Interesting tweet from one of Il Douche's former ghostwriters:

[catbyte]

Link to tweet

At the risk of sounding like a Twitter crackpot: Does anyone besides me (a former Trump ghostwriter) feel like something is up with Trump, something big, something that involves his resignation? I detect an it-doesn't-matter-anymore vibe in his words and actions.

[smirkymonkey]

1. I hope so.

Let this long national nightmare finally be over.

[Moostache]

29. Me too...I'll help him pack! (n/t)

[BigmanPigman]

2. He sounds more like wishful thinking than a Twitter crackpot.

[elleng]

3. Sounds good to me.

Have had similar thoughts.

[YessirAtsaFact]

4. I'd love to believe this

But if he resigns he is no longer immune from indictment.

It doesn’t make sense to me.

[rainin]

19. I agree. He is only safe as President -- unless he's assured of full pardons.

I don't see him going anywhere. Power is like air or water to him.

[Ilsa]

5. I'm waiting to hear that a moving van has shown

up to haul Malignia's wardrobe back to NYC.

[onecaliberal]

16. :

Thank you for the hearty laugh, I needed that.

[Ilsa]

18. There's some good stuff here,

especially starting with the 4th reply:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11423510

[unblock]

6. much as i'd love it, why would he bother firing anyone if he's about to resign?

[libdem4life]

12. That's too logical. He's in hyper-emotional, narcissist, psychopathic mode.

[bearsfootball516]

26. Yep. Even just hours before his suicide, Hitler fired generals.

[Eric J in MN]

7. When Trump said 'stupid question' to a reporter

...I felt that he was the one showing mental decline.

===
"Do you want [Whitaker] to rein in Robert Mueller?" (Abby) Phillip asked.

"What a stupid question that is," Trump responded. "What a stupid question."

"But I watch you a lot," the president continued. "You ask a lot of stupid questions."

Declining to answer, Trump then walked away from the gaggle as Phillip and other reporters shouted questions in response.
===

[NJCher]

34. that rang alarm bells for me, too

I immediately thought of dementia, more specifically Alzheimers. I'm a trustee for a very elderly aunt who is in assisted living. I have had to learn a thing or two about Alzheimers, and this is one of the things people with it do.

It gets worse. I wonder if he's received a diagnosis.

[dawg day]

35. he actually sounds (his voice) more lucid than usual-

But with anyone else in the world, if we saw a press conference like the one after the election, we'd think, "This guy has a few screws loose." With Trump, just another performance.

[libdem4life]

39. She, like April Ryan, is a smart black women. He overdoses on sliming minority women.

They've got three strikes against them as far as he's concerned.

[vlyons]

8. He's very withdrawn, isn't he

He seems to be in a mentally paralyzing funk, a depression that he can't seem to rally from. All his appearances are backfiring. He can't seem to get his groove back. The press corp is getting snarky. The media is calling his bluff and saying mean things about him. And now, Mueller has convened a grand jury.

Surely he's thinking that he can just resign and say that America doesn't deserve his brilliance, or the Dems are plotting against him, or he's got cancer, or some such face-saving bullshit and resign. He'd rather be at one of his resorts playing golf and eating cheeseburgers.

[mercuryblues]

32. After the Acosta

stunt he pulled and people didn't respond to it the way he expected, he has gone to all out bully mode. Yet, it will get worse before he is gone.

[libdem4life]

9. My thought has been for some time that this is going to be Nixon x 10

Many people going to jail...many careers ruined...just a total wipeout, including some in his own family...not that he cares that much. But the Brand will forever be tarred. I think that's it more than anything. The only thing he cares about. He's probably reliving the shame of Fred Trump lording over him...not good enough.

He won the con, and I think he is or has lost his mind.

[pioche4]

30. Yes, I agree 100%

[C_U_L8R]

10. Trump would be smart to get out of Dodge. The sooner the better.

He ain't so smart with most things except serving his self-interest and saving his skin. He'll end up somewhere like Saudi Arabia, the Philippines or Russia where he's chummy with the dictators (as long as his money lasts).

[shanny]

36. Too late.

Stupidest thing he ever did (in a long list) was run for office.

And, once he is out, he is of no further use to anyone and unwelcome everywhere.

[matt819]

11. You know. . .

I'm fine with him staying in office. He's the Democrats' gift that keeps on giving.

Plus, we don't really need a theocrat in the Oval Office. And I don't think the government would be any more productive or any less corrupt with Pence in office.

[libdem4life]

14. Pence goes too...into this up to his eyeballs.

I believe I read that Paul Manafort pushed for Pence. Along with all the other, this should instruct.

[nolabear]

13. Read that whole thread. He elaborated and others weigh in.

The comment about compartmentalizations and the compartments collapsing is an actual astute psychologically defendable observation.

[DesertRat]

15. I agree with this explanation: "post rally depression"

I reckon it's also PRD (Post Rally Depression). Those rally's were his supply, his 'high', and now that it's over he's going through a withdrawal which is very dangerous in narcissists as they will lash out.

Link to tweet

[Rebl2]

21. Good observation

He’s not flying around the country seeing his adoring fans. I’m sure he doesn’t get that in DC.

[randr]

17. It is but a matter of time until he quits

He has quit every enterprise and relationship he has entered into

[harumph]

20. He knows what's up

His bowels are loose and his asshole is stuck shut. A bad combination.
He'll be able to relax on a sturdy prison commode.

[Blue_true]

38. The democratic House will give him a powerful laxative (proper oversight).

Then turn his bare ass toward republicans, they deserve what they get.

[ffr]

22. Then by all means, let's keep the pressure on that turd until he does resign.

Then we can find all of the Pence-Russia GOP/Russia connections and flush them down the sewer as well!

[mastermind]

23. he always has that vibe

because his peeps don't care what is does or doesn't do, and he never cares about doing the right thing. Hell, he could murder someone in full view of fox news and repugs would still defend him.

[SunSeeker]

24. Exactly. nt

[MrsCoffee]

25. Resign and declare victory!

Isn't that what Tony Schwartz said?

Maybe his ghostwriters are on to something.

[Honeycombe8]

27. Never. It's not in his dna. He's got his ace in the hole ready: Kavanaugh. nt

[Cosmocat]

33. This

Absolutely nothing he has done would indicate his quitting.

[libdem4life]

41. I thought that at first, but Kavanaugh can do nothing about his more petty crimes...forgery,

money laundering, campaign fraud...and that Foundation...it's a gaping legal hole that will swallow his kids, too. I'm still wondering if the New York Attorney's offices will actually proceed. They've filed suit and there's plenty of evidence. Somehow, he's like teflon thus far, however. Never seen anything like it. The best con man in modern history???

But when the public evidence outweighs his bravado...which has seemingly declined into dark depression of late...I'm guessing he'll cut a deal and quit. Find a way to say he won, but be gone. He's not going to go to prison...and like Nixon, his crimes will outweigh his ability to bluster and his own party will help him go. Or at least, I hope. His narcissism will be his downfall. But I also think the Republican Party will watch him ultimately take them down with him, regardless of how it goes down. It's gone too far, IMO.

[Honeycombe8]

42. Yes, the S.Ct. is the final say on everything.

Any litigation will end up in an appeal on certain points. The S.Ct. will rule on those points. Kavanaugh, Alito, Thomas, & Gorsuch will likely view everything in a light favoring Trump. Chief Justice is a wild card.

If anyone tries to indict Trump, that goes to the S.Ct., where the same four know what to say, which is what Kavanaugh has said before: a sitting President can't be indicted.

If anyone tries to subpoena Trump, back they all go to the S.Ct.

And so on and so forth.

No one knows how those rulings will come down. But there are justices who are likely Trump loyalists.

But the OP was that he thinks Trump will quit. My response was "Never," because it's not in his dna, and he has the fix in place. It's not important whether the fix comes through as he expects. What's important is that Trump THINKS the S.Ct. will fix things. So he won't quit.

Also, as long as he is President, he is protected from indictments.

[LakeArenal]

28. 🙏🏻 🤞🏼 🎉 🗽

[Fiendish Thingy]

31. If it's really in the cards, I hope all this speculation

Doesn’t jinx it...

[Blue_true]

37. Could be.

His calculation may be that a democratic led House will do correct oversight and expose his crimes. Better to cut and run and avoid the oversight, while getting a preemptive pardon from Pence.

[Cha]

40. We Wish!