DU Poll: Do you expect 45 to run for office again?

[BigmanPigman]

71 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	No, he'll be in jail
	31 (44%)
	No, his kids will run instead
	8 (11%)
	No, his poor health will not allow it
	18 (25%)
	No, it won't be profitable
	5 (7%)
	Yes, no law or amendment against it
	1 (1%)
	Yes, his ego and bank account would benefit
	4 (6%)
	Yes, his cult will continue to buy the BS
	1 (1%)
	Yes, the GOP will continue to enable him
	1 (1%)
	Don't know
	0 (0%)
	Other
	2 (3%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[JDC]

1. If he is still breathing he will at least float it to grab the cash

His "base" will remain ripe for grift.

[WheelWalker]

2. No, he won't risk being a two-time loser.

[IcyPeas]

3. I live in hope he will fade away

[enough]

4. No. Poor physical and mental health. More important, the world will be changing in ways

we can’t predict, good and bad. His lounge act will quickly become dated.

[Totally Tunsie]

6. I selected "Other" because he's ALREADY running!

[ooky]

7. No, he'll leave the country to stay out of jail.

[RDANGELO]

8. Yes, from prison. He will make himself out to be a political prisoner.

[FSogol]

9. Other: Has he EVER done what he said he would?

[ProfessorGAC]

22. So Did I

For the same reason.
Besides, it's easy to blather about it.
Doing it is work, now that he's damaged goods. You know how he is to work as oil is to water.

[ginny skinny]

10. He'll start pushing Half Scoop or Princess Ivanka.

After starting his own media outlet or co-opting an existing one he will be pushing one of his favored offspring. I've read he actually despises Don Jr. but he (Jr.) bears the same (brand) name so may give the nod to him. Would love to hear a journalist ask Pence if he will be willing to run as Don Jr.'s VP. The look on Pence's face would be priceless!

[herding cats]

11. Nope. It's a grift and publicity for his families new media outlet.

Which was what the 2016 one was supposed to be, but people are freaking really stupid in this country and it stuck.

[NotASurfer]

12. There is some nuance to this

He basks in the adoration of the cult. I can picture him declaring just so he can hear the faithful roar.

He's a con, and if someone offers to donate to a 2024 run, he certainly wouldn't turn the campaign money down as long as he can help himself to the till.

But I don't think for one minute he will seriously make a run. Throw red meat to the cult, grift, yes, but with four years of legal woes along the way (which reminds me, were there still some sealed indictments out there from the investigations his henchmen killed, filed before the axe fell?), IMO he's not running again with any intention of winning

[riverwalker]

13. No.

And don’t think his kids will either. When he’s gone the floodgates will open, revealing his corruption, possibly treason, the kids too. I think we will be shocked at what we find.

[Kid Berwyn]

14. He will be busy.

[Totally Tunsie]

21. Great sight!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. Was that a Sam Cooke song "Grifting on the Chain Gang"?

............

I would feel sorry for the others in that gang. Trump would swindle every penny of prison allowance from all of them.

Good graphic, thanks!


KY.......

[Azathoth]

15. No. Truth is he never wanted to be president in the first place

This whole thing was supposed to be a brand-building exercise so he could negotiate a bigger tv contract.

Once he won, suddenly he was stuck going full throttle for four years to avoid looking like a loser and a quitter.

[stillcool]

16. he won't be running anywhere...

except from the law. Can't imagine where he'll go, what he'll do. The idea of him getting away scot-free with all that he has to have stolen, isn't right.

[Midnight Writer]

17. I'm hoping for a Third Party run.

[LeftInTX]

18. No, but he will still hold rallies and have a cult following

He won't throw his hat in the ring.

He may create his own anti-GOP group, knowing that he probably could not win another nomination.

[Baclava]

19. DON'T CARE! His name should be forever BANNED from DU. I never want to see another thread about him

[Hekate]

20. He's decaying before our eyes & has been for years. He'll be too senile & physically decrepit...

I hope he will also be bankrupt and in NY State prison, but his health may also preclude the prison part.

[Quixote1818]

23. Of course he will for the grift but he will drop out before things really kick in. nt

[DinahMoeHum]

24. No. He'll be dead from either a heart attack or a stroke.

n/t

[jmowreader]

25. No, the GOP won't let him

The biggest problem Trump has is it takes a Ph.D. in Chaos Theory to figure out what the hell the man is going to do from one minute to the next. The business community relishes stability and Trump can't provide it.

I think the GOP will inform Mr. Trump they're going to hand-carry the opposition research files they have on him to the FBI if he attempts to run in 2024.

[TeamPooka]

27. He will run, for the money and so he can say any prosecution is a political witch hunt to silence

him.

[Tarc]

28. Death by Big Mac long before 2024

I can't wait til the crazies try to embalm him for display, like Lenin.

[TheBlackAdder]

29. No, he'll die from exposure to concrete long before that.

.

When he seeks refuge in Russia, that typically happens when someone accidentally falls from four stories.

.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

30. No, but I hope he has the runs the whole time Joe is in office.

KY..................

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

31. I don't think there are elections in prison

[roamer65]

33. You were reading my mind.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

37. I only read what's worth reading

OTOH if he's lockup somewhere where the inmates can vote, maybe he could run for judge of elections.

[roamer65]

38. Best not to read all of my mind.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

39. Good advice. Have a nice night.

I'd say the same about 45 but for different reasons.

"And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." Friedrich Nietzsche

[Silent3]

34. Other: No he won't, but he'll say (or at least tease) that he will/might run

He'll love screwing over other Republicans by leaving them uncertain about whether they should try to launch their own runs for 2024, or keep kissing his ass.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

35. My Mom would say, "He should run for the border!"

[KentuckyWoman]

36. Other.

Trump TV.

If he runs it will only be to pad the profits. He will drop out before the RNC convention OR might even run indy. But he drops before primaries.

[Jamaal510]

40. If he's not facing legal troubles, definitely.

He's not the type of person who will take a loss and just walk away, plus he loves being in campaign-mode.