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In reply to the discussion: Why trump can't just refuse to leave office - encouraging [View all]obamanut2012
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Al Gore just laughed at the concern trump wouldn't leave, saying he'd have no choice.
Hoyt
Aug 2020
#1
Please, Mr. Trump. Try to hold on to the presidency past your expiration date. When it is
NCjack
Aug 2020
#106
I'm not the least bit worried about Trump not leaving..but that's not how it would happen
fescuerescue
Aug 2020
#4
I call this a 'the sky is falling post'...and Trump will leave office should he lose...
Demsrule86
Aug 2020
#54
+1 Nobody "Knows" what will happen - Trump should not be president now, but he is
Tiger8
Aug 2020
#119
... like 175,000 killed? Or is that a hoax or not Trumps fault? At what point are people going to
uponit7771
Aug 2020
#50
It may not be orderly but should Trump lose, he will leave...and I don't see a civil war happening.
Demsrule86
Aug 2020
#55
We're at Nam x 3 how is Trump killing millions more people ridiculous ? Thx in advance
uponit7771
Aug 2020
#51
THIS!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 We're Nam x 3 dead cause of CV19 Trump could give a fuck about killing 100,000
uponit7771
Aug 2020
#49
Please...he will go quietly or otherwise, he will have no choice. So let's make sure he loses
Demsrule86
Aug 2020
#27
...Yes, You got it, and he WILL LOSE IN DOUBLE DIGITS..why? Totally Incomeptent ,Totally insensitive
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#63
I agree totally. "LANDSLIDE" ..because everyone has had a chance to see his lies, incompetence, and
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#86
My first thought as well. Why would he wait until Jan 20? I'm more worried about 11/4.
flibbitygiblets
Aug 2020
#18
I imagine a slightly different scenario for how Trump would try to stay in office
Yavin4
Aug 2020
#12
Nope, Trump's term ends on January 21st...electors or not. Nancy would be president.
Demsrule86
Aug 2020
#59
I still think if he loses he resigns a day before the Inauguration so Pence can pardon him
TeamPooka
Aug 2020
#31
Thank you for this...I have long thought this to be the case. If we win strongly, Trump
Demsrule86
Aug 2020
#22
doesn't work that way...he would not have the numbers and Nancy becomes president.
Demsrule86
Aug 2020
#60
Pelosi is unlikely to become president, even in this scenario. If no candidate receives majority
tritsofme
Aug 2020
#109
And I wonder how comfy tRUMP is going to feel about slipping out the back door...
WyattKansas
Aug 2020
#97
If we take the Senate, on inauguration day Mitch McConnell will already be the minority leader....
EarnestPutz
Aug 2020
#42
The presumption here, from some commenters, is that if the election were disputed
generalbetrayus
Aug 2020
#48
You are totally correct..The system will not allow this..That includes the Republican leadership
Stuart G
Aug 2020
#66
I'm guessing that he boycotts the inauguration and flies off early to Mar-a-Largo.
EarnestPutz
Aug 2020
#71
If he pulls this nonsense, all I ask is to be able to see him walked out in handcuffs
Vivienne235729
Aug 2020
#65
The military will push back if a nuclear order seems random (no actual threat to the U.S.).
chowder66
Aug 2020
#108
"The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January"
not_the_one
Aug 2020
#76
Thanks, slate.com, for giving trump weeks and weeks to end around this scenario.
Paladin
Aug 2020
#79
I think when he loses, he'll try to claim it was mail-in ballot fraud (of course, we all see that).
C Moon
Aug 2020
#81
That's not the problem I see. I see the russians making the election another 2000 election fiasco
BComplex
Aug 2020
#90
He wouldnt wait till Jan. 20. He would not concede and would challenge results long before that.
Amaryllis
Aug 2020
#104
The existing launch codes would become invalid at the moment Biden takes the oath
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Aug 2020
#111
hit shit in the white house will already moved out + there are tasers. or harpoons.
pansypoo53219
Aug 2020
#114