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RDANGELO

(4,142 posts) Sat Mar 3, 2018, 07:29 AM Mar 2018

I think Trump knows that he is toast. [View all]

He knows that he is eventually going to go to jail. I think Hope Hicks bailed because she was told by her lawyers she needed to to it to limit the legal damage. The tariff gambit is the equivalent of Hitlers battle of the bulge, hoping that it will work and make him so popular that he can override the investigation.

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I think Trump knows that he is toast. [View all] RDANGELO Mar 2018 OP

I hope not. Glamrock Mar 2018 #1

Absollutely true gibraltar72 Mar 2018 #12

Who knows? He's so delusional. Laffy Kat Mar 2018 #2

That claim is nothing more than bluster Generic Brad Mar 2018 #19

The premise of the Star Wars saga was it started with a trade war. gordianot Mar 2018 #3

Most wars (if not all) are based on economic issues... Wounded Bear Mar 2018 #27

True gordianot Mar 2018 #28

extinction level human event poboy2 Mar 2018 #30

I think you're exactly right duforsure Mar 2018 #4

I wonder if theyre not talking HootieMcBoob Mar 2018 #8

The Senate Intell Committee is maintaining integrity & bipartisanship. It's the House Republicons Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #9

Probably both. nt tblue37 Mar 2018 #37

I take a little comfort knowing that RVN VET71 Mar 2018 #17

But every day Turbineguy Mar 2018 #5

Then what? Soxfan58 Mar 2018 #6

Perhaps Raven123 Mar 2018 #7

The current Congress is composed of his fellow racist collaborators. NNadir Mar 2018 #13

Burnt toast. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2018 #10

You've got it wrong... GatorDem82 Mar 2018 #11

Correct. -eom poboy2 Mar 2018 #32

He is about to discover a real world out there randr Mar 2018 #14

No way. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #15

agree! ginnyinWI Mar 2018 #20

"He has a very tenuous relationship with reality." 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #24

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #41

Not so much delusions of grandeur Lindsay Mar 2018 #26

LOL! nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #42

How is a trade war going to make him more popular? SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #16

it won't. Either it's an act of stupidity or a tit-for-tat with his billionaire friend Carl Icahn onetexan Mar 2018 #18

in the short term winning in Pennsylvania ginnyinWI Mar 2018 #21

He is too delusional to get it. LiberalBrooke Mar 2018 #22

I agree. nt Laffy Kat Mar 2018 #23

I don't think Trump will go to jail left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #25

Not to burst your bubble, but there is a 0 percent chance Trump goes to jail. bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #29

Lol, pretty sure the percentage is much higher than that. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #33

Unfortunately, bearsfootball is pretty accurate. It's highly unlikely he will ever see the inside of OnDoutside Mar 2018 #35

He will rot in jail. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #36

I would love to see him led away in handcuffs. bearsfootball516 Mar 2018 #38

I noticed he is tweeting earlier and earlier in the morning... Frustratedlady Mar 2018 #31

I agree on Hitler but more the Hitler in the bunker during the final few months, giving orders to OnDoutside Mar 2018 #34

Sorry To Be A Downer, But.... SoCalMusicLover Mar 2018 #39

Trump is a complete narcissist and hasn't a clue PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #40