# I Predict Trump Would Resign. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 16, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050 "2016-07-16T16:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/1 "2016-07-16T16:05:10Z")
I think it may be Trump’s plan to win the election, and then resign and turn it over to the VP. He has chosen as a running mate a person who is arguably a qualified and credible candidate for the presidency. Trump wants the puffery of being a king-maker, and would get sworn in, and fairly quickly turn over the White House to a conservative Republican that he would trust, rather than to have to show up for work every morning for the routine drudgery of the Oval Office. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/2 "2016-07-16T16:23:28Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I think it may be Trump’s plan to win the election, and then resign and turn it over to the VP. He has chosen as a running mate a person who is arguably a qualified and credible candidate for the presidency. Trump wants the puffery of being a king-maker, and would get sworn in, and fairly quickly turn over the White House to a conservative Republican that he would trust, rather than to have to show up for work every morning for the routine drudgery of the Oval Office. If I were Trump, that’s what I’d _hope_ voters would think. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/3 "2016-07-16T16:53:37Z")
My point exactly: he doesn’t want the job, he wants the title. Why would this super-rich megalomaniac want to work for me? For us? He doesn’t make new rules, has to uphold the laws (even ones he disagrees with), can’t fire anyone he doesn’t like working with, is a child when people say mean things about him, and has a schedule that requires no time for meeting with a bankruptcy lawyer. And let’s not forget-- he is NOT a politician. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/4 "2016-07-16T16:56:30Z")
So, he strikes you as the kind of guy that gives up power once having attained it? He sure doesn’t strike me that way! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/5 "2016-07-16T17:07:07Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > So, he strikes you as the kind of guy that gives up power once having attained it? > > He sure doesn’t strike me that way! He strikes me as the kind of guy who would evade responsibility once bored with or inconvenienced by it. Source - his various failed business deals and lawsuits he filed to escape liability. I predict that President Trump will delegate more heavily than any president to date, and will more consistently blame/fire those he delegates for any problems that occur. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/6 "2016-07-16T17:13:34Z")
Also: vacations and trips abroad. And I’d bet money he tries to fire Mike Pence at some point. I bet he thinks being Vice President is no different than any of the VPs who work for his corporation. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/7 "2016-07-16T18:00:31Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > So, he strikes you as the kind of guy that gives up power once having attained it? > > He sure doesn’t strike me that way! Well, when there’s a substantial amount of money to be made, sure he likes THAT kind of power. But when he sees a daily agenda that amounts to attending a civil rights meeting, greeting a Chinese ambassador, then traveling to the Middle East on a peace mission-- no way in hell will he want the job. His name is a name to be sold and marketed, not a name that is here to work for ME. He wants to make America great again… for himself, not anyone else. He still thinks he’s allowed to do this with a stroke of a pen. President= man in charge of a company. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/8 "2016-07-16T18:04:47Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I’d bet money he tries to fire Mike Pence at some point. I bet he thinks being Vice President is no different than any of the VPs who work for his corporation. I’d bet money he picked the guy because “Mike R. Pence” sounds like “My Apprentice”. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/9 "2016-07-16T18:18:30Z")
Damn straight he’s in it for the money. After four years in the job he’ll have a rolodex of contacts that will pay huge dividends. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/10 "2016-07-16T18:20:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’d bet money he picked the guy because “Mike R. Pence” sounds like “My Apprentice”. :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/11 "2016-07-16T18:23:16Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’d bet money he picked the guy because “Mike R. Pence” sounds like “My Apprentice”. It’s just crazy enough to be plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/12 "2016-07-16T18:26:39Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Damn straight he’s in it for the money. After four years in the job he’ll have a rolodex of contacts that will pay huge dividends. We’re all thinking he has a lot of long-range evil plans, but remember the guy is 70 years old. And you don’t get orange skin by being real healthy. Unless…he plans to force the American Science Society to build him a super-strong robot body? With really long fingers? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/13 "2016-07-16T19:57:08Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’d bet money he picked the guy because “Mike R. Pence” sounds like “My Apprentice”. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/14 "2016-07-16T20:26:48Z")
he’s even joked about it himself in interviews saying once he’s made the statement that he wanted to there’s not much he’d wanna do ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/15 "2016-07-17T04:14:29Z")
It’s a comforting thought, but what in Trump’s history suggests that he’d want a hardcore conservative to win? Everything we know about Trump’s history suggests he’s entirely comfortable with a Clinton in the White House. So the only explanation of him running against a Clinton in the White House is ego. He wants the job himself. Now he might resign out of pique at some point during his Presidency, but I don’t think he just takes the oath and just steps down. ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/16 "2016-07-17T13:11:49Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > I think it may be Trump’s plan to win the election, and then resign and turn it over to the VP. He has chosen as a running mate a person who is arguably a qualified and credible candidate for the presidency. Trump wants the puffery of being a king-maker, and would get sworn in, and fairly quickly turn over the White House to a conservative Republican that he would trust, rather than to have to show up for work every morning for the routine drudgery of the Oval Office. So you’re saying Donald J. Trump would willingly step out of the brightest spotlight on the planet? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/17 "2016-07-17T13:24:01Z")
> [@Batfish](#): > > So you’re saying Donald J. Trump would willingly step out of the brightest spotlight on the planet? Exactly. Trump loves the attention. And if he gets elected, he won’t give up the attention he gets from being President to go to the attention he’ll get for being an ex-president. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/18 "2016-07-17T13:32:23Z")
I still say there’s no way Donald Trump will ever expose himself to the reality of being humiliated in the national eye, particularly not by a woman. He will win the nomination at the RNC just to prove he can. When defeat looks inevitable, he’ll blame it on underhanded dealing by the Republicans and drop out to announce some other yuge venture (a TV network, a PAC, or distant third, a splinter party). Remember he’s not a politician. He doesn’t have to return to constituents in a home state, he has no other political future, he’s barely shown an interest in campaigning or governing. He lives for outrageous theatre and there is no higher theatre than collecting the Republican nomination only to burn it in front of our eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/19 "2016-07-17T13:37:35Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > I still say there’s no way Donald Trump will ever expose himself Well, it would settle that “short fingers” rumor once and for all. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050/20 "2016-07-17T14:13:22Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > I still say there’s no way Donald Trump will ever expose himself to the reality of being humiliated in the national eye, particularly not by a woman. He will win the nomination at the RNC just to prove he can. When defeat looks inevitable, he’ll blame it on underhanded dealing by the Republicans and drop out to announce some other yuge venture (a TV network, a PAC, or distant third, a splinter party). If not the “distant third,” do you figure that means a Clinton-vs-Pence election? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-trump-would-resign/760050.md?page=2)