Oh God, I just thought of something that Trump could do.

[Kablooie]

Say that it’s known that the Senate was going to convict Trump and would vote the next day.
Trump knows this and there’s nothing he can do to stop it.
He would probably want to get revenge but he would have to do it fast during the few hours he had left as president.

He could get a list of all the worst mass murderers that were locked up in federal prisons and pardon them all.

I don’t expect this to happen but legally I think it would be possible.
I hope if he’s taken out by the Senate it’s done quickly before Trump is able to do too much damage.

[exboyfil]

1. Well he might run a pardon for cash scheme

on a massive scale.

[democratisphere]

6. Jeebus H. Krist.

Please don't give him any ideas!

[SeattleVet]

10. Who's to say that they don't do that, already?

With the way they bury information, it might take years for some of the crap he's done to come out.

[democratisphere]

2. Won't be long till all of the rats start jumping from the inevitable sinking ship.

[mahina]

3. Tell your brain thanks but you don't need to be afraid

He’s making enough problems without worrying.

My .02

I tell my brain too.

🤙🏼🤙🏼

[Maru Kitteh]

4. How would that benefit him? It's the only reason he does anything.

[Captain Zero]

5. All the wardens could say they are going to wait to see if he is re-elected

Nothing could happen to them in the short time span before Trump is removed, and a new president could rescind the order as an illegal one. Even Pence would not follow through on that. Afraid of his own shadow.

[NCLefty]

7. He could give military orders at any point before removal, and they are obligated to obey.

That's the much scarier prospect, next to him whipping up more right-wing murderers like he did in El Paso--and like he's doing again now:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Kablooie]

8. What would happen if he pulled out the nuclear football and gave the order to nuke Washington?

Would the chain of command follow through?

[Layzeebeaver]

9. Commanders take oaths also

Everyone in the chain of command would have to abandon their oaths to defend the constitution and the country.

There will be no use of “the football”. Relax everyone.

As to the mass release of murders, well he might be able to try it, but seriously? I think he would more likely suffer a mental breakdown and hide away in “mara-loco” (and I trademark that?), at which point he would be quickly judged as unfit.

[jmowreader]

11. The carrier of the football would pull out his M9...

...and hold him at gunpoint until the 5150 paperwork made it to the White House.

[jmowreader]

12. The military is obligated to refuse to obey illegal orders

If Trump ordered the military to round up and execute the impeachment managers, the mildest thing they could do is to tell Trump to get stuffed.