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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump must remain in power to stay out of prison: Watch what he does after Senate acquits him
https://www.salon.com/2019/12/21/trump-must-remain-in-power-to-stay-out-of-prison-watch-what-he-does-after-senate-acquits-him/The last time he felt hed gotten away with his crimes was when special counsel Robert Mueller failed to find evidence of a conspiracy between Trumps campaign and the Russians during the 2016 election. Less than 24 hours after Mueller lamely testified as much to Congress, an apparently giddy Trump picked up the phone and called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and tried to get yet another foreign leader to help him steal an election. He offered Zelensky a bribe to get him to investigate his likely opponent in 2020, Joe Biden, and tried to strong-arm Zelensky into making Ukraine the scapegoat for the 2016 Russian hacking of Democratic emails.
He wont be able to stop himself from doing it again. Hes not going to stop at doubling down. Hell triple down on everything hes pulled over the last four years.
Hes going to call Putin and promise to lift the sanctions if he chips in to get him re-elected. Hell call Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey. Hell talk to President Andrej Duda of Poland. Hell reach out for help from every wannabe Mussolini from South America to Singapore. And hell get it. Theyll find ways to slip him money under the table. Theyll turn loose hit squads of trolls to infect American social media with campaign propaganda.
Hes going to put the full weight of his Department of Justice behind efforts to suppress the votes of poor people, young people, blacks, Latinos, women, the LGBTQ community in fact anyone likely to vote Democratic. Hell call for investigations of every Democratic presidential candidate whos going up in the polls and announce hes got dirt on every one of them. Hes going to unleash an army of surrogate liars to spread falsehoods about his opponent. Hes going to go from one rally a week to two to three; maybe hell hold a rally every other night. Hes going to turn Air Force One into an airborne criminal command post.
magicarpet
(14,161 posts)triron
(22,013 posts)leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)His cruel and vindictive self will be lashing out in all directions. Where we think he can't possibly go any lower, he always surprises us with his nastiness.
If we can at least get a few R Senators to vote to remove him - even if it's not up to the magic number of 67, it might slow him down for a day or two. He will not leave office no matter what happens, even in the 2020 election. We are in for some serious trouble and it will require great courage for all of us.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Maraya1969
(22,494 posts)most people, at this point will take Trump's assertion that he has "dirt" on anyone with a grain of salt.
And that should be our response; "Oh yea, here you go again with the fake accusations"
There are plenty of things he said about Obama and the birther game that could be brought up again to show how full of shit he is when he accuses someone of anything.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)When they acquit.
Trumpy will take his revenge on any and all of those who oppose him.
He will be lawless when cheating in the next election. If he can't win through cheating, he'll cancel the election.
There will be no more Constitution when the Senate acquits. They will kill the Constitution.
There will be more influence from Putin through Trumpy and the GOP. Putin will dictate foreign policy, just as he's done for three years.
Russia will invade all of Ukraine, NATO will not be able to stop it, and Trumpy will blame Ukraine for being invaded. That will be the beginning of the end.
brush
(53,837 posts)If he's not removed by the repugs in the Senate, he will be a dictator who can do whatever he wants.
There will be push back from our side though, and that's even scarier.
Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)crickets
(25,982 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)former9thward
(32,068 posts)If you think he is prepare to be disappointed. It is just not the reality of how these things work.