Looking for serious, snark-free answers: Can Trump survive this?

[Stinky The Clown]

He CLEARLY spoke in a treasonous way today. That is not, in and of itself, necessarily an act of treason, but . . . . .

[DUgosh]

1. As snark free as possible

It was locker room talk

[dalton99a]

2. Of course - because the GOP leadership won't do anything about it.

[CrispyQ]

9. This.

Also, some other outrageous thing will take center stage & this will blow over in a few days, & the fact that the US president spoke in a treasonous manner will have become normalized to a huge number of our fellow citizens.

[dalton99a]

12. +1. "That's how he talks - He always talks like that - He talked like that before"

It's normal

[AlexSFCA]

3. will be forgotten in a week

media will move on to the next breaking news

[unblock]

4. honestly i'd be astounded if this did him in. he said nothing that wasn't obvious already.

i suppose i can see this as a clarifying moment for some, but there's really no news here, he was so obviously a russian agent before, what exactly about this was a surprise?

shouldn't the glowing praise for kim jong un have been a hint?

[CincyDem]

5. Of course he can.

There is 0.0% oversight from congressional republicans and as long as they control the agenda, they may wring their hands about it they'll take no action.

They are terrified of the mob we call his base.

And his base is willing to stick with him as long as he's the white guy getting America back on the right (white) track. In the end, his base hates "darkies" (anyone not white) more than they hate Russians.

So yeah - in a hopefully snark free (as much as possible) response - he can survive.

[superpatriotman]

6. IMO

Not only survive, but thrive.

It's an American problem, not a .45 problem.

It's his rubes and marks that are the danger to society; the malignancy. He's just a symptom.

And might I add No Collusion?

[H2O Man]

7. Recommended.

Great question! Thanks for posing it.

It will definitely hurt Trump. Exactly how much is difficult to say. But I am confident that the damage will be severe.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. Yes

His supporters do not care about the US, they care about winning the internet troll wars. They do not care about Democracy, they care about making brown people and liberals suffer.

[LexVegas]

10. I have just about lost hope that he will ever be held accountable. nt

[Trust Buster]

11. Yes he can. Like it or not, he is hands down the most powerful president in our lifetimes.

30 years of right wing media grievance politics has made him so.

[NoMoreRepugs]

13. Tens of millions of voters may not ever be aware of what he said.

They are called Deplorables for a reason. It's not just that they are racist, homophobic, jesus-lovin' buttholes - they also enjoy an absence of even a modicum of intelligence.

[Tatiana]

14. Yes - If McConnell holds the treasonous caucus together.

Which, he probably will. They clearly have no loyalty to the Constitution, nor the principles upon which this nation was founded.

[uponit7771]

15. Most likely yes, the KGOP leadership could move to protect the Mueller investigation but wont

[Trust Buster]

16. Yes he can. 30 years of right wing media grievance politics has created an immovable base.

Putin is totally transactional. He wouldn’t hesitate to burn his orange asset in a second. Today, the table was set to completely destabilize the United States. We know Russia hacked into the voter databases in at least 23 states in 2016. If they do it in 2018 and change just one number of the social security numbers of tens of thousands of registered democrats in key states, the election can be blatantly stolen and American society will melt down. Don the Con helped Putin finish setting the table for just that scenario today.