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ck4829

(34,977 posts)
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 04:49 PM Aug 2020

What does a soft-resignation look like?

Has Trump soft-resigned from the office of President?

He has abandoned responsibilities (Sometimes openly declaring he is not responsible) in regards to:

* Responding to the coronavirus pandemic

* Defending our nation against white nationalist terrorism / Boogaloo Boys / radical right terrorism

* Defending the country from outside election interference

* Riots and violence

He has, through a combination of neglect, insinuations and conspiracy theories, and active attacks caused damage to:

* Confidence in our elections

* The United States Postal Service

* Our public health infrastructure

* And done more damage to these systems than ISIS, MS-13, or any other so-called Republican-deemed "existential threat" could have ever hoped of doing.

One could have a random person as president, nobody as president, and Trump as president... Trump is lower than "nobody as president"

He has abandoned responsibility and done more damage to our country than "existential threats" have, there is no merit and no gain to say he is the legitimate president at this point.

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What does a soft-resignation look like? (Original Post) ck4829 Aug 2020 OP
Oh, yes! Karadeniz Aug 2020 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author milestogo Aug 2020 #2
Maybe Vladimir has cut him loose. Grokenstein Aug 2020 #3
He's like that co-worker who has turned in their two-week notice. forgotmylogin Aug 2020 #4
I think the word you want is "abdication." Towlie Aug 2020 #5
I thought about that, but that's usually reserved for monarchs, so I said "meh" ck4829 Aug 2020 #6

Response to ck4829 (Original post)

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
3. Maybe Vladimir has cut him loose.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 05:48 PM
Aug 2020

Without instructions from his handlers he'll just wander in circles, bellowing like a lost cow, looking for his next line of Adderall.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
4. He's like that co-worker who has turned in their two-week notice.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 05:48 PM
Aug 2020

And they do nothing but show up for the remainder of the two weeks.

"What are they going to do? Fire me?"

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