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Heather Cox Richardson's avatar

I have said all along that Trump would resign. It's his MO. Drive something into the ground, then declare victory and walk away, leaving others to clean up the mess.

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Gayle Leslie's avatar

All things being equal, I would agree. But they are not. I've been a New Yorker for a long time and I feel confident in saying that SDNY is biding it's time and will move on indictments as soon as all this political nonsense is out of the way. And their institutional memory rivals that of a butthurt woman. I think he knows that and he is pretty terrified of what happens when he is not shielded by the office. He doesn't want to be president, he's been over that for three years, but he's desperate for re election because he can't control what comes next. And that may well involve those loathsome kids. And that fueled up plane idling on the tarmac pointed towards Moscow ain't looking so fine either cause Vlad has been bored with this schmuck from the beginning, and we all know where boring Vlad gets you.

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Michael Bales's avatar

Your view is mine, although when I broach it with others they scoff. His egg-shell ego can't withstand the increasing pressure and crumbling support stemming from all the epic failures. His declining mental and physical health is the perfect excuse to bow out and avoid the crushing psychological blow of a landslide defeat in November.

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Gayle Leslie's avatar

He's created his own hell. While the republic will survive, he will not. Not in any meaningful way.

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Cathy (W. Michigan)'s avatar

Hope springs eternal every time I hear you say this! Is it possible that if he resigns, leaving Pence in charge, that he could leave office with a full pardon?

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