"The phone call was perfect".

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4. he would resign under the same circumstances as nixon.

if republicans went to him and said sorry dude, it's either resign now or get removed by the senate in a matter of days, donnie would quickly resign, while declaring victory, claiming he accomplished everything he set out to do even before his term was up.

unfortunately for the republic, it seems highly unlikely that enough republicans will put america first, so donnie's not likely to have to face that choice.