travels abroad?

[silvershadow]

79. That was the Triangulation Plan he and Bill came up with, yes. I agree. nt

[basselope]

80. That was supposed to happen last summer.

He stood on a debate stage on the eve of the South Carolina primary and BLAMED bush for 9/11.

There is very VERY little he can say that is going to drive a stake through the heart of his campaign, b/c his campaign is based upon being the opposite. It is an anti-establishment campaign, so the more outrageous, the more "taboo", the more it will work and not just with the crazy right wingers, but with the independents who are sick of establishment politics.

[ecstatic]

81. His jackass supporters aren't going anywhere. It's up to the rest of us--

those of us who aren't complete f*cking idiots, to save this country .

[doc03]

83. All the other reports of his demise have turned out

premature.

[drray23]

84. He wont self destruct.

However he will get obliterated by the combined might of the Clinton and Obama political machines when they really crank it up for the GE. He was able to get away with juvenile attacks during the GOP primary, that wont fly in a GE. There is so much stuff the dems can use to sink him. It will probably also significantly affect his businesses. I am sure Trump does not want investigative journalists or opposition researchers starting to dig in some of his past questionable schemes. He might end up in jail.

[GOPblows431]

85. It wouldn't surprise me

Trump is like a ticking time bomb. Still, it's a bad idea to underestimate him.

[Cosmocat]

91. I am fairly confident

I said he was no joke in a republican primary when he announced, by late summer said he was a real threat to win the nomination, and said he had it a sleeper hold on the nomination around thanksgiving, that he was gaffe proof by that point in a republican primary.

IMO, a matchup against hillary is very bad for him.

He is a mysoginistic dipshit, and especially if hillary is polling over him just wont be able to refrain from saying stunningly sexist shit toward her.

And, whatever faults Hillary has, she is smart and tough, and tends to react well to attacks, and also knows him very well.

IMO, she will not lower herself to his juvenile level, while still tweaking him, and he will end doing the impossible and actually make a lot of people who arent in love with her view her a little more softly.

[cwydro]

93. People on DU have been predicting this forever.

It ain't gonna happen.