At some point, someone is going to tell Trump, "It's over, Mr. President."

[MineralMan]

Then, Pence will promise a pardon, and Trump will resign. The pattern was already set by Nixon. When things get bad enough, someone will make this clear to him.

[SallyHemmings]

1. Not soon enough

[C_U_L8R]

2. If they won't, we will

With pleasure

[Rorey]

3. I'm really hoping the statement includes Pence

President Pelosi wouldn't pardon either one of them.

[CMYK]

5. I so wish this could happen

But Moscow Mitch holds too much power to allow Nancy to become our next president.

[Bettie]

4. I don't think he will resign

He appears to have an almost superhuman capacity for self-delusion.

[murielm99]

6. Neither do I.

I think he will blow us up first. Nuclear war.

[PufPuf23]

7. Melania probably can hardly wait for her moment to say that.

Melania following the vast hordes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Fat Nixon isn't nearly as smart or self-aware as Old Nixon.

Things that would be clear to anybody else aren't clear to Fat Nixon if he doesn't want to hear the truth - and he almost never does.

[FakeNoose]

10. Old Nixon had a law degree, and some street smarts too

Fat Nixon has neither.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Nixon was not as dumb, nor as narcissitic, as Trump

Trump is not able to evaluate a situation. He doesn't admit blame or failure. Yes, someone will make things clear to him, but there's no sign Trump would do anything apart from attack that person, as a result.

I fear Trump will be in the Oval Office until January 2021 (because you're not going to get over a third of Republican senators to impeach), and once he's lost the election in 2020, he will be a nightmare the USA has never seen. He will try and issue the most outrageous executive orders there have ever been, with a dwindling band of acolytes trying to enforce them, while others do what they can to neutralise them. He will pardon high-ranking criminals, and people will say "the Constitution gives him an absolute right to do this". There will be a real chance of the 25th Amendment being invoked at that point, when Republicans in cabinet and Congress realise supporting him is worse for their prospects than doing the decent thing.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. Yes, I can easily see all that happening.

He'll contest the election as much as he can, especially if it's really close. He really wants to start a civil war.

[Hekate]

11. Naaah. He'll fling himself to the floor and flail while bellowing. Then he'll make 1,000 mean tweets

He's that delusional.

Hmmm. Maybe if they present it as just another bankruptcy... That just might work.

[shockey80]

12. That's what I have been saying.

You and I agree. However, the Republicans have gone bat shit crazy. Doing the smart, best thing for their survival does not apply with them any longer. We will have to see what the polls say after the open hearings. That might wake them up.

This is going to get a lot worse for the Republicans, not better.

[lpbk2713]

14. He'll break out with "Lock her up. Lock her up."

And he'll be crestfallen when no one joins him.

That will be the point when it sinks in.