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EndlessWire

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8. I don't think he'll leave office.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2024, 10:30 PM

Nov 7

Best hope is that he dies.

Putin never really leaves office. He holds sham elections. I think that will happen to us. Meanwhile, Trump is now free to utterly decimate our institutions and democracy.

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If this makes anyone feel better. In 5 years Trump will be gone from office, maybe dead and not in our thoughts anymore [View all] Quixote1818 Nov 7 OP

Let's hope the public sours quickly on JD Blue Owl Nov 7 #1

DeSantis might beat him for the nomination in '28 Polybius Nov 7 #6

But he will leave behind well trained, rabid, brainwashed MAGAs and his freaking SCOTUS. Jit423 Nov 7 #2

Trumpism will be a word you'll hear the rest of your life lame54 Nov 7 #3

The thing is, five years is a long time when you're already in your 70s or 80s hawkeye21 Nov 7 #4

Maybe he will be "D" in just a couple months. He looks to be in bad shape. Trueblue1968 Nov 7 #9

I remember feeling yhat Tickle Nov 7 #5

It doesn't make me feel good at all knowing all the potential damage that will be Jspur Nov 7 #7

I don't think he'll leave office. EndlessWire Nov 7 #8

Honestly? I think about Bush all the time and how he should be rotting away in prison. Solly Mack Nov 7 #10

Obama and Bush largely keep their mouths shut. stumpysbear Nov 7 #11

I've already ForgedCrank Nov 7 #12

I can't even picture him living 5 more years NameAlreadyTaken Nov 7 #13

Comparing him to my dad who lived to be 88, Trump reminds me of my dad at around 3 years before he died Quixote1818 Nov 7 #15

I agree Blue_Roses Nov 8 #17

Yep. And, also, sometime this century, Elon will be wandering around in a giant mansion wearing a bathrobe and storing Iris Nov 7 #14

If we still have a country in 5 years DFW Nov 8 #16

I hope you're right. It took Germany 12 years to get rid of Adolf, and look what it took. raccoon Nov 8 #18

After creating an ecosystem for worse??? JCMach1 Nov 8 #19