IMO, what makes Trump so dangerous is this: he can't go back to his old life.

[CrispyQ]

As soon as he's no longer president the indictments will fly. They may fly before that, but for certain when he's out, a slew of people are coming for him, people he's pissed off with his disrespect & bullying. He's likely broke, & when the Democratic House is finished with their upcoming investigations, the Trump brand will be exposed to the world for the shitpile it is. I don't think he's very bright, but he has to realize that he's not leaving the White House & going back to the life he had before.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Good.

I hope he rots to death in poverty and obscurity.

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. My wish for him...extreme proverty and many years to enjoy it.

[brush]

59. Let him go back to his former life. He'll find that that trump brand is forever tarnished.

His kids will find the same thing too.

Buildings all over the world are taking down his name from their exteriors.

[NurseJackie]

2. Aw.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. All that money-laundering for the Russians will come back to bite him

on his big flabby orange ass. If he's not in prison he'll at least be totally broke, and in a way he can't hide. After Melania gets her cut he'll end up living in a run-down trailer park in New Jersey, watching Fox News in his underwear, ranting insanely between bites of KFC.

[Totally Tunsie]

7. So, other than the trailer park,

he'll be doing pretty much as he is now.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Pretty much, but in far more humble circumstances.

No more Versailles as redecorated by Saddam Hussein's pimp apartment in NYC, just a shabby old trailer with peeling laminate and defective plumbing.

[lunatica]

23. Yeah, but as a world renowned LOSER

and he’ll be acutely aware of it.

[Grasswire2]

16. well at least his diet will likely remain the same...LOL

McD and KFC.

No fall from grace there.

[tblue37]

53. Or in a van down by the river. nt

[Merlot]

4. He's got a cushy retirement planned in russia

Plus a lot of big money friends will look after him. But ya, his brand and what's left of him money will all be gone.

[mr_lebowski]

10. That depends on how badly he fucks up and what gets exposed in the process imho (nt)

[True_Blue]

42. Russia is pretty much the only place left for him.

[Dave Starsky]

47. I doubt even Putin will want him around.

He is dumber than dirt, has a big mouth, and a desperate desire for constant mediaattention. Polonium is a quick cure for all of that.

[dawg day]

52. He doesn't have real friends.

If he's of no use to them, they'll dump him. And some, like David Pecker, have grievances against him because he got them into Mueller's orbit.

[Siwsan]

56. The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry

And I'm going to bet that his big money friends are going to run fast and far from trump*, once he's out of office - no matter how or when he leaves.

[Poiuyt]

5. Maybe he can be cellmates with Bernie Madoff

[enid602]

21. hastert

Or even better, Denny Hastert. Denny might want to request the top bunk.

[duforsure]

6. I agree

Stupidly he ran not realizing it all would be uncovered, which again shows how stupid he is, and is family must be too for working for him and helping in corrupting everything they touched and did. They'll all end up in prison , and for good reasons, they're criminals.

[Nay]

19. I wish I could believe that ANY of these assholes will actually go to prison. nt

[agingdem]

30. I don't want prison..

I want a lifetime of public humiliation...I want them stared at/sneered at/laughted at ..I want them afraid to leave their homes...I want them run out of restaurants/shops/hotels (not nice, I know)..I want their credit cards and loans denied...until/unless those cretins are serving concurrent lifetime sentences hell on earth is what they deserve

[Nay]

31. That would work, too. nt

[rainin]

33. Don't count on republicans to do that. He'll get his own media company and we'll

NEVER stop hearing his voice.

Republicans will rewrite history and make him a hero. And journalist will accept him as the Former President...equal to all former Presidents.

[agingdem]

35. remember..

all their winks and nods to hate, racism, bigotry, isolationism, voter suppression, women suppression, minority suppression, self serving self righeouness oppressive white daddy knows best malignancy is out in the open... I think every time a so called false equivalency "journalist" refers to this time in our history as "normal" instead of an aberration and equates the garbage in the White House as "equal" hell will rain down on them...

[dawg day]

54. Melania loved her old life--

spent mostly indoors or in a limo, ordering in couturier clothes, sleeping on the other side of the apartment, not having to deal with people much at all.

But... she was thought of, when anyone cared to think of her, as rich and beautiful.

Now everyone will think of her as part of his loser family.

I doubt she'll stick around-- why should she? There might not be much money, but probably enough to live elsewhere with her son and pretend she's a widow.

[agingdem]

58. I think you're wrong about Melanoma

she's offended too many people..she part and parcel of the Trump Crime Family..if she had a soul she traded it for gold toilets...she's tainted with the Trump stench..she might prefer to stay within the confines of the bubble that odious family has surrounded themselves

[hlthe2b]

8. Laurence Tribe made (what I'd assume to be a flippant comment via tweet), but perhaps it is not so

improbable:

Link to tweet

[Grasswire2]

15. But why would Putin want him now?

Trump assets are all likely to be seized, his name is worthless, and he will soon have NO power and nothing to offer Pootie.

He and his brood would be a drag on the state.

[hlthe2b]

22. further enbarrass the West?

[FakeNoose]

36. Putin wants the sanctions dropped - that's all he cares about

The sanctions are costing him millions - maybe even billions - and he doesn't give a shit about what happens to the orange turd. Obviously there will never be a "Trump Moscow" hotel. If and when the sanctions are dropped, Pootie is done with him for good. Problem is, the Magnitsky laws (sanctions) have spread to many other countries by now. It's not just in the US, it's all over Europe and soon it will be many parts of the "free" world. Stolen Russian funds are frozen and won't be welcome anywhere.

[Grasswire2]

39. Trump won't have power to drop sanctions after he leaves.

And I think that was the premise of the OP. Leaving to go back to his life.

[FakeNoose]

40. He doesn't while he's in office either - sanctions haven't been dropped

So Pootie is screwed either way.

Cheeto hasn't kept his end of the bargain, so I guess that means a Polonium cocktail for him!

[Totally Tunsie]

9. There's little doubt he expected to put in his eight years, leave the WH

and return to his golden penthouse in NYC, be hailed as the "hero president", and walk the streets of New York on clouds and rose petals for the remainder of his days. As Thomas Wolfe said: "You can't go home again", but then, he probably doesn't know who Thomas Wolfe is, let alone understand the saying.

The rest of his life will be as miserable as the look on his face. He's ruined the country; he's ruined his family, and he's ruined whatever small regard he may have had. Running for the presidency will turn out to be the worst decision of his life.

Yeeeee-Ha!

[TheBlackAdder]

12. Next year, as shit heats up, I wonder if AF-1 will make a One-Way trip to Moscow with his brood.

[Grasswire2]

13. I think he is cunning.

But his mental status is deteriorating, I believe. Junior may be doing the strategizing. And he thinks he's smarter than he really is. They all do.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

14. This is one of the problems with all dictators, including Putin.

They may want or enjoy the power, but part of their staying in is they reach a point where they HAVE to stay in and keep the power to avoid accountability for their crimes.

[lunatica]

25. Yeah, Dictators rarely get to say, "Never mind" and retire

Usually they meet death quickly. Exceptions are the ones who become seriously ill.

I can’t decide which is worse in the karmic sense.

[eppur_se_muova]

50. It's not riding the tiger that's the problem -- it's getting off that's tricky.

Look what happened to dictators of the past -- the lucky ones slipped into senility, leaving their countries to be run by shadow governments. Most had to choose between exile and imprisonment with almost certain death penalty to follow, or share Mussolini's and Khaddafi's fate.

Stalin's fate was karma of another sort -- he died lying on his bedroom floor, while his aides waited outside, afraid to anger him by opening the door.

Expect Putin to follow Yeltsin's approach, and bargain his way to a graceful exit. But whoever he bargains with will be wise to toss Putin in jail at the first opportunity.

[Grasswire2]

17. WAIT WAIT WAIT

Putin is likely to have him killed when he is dumped out of the White House.

Damn!

Or maybe the Saudis will get their hands on him.

[jmowreader]

26. Putin won't get the chance

The American mafia will kill him before the Russian one gets the opportunity.

[andym]

18. Of course he can go back to his old life after he leaves office

He'll be the first huckster ex-President. Imagine all the realty shows he can host, starring "President Trump."

[leftieNanner]

37. Maybe ads for

crap life insurance or a veg-o-matic. It chops! It slices! It dices!

They won't hire him for Vita-meata-vegamin though.

[andym]

41. No one can top Lucy Ricardo

for Vita-meata-vegamin...

[leftieNanner]

44. It still makes me laugh until I cry!

My sister has a boxed set of I Love Lucy DVDs and we watch one every time I visit.

[wiggs]

20. top gop leaders and the world's oligarchs are complicit. they own each other. there may very

well may be a huge battle to catch Trump but it will be resisted with every ounce the top .1% can muster. He may or may not have to accept some degree of accountability legally....but I'm sure all the deals and promises are in place so that he is made ultra wealthy in exchange for what he's done and what he will do.

[wiggs]

24. decades ago, the gop accepted wealth and power as the only principle worth pursuing. this

couldn't be clearer, given the silence, lack of accountability, and legislative record over the last several years. They are all in. Dems have to make this case while there is still opportunity for it to matter.

yes trump will go back to his old life sooner or later.

[C_U_L8R]

27. His only way out of jail

is to scuttle the justice system... and take the whole country down with it. He's a cornered rat.

[Gothmog]

28. trump was never worth billions

trump is likely in debt to russia for more that what his assets are

[unblock]

29. Unfortunately, our system is *not* good at extracting justice from the rich

He can hide money, transfer it to shell companies offshore, transfer it to family or trusts, he can flee the country, he can claim medical reasons not to be imprisoned, he can delay endlessly.

We may see the day when there's a civil judgement against him for many millions. But collecting on it is another matter.

[ProfessorPlum]

32. That's precisely why it's so important NOT to elect a criminal in the first place

Because they HAVE to stay in office to avoid the law and retribution and justice. They are de facto dictators and will try to be rulers for life for just this reason.

[njhoneybadger]

34. Most of all he will be of no use to Vlad or the Rethugs

He's screwed or perhaps the world is screwed.

[Mr.Bill]

38. It's important that he do prison time

if convicted of crimes. The reason we are where we are at now is that Nixon didn't go to prison.

We must hold all elected officials, including the POTUS, responsible for any crimes they commit.

[Calista241]

43. He's in his 70's, how much longer do they expect him to live / work?

It's not like he's going to live forever, hopefully.

[ooky]

45. If he lives long enough I think he will make history.

The first and only U.S. President to go to prison.

[LiberalFighter]

46. His whole family need to suffer the same consequences.

[Xolodno]

49. True, he can't go back to his old life. However...

...He'll never be indicted and Pence will Pardon him and his family. The USA will never see a former President indicted, ever.

With that said, yeah, his brand is ruined. The only people who will love it, can't afford his products.

Wealthy people on the left won't even give him a thought, on the right, they know being connected to him will be toxic.

His family will drop the "Trump" brand, sell off some assets and then re-open under a generic corporate name. If they are smart.

Which I'm not so sure of....

[tblue37]

55. They already are using the name Scion for businesses, to hide the connection to

the damaged Trump brand.

[CrispyQ]

60. Thanks. I didn't realize that. -nt

[Xolodno]

61. Thanks, I didn't no that.

But interesting name choice...Scion...close to the word Zion.

[Thomas Hurt]

51. I wish him well in his new employment as an infomercial emcee.

[Liberty Belle]

57. With his mental deterioration, he may wind up in a secure Alzheimer's facility

doddering around, ranting mindlessly, minus access to Twitter.

[librechik]

62. Graybar Hotel for Trump.

no golden toilets,, but plenty of the food he likes.