The future of Donald Trump

[Orange Buffoon]

Here is what I think lies in his future, assuming he avoids a prison cell:

Over the next two months he will try to stir things up to deny Biden the White House. His coup attempt will go about as far as his election fraud commission did four years ago--nowhere.

So he will take his hardcore followers and start Bull Moosing it, a la Teddy Roosevelt. He has become addicted to the limelight and won't want to give that up, so he will bask in the adoration of the faithful at rallies across the U.S. He will start these pretty much immediately after leaving office, just as he didn't wait long four years ago to start campaigning for 2020.

Only this time it will be on his own dime, which means he may have to curtail his schedule somewhat.

After six months or a year, the crowds will grow tired of him and his whining about the "stolen" election. He will become a pathetic sideshow, just as he eventually did in New York, whose denizens long ago saw through his act and now sneer at the mention of him.

Melania, tired of this dog-and-pony show, will divorce him.

He will author a book about his presidency (ghost written), called "Bigly: The Presidency of Donald J. Trump and His Large Hands."

He will gradually sink into irrelevance and, many years from now, kick the bucket. Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, and Mitch McConnell will hear about his funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. They will decide they have more important places to be that day.

[Moostache]

1. I hope the bastard tries to hang himself and the rope snaps...

His loss will humiliate him and everywhere he goes, someone should make sure he hears "LOSER! 45 Go Joe! 46"...
That's all it will take, just a simple, constant dripping reminder of his rejection, his loss, his FAILURE!

[Frasier Balzov]

2. "Bull Moosing." A wonderful verb form!

As long as Trump enjoys the prospect of a second term, he will not fade away and his base will not let him.

After leaving office, TR went on a world tour and abandoned his influence with the party apparatus. He became a simple celebrity. The conservatives of his day were relieved to see him remove himself from Washington.

TR's attempted political comeback by lobbing criticism from outside the establishment (ala Trump 2016) was only possible by a third party effort. Though still popular with the public, his 1912 presidential bid siphoned off GOP support and ruined Taft's chances for reelection.

Trump, on the other hand, has remade the GOP in his own image. His future is as a government-in-exile, ready to retake its "rightful" place at the next available opportunity.

[Orange Buffoon]

3. Some good insights there--and Harry Litman just agreed with you on Chris Hayes's program.

Only he thinks it may be one of the Trump kids running in 2024.

[smirkymonkey]

5. His kids will be in prison by 2024.

And so will he, if he's not already dead or a drooling vegetable in a nursing home. There is no future for anyone in this family. They are losers and they will be taken down.

[uponit7771]

4. "He will gradually sink into irrelevance", nope ... they worship him. Obama will NEVER be irrelevant

... to us and Trump gives them permission to be assholes and he'll never be irrelevant to the right.

The kGOP made a deal with the devil and they're going to pay until the devil is dead or in jail

[moof]

6. New york will Rico him

[randr]

7. His grave site will become the destination

for pilgrimages as thousands of people seek to piss on his grave.