There's another reason for Trump's obsessing over statue removal other than just racist pandering.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

I've long said that by the time the Trump presidency ends--whether that comes via impeachment and removal, resignation, KFC induced coronary event or (God forbid) term limits--his reputation will be so ruined and sullied that he will be the first and only President not to have an official portrait in the White House. His administration will be looked upon with such shame and disdain that there will be no desire to include him amongst the 43 other individuals to hold the highest office in the land.

That general feeling will spread to those businesses which continue to carry his name. Like some of the other businesses that have carried his name in the past, they will either crash and burn or choose to disassociate themselves from him in order to save face.

His childhood house will not be a designated historical site or museum. No one will want to donate money to build a Presidential Library and Museum for him.

His legacy will be a taint on American History, and Americans will do everything possible to try and leave him to the dustbins of the past.

So I don't think it's merely just a matter of the Madman attempting to curry favor with his racist base when he obsesses over removal of statues of controversial figures in town squares, statues that were erected more as a defiant statement than a historical memorial.

It's that he is desperately afraid he'll be forgotten as well.

[dalton99a]

1. The crazy evil idiot will have books and PhD theses written about him

and he will be remembered as a crazy evil idiot

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3. proof that being a competent president requires more than just being able to watch fakesnews.

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2. his admirers will be comparatively small in number, but he will not be forgotten

confederate leaders and generals brought massive death, destruction, and ruin to the south, yet there are statues in their honor to this day.

benedict donald's fan base will be narrow, but they will admire him for ages.


that's not to say he doesn't want to "win". he craves approval, applause, admiration, attention, and of course, profit. he's right to worry about that slipping away. but he won't be forgotten. not for a long, long time.

[Jersey Devil]

4. What books would be in the Presidential "liberry" (sic)

Humpty Dumpty, the story of falling off a wall?

[MLAA]

7. And Mexico paying to him back together again? 😃

[forgotmylogin]

5. Is Disney going to put him in the Hall of Presidents?

They should just do an inflatable.

[delisen]

6. His legacy:massive secret service expenses for the self-

indulgent extended family.

Make each bill a brick. I wonder how high the cumulative bills will go.

Washington Monument size? We can name it the Monument to Government Waste.

This is an "entitlement" that surely needs to be means-tested.