How Trump could save himself and the country

[Shipwack]

A bit of mental exercising.

A secret can only be used against you if you let it remain a secret...

What if Trump got on the air, and confessed to a night (or three...) of indiscretion under the eyes of Russia? Their hold on him would greatly lessen, he isn't their plaything anymore, and he could go back to destroying the country, without the Kremlin's help.

Would this be a way out for him?

(Of course, even if he did this he'd still owe the Russian mafia money, and he's never admit to being powerless in the first place.)

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. It could . . .

But he would never do it. He is incapable of admitting that he was played. He will continue to lie about this for the rest of his life.

[MFM008]

2. Suicide is painless

Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see...
[REFRAIN]:
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.
I try to find a way to make
All our little joys relate
Without that ever-present hate
But now I know that it's too late, and...
[REFRAIN]
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say.
[REFRAIN]
The only way to win is cheat
And lay it down before I'm beat
And to another give my seat
For that's the only painless feat.
[REFRAIN]
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works it's way on in
The pain grows stronger... watch it grin, but...
[REFRAIN]
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be
And I replied 'oh why ask me?'
[REFRAIN]
'Cause suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.
... and you can do the same thing if you please.
Songwriters: MANDEL, JOHNNY / ALTMAN, MICHAEL B
Suicide Is Painless lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

[madaboutharry]

3. It's not really about the hookers.

What is much more important is the collusion, the collaboration, and his debt. This is where he is most compromised. The alleged incidents at the Ritz-Carleton are humiliating, but it is the other issues that would destroy his presidency.

[unblock]

4. That only works if he's otherwise completely upstanding

But I have no doubt donnie knows there's a hundred other things they might have on him.

[spanone]

5. his ego does not allow apologies

[2naSalit]

6. Old Russian Proverb...

"You can't hide an awl in a cloth bag. In other words, you can't hide secrets, someone always finds out." Thanks to Svetlana Alexandrovna Touchkoff.

[JHan]

7. Golden showers are the least shocking thing in the dossier..

I don't usually care about sexual indiscretions, so long as laws aren't broken - but, allegedly, dude wanted them to pee the bed because the Obama's slept in it which tells me something about how his mind works.

More alarming are the memos about alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russian officials, and the possibility he's indebted to them.