My best bet: Facing Impeachment or Resignation, Trump will declare a "medical condition" that will

[vkkv]

allow him to bow out of the presidency.

Weak as that sounds, he's shameless enough to do just that.

I hope he rots in prison soon after.

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	Trump leaves office due to forced resignation?
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	Trump leaves office due to a medical condition?
	5 (36%)
	Trump leaves office due to being voted out in 2020?
	6 (43%)
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[imanamerican63]

1. As long as the GOP is in control, he will have his power!

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The have to much riding on him and have to fulfill the agendas they so desperately want done, like screw the rest of the country!!

[oberliner]

2. There is zero chance of him being impeached

Republicans control Congress.

[vkkv]

4. If Mueller and co. come up with evidence of crime(s), the GOP will have to act or face

even worse odds of keeping Congress majorities.

Trumps approvals ratings are really, really bad.

[oberliner]

6. Trump's approval rating is higher than what Bill Clinton's was at this point in his presidency

Among Republicans, most are happy with Trump.

This will go up when he gets to nominate a second right-wing SC justice.

[Amishman]

9. You're right about the SCOTUS angle

Funny how right as his approval rating starts to slip with his party, the media starts talking about another SCOTUS vacancy

[oberliner]

10. The RW will put up with his shenanigans

As long as they get their RW SC nominees.

Trump said as much during the campaign.

“Even if people don’t like me, they have to vote for me. They have no choice,” Trump said, for example, on August 2 in Virginia. “Even if you can’t stand Donald Trump, you think Donald Trump is the worst, you’re going to vote for me. You know why? Justices of the Supreme Court.”

[NewJeffCT]

43. Trump made a good point there

I personally know several Republicans that didn't like Trump, but hated the idea of Clinton appointing somebody to the SC more than they hated Trump... so, they held their noses and voted Trump. Too bad Democrats didn't make the same argument for Clinton.

[LonePirate]

19. Congressional GOP will not act regardless what Mueller uncovers.

They fear 45's base and they will do nothing to upset or disturb that base. 45 could confess to treason and other high crimes yet Ryan and McConnell will look the other way.

The only ways 45 leaves office are: (1) being jailed; (2) resigning; (3) losing re-election in 2020; or (4) suffering a catastrophic personal health event.

[Volaris]

20. Please God not number 4...

The idea of that worthless pos Laid In State, so all the deplorables can have their Sads in public for a week makes me want to hit things.

Donald Trump deserves to die bankrupt in federal prison, and nothing less.

[Nay]

36. I know, I know. Just thinking about the glurgy, sloppy sentimentality of all the

worshippers is enough to make a sane person hurl.



But this is actually how I hope it happens; frankly, I think this is the ONLY way it will happen. I think he'd be re-elected in 2020, because the base is just.that.nuts. and the GOP leadership is just.that.corrupt.

[Hieronymus]

5. Republicans went to Nixon, demanding his resignation.

[oberliner]

7. Democrats controlled both Houses of Congress at that time

By wide margins.

[Nay]

37. And there were quite a few sane, stable, non-tea-party Pubs back then. nt

[oberliner]

42. Yep

Now it's just Susan Collins.

[NewJeffCT]

44. back then, there were even (gasp) liberal Republicans

freshman senator Lowell Weicker (R) from Connecticut was pretty liberal and also made a name for himself with his tough questioning of the Nixon administration during the Watergate hearings.

He later became an independent when he ran for Governor of Connecticut. Lieberman beat him in 1988 by running to Weicker's right.

[Grammy23]

8. Maybe if we could find THOSE Republicans to do the right thing,

we might stand a chance of getting through this debacle with our country intact. But we'd have to visit a lot of cemeteries and retirement homes. Who knows? Maybe the corpses of those Repubs would beat what we have today.

[oberliner]

12. They only did it because Democrats controlled Congress

If Republicans controlled Congress then, like they do now, nothing would have happened.

[Orsino]

3. I can't see his ever admitting to a physical or mental weakness.

I could see him getting so fed up with losing that he just quits. After blaming everyone but himself.

[oberliner]

13. He's not going anywhere

It's weird that people think he would.

[Orsino]

15. It's weird that he would actually run for president.

We are so far beyond weird now that I'm tempering any predictions I'm tempted to make.

[oberliner]

16. True

The whole thing is bizarre on so many levels.

[Cosmocat]

22. Right?

There is nothing he has said or done to indicate he will leave, ever.

[trotsky]

14. This is true, he has long viewed himself as an ubermensch of human health.

Someone just needs to create the right narrative - he "successfully" drained the swamp and now his agenda is clear to proceed, so much so that he does't even need to be there anymore. He will allow Pence to take the helm and implement it.

[NewJeffCT]

45. agree

he's going to blame everybody but himself - Obama, Clinton, Schumer and Pelosi, the "fake news" media, the DNC, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, whichever advisers are on his shit list that week, etc.

[Bleacher Creature]

11. Another possibility is the Sarah Palin route.

And claim that the "system" is biased against outsiders and that he can do more as a private citizen while, of course, cashing in on the fact that he's no longer bound by ethical limitations.

[pnwest]

31. That sounds plausible, great insight. I'm

one who's of the conviction he's going to quit, just haven't been able to figure the rationale he'd use that seems right...something close to what someone said upstream about him just quitting out of frustration, but needing a good cover that maintains his illusion of superiority. Saying the system is biased against him would be a logical narcissistic response to the legal troubles looming for him, and saying he can do more good for the country as a private citizen is the perfect "out". I have been saying he won't last six months, I just couldn't figure out his "out". This excuse sounds right. I've got til July 20th, LOL!

[Bleacher Creature]

41. I think of it as the "I'm taking my toys and going home" option.

We're just not worthy of his service!

[Sneederbunk]

17. His Jerry Garcia doctor will back him up.

[0rganism]

18. none of the above

he won't be impeached, congressional Republicans would rather destroy the nation as it was than impeach him for clear instances of, as they say, "high crimes and misdemeanors"
he won't be forced out of office, for similar reasons
he won't quit for medical reasons
and i don't see him losing in 2020: he won in 2016 with the predatory 2005 video getting plenty of coverage; he can win again by distorting his record, holding massive brownshirt rallies, and claiming only he has the necessary experience to guide us through the numerous crises of his own creation. don't underestimate Emperor Tangerine, he has a plenty of forces working in his favor and fanatical support from the lunatic wing of the GOP.

[Tiggeroshii]

21. He gets re elected after Democrats fail to offer a unified opposition and alternative to Repiblicanu

Thuggery

[Cosmocat]

23. He literally filed his 2020 paperwork

His first day in office, he has done countless fund raisers already.

Even today people don't get what he us, what is going on.

[pnwest]

35. That's him just being his money-grubbing self. He

can raise, and use PAC funds that much sooner.

[VOX]

24. Unless #45's behavior goes completely apeshit...

To the degree that Republicans (who, to date, have either enthusiastically supported 45's lunatic behavior, or brushed it off as a distraction, fake news, etc. Worst are the ones who have stood by in silence, with their utter resolve to ignore the corrosive, my-team v. your team partisan politics.

Question is, just where is the final, absolute line that #45 might cross and then start to actually lose some financial backers? I don't see him losing many people from his base.

I'm guessing they can prop him up for a few years. Afraid we're looking at the 2020 election to throw off the GOP yoke.

[Miles Archer]

26. It would have to damage the careers of Ryan and McConnell personally

And if they get everything they want between now and 2020, why would they care?

Neither of them needs the money.

If they get everything on their bucket lists, what's the incentive for either of them to press on after 2020?

[Miles Archer]

25. He's in until 2020.

Ryan will do nothing.

McConnell will do nothing.

Trump's not going to quit for any reason...his ego won't allow that.

It's 2020.

That's it.

[Orrex]

27. I predict that he will vanish in a space-time anomaly

He will have his head so far up his ass that his head will emerge from his mouth and continue still further up his ass, repeating and repeating until he collapses into a singularity.

And it can't happen fast enough, if you ask me.

[pnwest]

38. I keep saying he is proof that time travel

does not exist, cause no one has come back to take his ass out yet.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. 2020/Voted Out

He hasn't stolen enough money yet to leave now or earlier.

[DetlefK]

29. He will suddenly develop heel-spurs.

[Kablooie]

30. He dies in office of old age at 96 .

The GOP eliminates the 2 term limit and make Trump total dictator for life.
(Because then they can pass their agenda which they never do because Trump only approves bills that praise him as a god.)

[dmosh42]

32. If the emolument clause is executed against him, he'll find an excuse....

for leaving. Gaining more wealth and power was his primary goal in being
president. Trump has no allegiance to anyone or any nation!

[pnwest]

33. If Mueller comes out with clear, irrefutable

evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors, the retrumplicans will have to get on board with impeachment. If that kind of evidence were presented, the longer they did nothing about it, marches would escalate to riots, would escalate to violence. They might try for a bit to just let him continue on, but I don't think it would last long. I mean, I would hope, fer Chrissakes, that we the citizenry, would react vehemently enough that they'd be forced to impeach - if sending a delegation imploring him to resign didn't work.

Remember what Churchill said, "You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities."

[WinkyDink]

34. I was thinking he might actually be convinced (or Ivanka might be) to go with "mental lapses," to

escape testifying.

[vkkv]

40. There you go, the slow build to escape impeachment charges..

That has some fore-thought to it.

[Nevernose]

39. When he missed his car yesterday

I realized just how sick he was. Reading about it it seemed like more spurious shit talk (which I'm good with ). But watching the video? That old man has some kind of dementia.

[LeftInTX]

48. I read that he thought he was supposed to get on Marine One and that was where he was heading.

Because that is the routine from Andrews AFB. Apparently there was a change of plans. (Guess he was too grumpy to ask ahead of time)

I worked in nursing homes and my mom had a mild dementia. I noticed how he responded to the redirection. He quickly responded with "Got it" and went promptly to the limo.

When you try to re-orient someone with dementia it doesn't go smoothly. They don't respond quickly. Often you have to repeat commands.

My mom had mild dementia. Trying to correct her often resulted in blank stares and delayed reactions. I often saw that blank stare with Reagan.

[vkkv]

46. Anyone care to change their vote ??

[Johonny]

47. The plan was always to loot, declare victory, and then get out

the problem is, he's had very little success. It's also likely why congress is wary to pass these poison pill bills. Congress wants these bill tagged as Trump bills hoping when the toxic effect are felt he will get tagged for it, but they have to know if these all pass he will then leave and thus they will be holding the bag come 2018 or 2020 and he'll be long gone back to private citizen twitter raver.

[USALiberal]

49. Trump will survive with a GOP congress! n/t