Anthony Bourdain's un-published interview: 45 will resign

[lindysalsagal]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/07/17/gropey-grabby-disgusting-anthony-bourdain-unloaded-on-bill-clinton-and-trump-in-final-interview/?utm_term=.2a3c1d513c11

“I think Trump’s going down for the money. Collusion is tricky to prove, it’s the money,” he said. “And once they get too close, in my view he will declare victory, congratulate himself on the fantastic job he’s done and resign, saying the job is too small for him. Just what he did in Atlantic City! I got mine, big success for me, and leave behind a shambles.”

[Recursion]

1. I've always believed Trump will declare victory and resign at some point

"You elected a turnaround artist, and I've turned us back to prosperity" and other BS like that.

[KPN]

19. Yep. Me too. I've thought that since about 11pm PST Nov 8th, 2016. It will happen or

worse, he will start WWIII in the hopes of hanging onto power -- and then he will end up shot, hanged or imprisoned for life. Let's hope it's the first.

[rso]

2. Trump

Not so sure about that. If he resigns, he leaves himself wide-open to prosecution, as his presidential privileges and immunities will then disappear.

[lindysalsagal]

4. But it's only a matter of time: He can't replace every judge in the next 2 years.

And in his sociopathic mind, he thinks we'll never jail him.

[FM123]

5. or maybe he thinks pence will pardon him

[mitch96]

28. "pence will pardon him"

Federal, yes.... The state of NY...... ah.. no... Hope they nail his orange ass to the trump tower...
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[Ferrets are Cool]

11. I agree with you. I fear that martial law is more likely than a resigination. nt

[whopis01]

15. As soon as he resigns the efforts to prosecute will die away

Politicians will talk about moving forward.

[C Moon]

17. Yep.

[KPN]

20. And the Democratic Party will lose even more of its membership as a result.

[hlthe2b]

3. Ahh, Anthony... We miss you. I hope you were prescient in your assessments re: Trump

[Meadowoak]

6. I predict, Trump will fake his own death.

[mountain grammy]

9. Now, THAT's funny!

[DallasNE]

10. I Don't Think It Will Be Fake. n/t

[Harker]

13. If he's convincing enough

that his body is cremated, that would be okay with me.

[Texin]

18. He may have to in order to duck out on his Russian debts & not face polonium "tea".

[Meadowoak]

25. Yep.

[DrDan]

7. I don't think his ego would allow this

[dalton99a]

8. Kick

[amuse bouche]

12. Bourdain was a truly awesome person. Intelligent, real and empathetic

I like his trump assessment.

[IronLionZion]

14. That's how America won the last few wars

The best policy is to declare victory and leave. - Senator George Aiken

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/george_aiken_201028

[D23MIURG23]

16. If he resigns then, yes, that is exactly how he will do it.

But I doubt he will resign even if the Feds are closing in on him. For one thing he'll never be as powerful and important as he is now doing anything else. I don't think his ego will allow him to let go of that. A second reason would be that he doesn't have the same ability to obstruct justice when he is gone. He is more likely to abuse his power in more extreme ways to try to make the investigations go away.

[Texin]

21. I actually pretty much agree.

I thought he might have resigned and walked away earlier in his residency, but the more I've observed him I don't believe he will ever go voluntarily. He might be pushed out by the likes of a congressional delegation who just deliver the news that they will not protect him or give him cover going forward unless he leaves. With their assurances that they wouldn't allow him to be pursued any further legally, or that if he is, Pence could pardon him before the fact, he might go, but my sense is that he'd dig in even harder. The one thing that's very clear is how stubborn he is. Resignation is something he views as weakness and failure, and walking away would be an act of weakness and cowardice. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't get that sense.

[D23MIURG23]

29. Yeah, I agree with him not going voluntarily.

He might even need to be literally dragged out kicking and screaming. The creepiest thing I have ever seen in politics was when that jackass was talking about how happy he was that China now has a president for life, and then he finished by saying "we might have to try that". I wouldn't put it past him. We'll get a tweet like...

@therealDonaldTrump: Crooked Democrats think they can remove me from office with a phony impeachement. #NOCOLLUSION! #WITCHHUNT! I'm not going anywhere folks. #President4life

or

@therealDonaldTrump: Phony Democrats want an election so the Russians can steal it for them. It's not going to happen folks. I know that real Americans still want me for president. #President4life

And then shit will get real. Hopefully if that happens he gets hauled away in handcuffs, but we better have congressional majorities because I'm convinced that at least half of the repubes would be ready with half baked legal arguments for reverting to monarchism.

[FakeNoose]

22. I salute you Mr. Bourdain

This is exactly how I see it, and I hate Cheeto as much as you (did.) Having read most of your books and followed your TV shows over the years, I see a thoughtful, courageous man who was not afraid to speak his mind or eat strange things.

RIP Tony Bourdain, you will be missed!

[PatrickforO]

23. If it happens it would be good. Yeah, we'd have Pence, but he has the charisma of

a thumb tack, and if we run a dynamic candidate who articulates our positions well and spells out the vision for a better future, we should beat him.

[Lonestarblue]

24. Trump will have to be forced to resign.

If Democrats retake control of the House this November, and I fervently hope the Senate as well, they will have the option of upholding the emoluments clause. As I read it, Congress can allow the president to ignore the emoluments clause, as they are doing now, but if it were enforced, I think Trump might resign rather than give up control of his empire. It depends on how much of that empire is supported by Russian money and whether that flow of money would stop if he resigned and Putin no longer has his stooge in the White House. The big question for me is whether Pence would also sell his soul to Putin for the power of the presidency, in which case Putin might not care if Trump goes because he can just continue with Pence.

[NCjack]

26. The Orange F'stick will try for a no-blame "pardon" from Congress

in exchange for resigning. When he doesn't get it, he will do his best to burn USA.

[heaven05]

27. really

well, I still DON'T like trump voters and a. bourdain, RIP, I guess, sounds like any trump voter apologist in this interview. That's disgusting to me. 👎🏾

[comradebillyboy]

30. Agreed. I fail to see why Bordain gets such glowing coverage.

His political views seem naive at best.