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In reply to the discussion: New Yorker - Why Trump Can't Afford to Lose [View all]rusty fender
(3,428 posts)54. We all fantasize that Trumpass
will go to jail, but it will never happen. His three oldest children will also never go to prison. Rich people like them always settle for paying fines, reduced sentences, etc.
The absolute best we can hope for is maybe a few weeks of home confinement, but even that is pie in the sky
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"...if Trump has made plans for a post-Presidential life he hasn't shared them openly."
Thomas Hurt
Nov 2020
#3
Yeah, his buddy Putin has told him he can be president for life because there are
RKP5637
Nov 2020
#8
I think Putin thinks trump is a "loser" now that he's so far behind in the election.
BComplex
Nov 2020
#14
I wish every Trump supporter would read the case filed by the 13-year-old Trump raped.
Lonestarblue
Nov 2020
#52
Good question. I think the victim had so many death threats that she just dropped out of sight.
Lonestarblue
Nov 2020
#66
Hell! He's given them everything else they ever wanted. He's probably given them
BComplex
Nov 2020
#39
Not the crypto codes and others. He does not know them. They are in all the hardware. Even the
LiberalArkie
Nov 2020
#42
When Trump ceases to be useful to Putin, Putin will discard him like a piece of used jet trash.
Eyeball_Kid
Nov 2020
#53
If he loses there sure is going to be a lot of scrambling going on in trump-land, and
RKP5637
Nov 2020
#11
... or depending on his mood take a knife and start cutting/destroying the paintings.
RKP5637
Nov 2020
#24
Right. Also look @ the hatchet job Melania did to the W.H. grounds!...Talk about NO respect!
Illumination
Nov 2020
#60
Those are some interesting points you made Retrograde that I never thought about...
Illumination
Nov 2020
#68
You could very well be right. Seems like it could be a national security matter though. I wonder
ooky
Nov 2020
#34
The electronics and crypto is worth more to Russia, China or others than anything else Trump could
LiberalArkie
Nov 2020
#41
In that scenario, Trump has nothing to offer the accepting power. No knowledge or anything.
LiberalArkie
Nov 2020
#47
A few things. First, he can't ditch his SS team. Next, even leaving the USA won't work....
machoneman
Nov 2020
#15
"He should be forced to surrender his passport when he concedes." - He won't concede.
lagomorph777
Nov 2020
#23
Can you imagine the floodgates of people within the government who will start singing
kimbutgar
Nov 2020
#32
Assuming that which we must not jinx - the number one hashtag in November will be...
Pluvious
Nov 2020
#35
I'm sure he'll face that eventuality with all the grace in his statesman-like being.
BobTheSubgenius
Nov 2020
#38
More importantly to me - how do the tens of millions of DEPLORABLES react if littlehands is found
NoMoreRepugs
Nov 2020
#46
I encourage the legal system to run its full course, then Lock. Him. Up.
LudwigPastorius
Nov 2020
#49