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

If I remember right, the rumor was that Melania was the one who cried bitterly on 2016 Election night. Although in fairness that’s likely her reaction every time Donnie comes back from the doctor with a clean bill of health. Can’t imagine her hysterics when she learns how little she’ll inherit off him when he farts off this mortal coil.

As for Ivanka. Hard to know what she’s up to. I know that she had a Chinese-produced fashion label that they attempted to cheekily promote via the White House, which only ended up accelerating the label’s removal from retailers when they realised a Trump was involved. Beyond that…I dunno….”married to Jared” might be the extent of her occupation of it for now.

Speaking of Melania:

What sort of serpent can Melania be really, to submit to that orange billionaire man-child. Some seriously fked up sheeit right there... :pac

Hard to head a cult of personality when you dont have any personality.

Na-na-na-na-na Don-nie!

Na-na-na-na-na Don-nie!

Don-nie! Don-nie! BAT-MAN!

(Sorry, couldn’t help myself : D)

"I don't really care, do you?"

Pardoning Trump will “heal the country”

Just DQd himself from contention. I see Christie is picking up all the steam.

If Trump for whatever reason is stopped from running, then a Tump lookalike won't cut it, Christie would have the space marked for himself. Has blighted his copybook somewhat but would probably be an acceptable POTUS.

I seem to recall there being mealy-mouthed calls for healing after the 2nd impeachment of Trump came up in the wake of Jan. 6th. Actually, maybe that was Gerald Ford after Nixon.

In any case, backing off won't work, here. The temperature is raising either way. At this stage, the only difference that jailing Trump, if convicted, would make is that it may hasten the direct confrontation with the crazies that American seems to be on a path towards. These people are not going to back down and they're not going to suddenly see reason, so I really don't know what else there is to do.

Trump, for his part, gets worse the more pressure is applied to him. He is utterly unlike anything before seen in top-level American politics.

I know it'll be lost on the trump supporters and even some GOP supporters, but why would a person who hasn't been convinced or even had a trial for their indictments need to be given a pardon?

Why are those saying he should be given a pardon when they are also saying that he is innocent, especially as a pardon is given for carrying out an illegal act?

I know people have been incorrectly charged and convicted of various crimes and then get exonerated because of this, but they didn't go on TV and post/tweet/truth evidence of their involvement in the crimes that they were charged with in the first place.

What on earth would give you the idea Trump was working with Russia?

The point raised from 3 minutes on this video reiterates the point that amanstu makes, the problem is not only his base's reaction if he does get imprisoned or whatever, its what/who they will follow when he is out of the picture. Its a big, rotten core in the country.

One option might be to offer him a deal to avoid prison, after his trial, if he makes an approved announcement admitting to what he did, then retires from public life, no social media, no announcements, no rallies. Call it Probation. It would stop him inflaming his followers, but make him less of a martyr. Of course, if he is found guilty of anything with a mandatory prison sentence then that creates a problem.

Looking more gaunt.