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Political hot take prediction
236 sats \ 8 comments \ @crrdlx 16 Dec Politics_And_Law
Political hot take prediction...
...Trump hasn't even become Trump 47 yet, and a lot (a LOT) can happen in three or four years, but here's a wild prediction I'll make...after 3 years as president in round two, Trump will resign to allow VP Vance to take over as president.
My thinking...Trump will have done what he wants to do by then. He's enough of a narcissist (he's the biggest narcissist ever, the most beautiful narcissist ever, and the most humble person ever as well, both at the same time) he: (a) won't want to finish out as a sterilized lame duck and (b) will want to further cement his legacy and longevity. Stepping down and allowing Vance to get a year or so of presidential experience would largely help his chances at getting elected in his own right. That in turn would open the door for eight years of a President Vance and a continuation of "Trump 48 and 49", not to mention any Supreme Court nominees Vance might make.
Remind me in three years.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @satcat 17 Dec
He won't step down in a million years, it's his life obsession to never lose at anything. Of anything he'll probably try to get another 4 years after his second term.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @crrdlx OP 17 Dec
Heh, you might be right.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave 17 Dec
How does someone be the most narcissistic and the most humble? Aren't those kind of opposing energies?
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @crrdlx OP 17 Dec
opposing energies? Absolutely they are, which is why I put them in there together. Trump says some crazy things, so why not say that? :) At some point, he did say he was the most humble person ever or something like that. I thought, he's bragging about how humble he is? Hmm.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 17 Dec
It could happen. I like your theory.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 16 Dec
It might happen, but Trump is a bit too egotistical for this kind of sacrifice, don’t you think?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @crrdlx OP 16 Dec
I considered this and you may well be right. Power must be a really powerful drug because people hang on way too long (Biden, McConnell, Pelosi). Just retire and enjoy the grandkids. For Trump, this still likely applies. But then, 1. he does things differently, 2. this might be a way to actually boost his image ("he stepped down and martyred himself for the good of the cause"), and 3. he might not be able to handle the lame duck situation of no one really paying any attention to you because your clock is ticking and you're done.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 16 Dec
Well we are finding out now, aren’t we. McConnell, Pelosi and Biden are on their way out due to health problems due to age and accidents. Pelosi will probably be out of the picture in a year because of the broken hip. McConnell just fell and now has ‘leg stiffness” (an indication of possible blood clotting). And Biden, well, you know about Biden’s problems. Trump seems to be in rather good health for a dude his age, so the age problem may not take him. There comes a time when there is no holding on to power because you can no longer hold on to anything.
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