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MoonRiver

(36,975 posts) Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:18 PM Nov 2016

Rather than impeach, this is my guess about what will go down. [View all]

Based upon unending demented tweets and other idiocies from orange, the Repub PTB will quietly approach the family and then force orange to resign. It will be painless, the trumpanzees will sympathize, and Pence, the one they REALLY want, will be installed. This is a horrible scenario, but one I think will come to pass.

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Rather than impeach, this is my guess about what will go down. [View all] MoonRiver Nov 2016 OP

They can invoke the provisions of the 25th amendment about succession. duffyduff Nov 2016 #1

They need the family to convince him to peacefully resign. MoonRiver Nov 2016 #3

I say let it happen. Jeff Zucker of CNN must be salivating at the prospect. n/t duffyduff Nov 2016 #9

The Surprisingly Easy Way to Get Rid of Donald Trump The Resistance with Keith Olbermann GQ niyad Nov 2016 #24

He'll sink himself when he takes money from foreign entities cause he didn't blind trust his stuff shraby Nov 2016 #2

So who would enforce that? greymattermom Nov 2016 #5

The house will threaten to impeach... Blanks Nov 2016 #7

The whole party is bad for the party. duffyduff Nov 2016 #10

I'm a senior. virgogal Nov 2016 #29

They'll be spending all of their time... Blanks Nov 2016 #34

All of that sounds great RonniePudding Nov 2016 #32

Trump will NEVER peacefully resign lillypaddle Nov 2016 #4

And, that's the truth. In_The_Wind Nov 2016 #6

Yup, too stubborn to give it up, too lazy to do the job. Bucky Nov 2016 #8

In 68 years I have never been as worried as I am now. Woe is me. In_The_Wind Nov 2016 #23

I think I would even accept Pence at this point. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2016 #31

He'd be easy to pick off in 2020 IMO RonniePudding Nov 2016 #33

We can weather this storm. It's bad but it doesn't have to be fatal to democracy. Bucky Nov 2016 #36

Doesn't matter. The party can invoke the 25th amendment. n/t duffyduff Nov 2016 #11

If they do that then their base will lose their collective mind. Ace Rothstein Nov 2016 #20

"They" will frame it to be the orange is disabled, and it is sooooo sad, but what can one do? MoonRiver Nov 2016 #22

We're in uncharted waters. We just have to organize, cling to our Constitution & communities Bucky Nov 2016 #35

And the repuke legislature will never regulate him. muntrv Nov 2016 #16

YUP La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2016 #27

The Tweets are part of their strategy at this point. They're the perfect distraction. KittyWampus Nov 2016 #12

I didn't say it would just be the tweets. eom MoonRiver Nov 2016 #13

I don't understand why people are at all surprised by the tweets loyalsister Nov 2016 #19

That assumes there ARE Repub PTB Maeve Nov 2016 #14

What would happen if Twitter was taken down by hackers ? kimbutgar Nov 2016 #15

He won't. MoonRiver Nov 2016 #17

Trump flees in the middle of the night to Rostov on Don, Russia. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2016 #18

I agree completely Txbluedog Nov 2016 #21

Persuade him to peacefully resign? PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 #25

This was the plan from the day after the nomination was clinched. n/t TygrBright Nov 2016 #26

More and more people have come to the same realization as you and I. JimBeard Nov 2016 #28

I personally would like to see Trump gone before January 20........... mrmpa Nov 2016 #30

Paul Ryan, probably, if it's not Pence. Bucky Nov 2016 #37

Yes, Pence would become president. BlueStater Nov 2016 #40

He has tons of conflicts of interest gollygee Nov 2016 #38

Nah they'll let the country burn to the ground Generator Nov 2016 #39