What does the future hold for Donald Trump? - threadbans in OP

Another "tourist" convicted.

There's been talk of how the USA is moving towards another civil war. There's been countering talk about how that is complete hyperbole. On balance, I fail to see how banning certain high profile candidates from a presidential ballot would lessen the threat. If anything, it would surely supercharge it, wouldn't it? Especially in a swing state.

The gop don't care if elections are fair or seen to be fair.

Americans are right to have concerns about the fairness of elections. Whether its people commiting voter fraud (and there was proven voter fraud in 2020, just not necessarily the kind that Trump supporters would have you believe) or the hoops that people need to jump through just to exercise their right to vote on the day*, they are right to be concerned.

A big problem I noticed at the last election was the lack of a standardised federal voting system. What someone has to do to cast a vote in Oklahoma is not necessarily the same as what a voter has to do in somewhere like Vermont. Postal ballots, voter ID, getting time off work, all this is decided at state level which makes it unfair. Not to mention gerrymandering/re-districting.

How is it fair that someone in one part of the country has it tougher to vote in a national election than someone in a different part? I know state's rights seems to be a hot topic but does it not make sense that, for a national election, all American voters should have the same access? Of course, I don't see any chance of this being rectified any time soon.

*Black-ish had an election special episode in 2020 which laid bare a lot of the messing about that goes on for people who just want to have a say in who runs their country. I'd highly recommend the show in general but that particular episode is mind-blowing (and depressing).

Apparently, claiming the 2020 US Presidential election to be fraudulent is not a crime in and of itself in the USA. Referring back to your previous post, if states were to add a stipulation forcing candidates to accept there was no malfeasance in the 2020 election, it would just be seen by the usual suspects as moving the goalposts. If that stipulation were allowed to be added, would other states be allowed to add their own stipulation forcing candidates to accept that there was fraud in the 2020 election? There's just too much scope for heightening tensions to even mess with such a possibility.

Now, as to Trump being done at the Federal level, it probably won't happen. It would be a game of chicken between the Federal government and Trump in the sense of Trump's conviction potentially plunging the USA into large-scale civil unrest and Trump being so averse to the idea of spending even a minute in jail that he agrees to go quietly.

There aren't really any great options that I can see. The roots of Trumpism run deep and are arguably the culmination of a 30+ year process, starting with Reagan ending the US fairness doctrine for media outlets and the gutting of America's traditional industries. It won't be solved with any one thing.

Trump won because he had been in public eye for decades and many people in 2016 viewed the Trump brand as one of power/wealth and success and felt that would transfer to success as President.

Trumps also charismatic which goes a long way and the media were wall to wall Trump ignoring the other candidates completely like showing Trumps empty podium instead of Hillary Clinton rally. Couple that with fact the media spent the last two weeks treating Hillary Clinton like a death row inmate over 'her emails'.

Dé Santis possesses none of the things which helped Trump win in 16. He is a relative unknown to most voters outside Florida, not particularly charismatic or engaging talker, the media aren't going to have same level of interest in him they had Trump.

@Penn nailed it I think. They don't want educated voters or a legislative mandate, they want sports fans who will give them free reign to do whatever they want so long as it 'owns the libs' - if it's corruption for our side, even better.

He has a bit of scratch from his CNN settlement.

The Ron fans will be outside with their flags again. He's their type of guy.