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Earthshine2

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8. I didn't say "step down." I meant step out of the election.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 04:00 AM

Oct 2020

Resigning as President would be a blow to the ego.

He won't resign unless he wants to do a "squeeze play" where Pence becomes president for a few weeks -- just long enough to pardon Trump.

He's not a total narcissist, or total solipsist, or even total psycho. He's all of these things in flux.

Ultimately, he is a survivor. In the face of failure, he'll drop his various megalomanias if he can live to grift and graft another day.

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Maybe this is his pivot towards resignation? [View all] ecstatic Oct 2020 OP

This is his best opportunity to (in his mind) save himself from a humiliating defeat by Doodley Oct 2020 #1

Quite possibly. Whether by accident or by design - it could provide him an exit Lucinda Oct 2020 #2

No. He is not going to resign. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #3

He will not stay to the bitter end if he sees a bad end as inevitable. Earthshine2 Oct 2020 #6

I disagree. I think there is no way he will step down, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #7

I didn't say "step down." I meant step out of the election. Earthshine2 Oct 2020 #8

Okay. I understand what you are saying. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #11

Resigning would enable Pence to issue an all-encompassing pardon . . . OneBlueSky Oct 2020 #4

I'll admit I didn't think about resignation, but the cynic in me thought this was a convenient..... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2020 #5

I think he's thankful that it gets him out of the debates. rockfordfile Oct 2020 #9

The narcissist is going nowhere Sunsky Oct 2020 #10