# Prediction: if Trump wins, he will resign on day 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [April 5, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891 "2024-04-05T17:12:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/41 "2024-04-06T03:03:44Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > To be fair, Russia and Turkey leap to mind as two countries who have leaders who managed to extend their term in office beyond what had been legally allowed in their countries. > > Which is to say, it can happen. It took Putin more than two terms to become effective president for life. After his second term, he had to settle for premier. Trump is too old to follow the Putin timetable. Erdoğan is an autocratic leader who has stifled Turkey’s press. But elections there, from what I hear, are still fairly run, explaining how his party just lost big in local elections. The courts still enforce the constitution, which was changed through the legitimate amendment process so he could stay in power. If Trump is re-elected, there will be a lot of drama and uncertainty as to whether he can consolidate power. I would look for opportunities in my local community to help those who may be threatened by his cruelty (immigrants), rather than run away to another country or give up. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/42 "2024-04-06T03:53:12Z")
I don’t see it, Trump liked being president, but he disliked being chief executive (too much like work) and he _really_ disliked being told ‘your fired.’ He may not crow about his victory and mash his enemies for the whole term, but it’ll be more than days ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/43 "2024-04-06T09:12:23Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > He may not crow about his victory and mash his enemies for the whole term, but it’ll be more than days Thanks, I needed a good laugh to start my day. 🤣 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/44 "2024-04-06T14:03:24Z")
No, I agree with outliern. Trump is too lazy to focus on anything for four entire years. Sure, he’ll attack people at the beginning of his term and later when he remembers it. But there will be plenty of days when he just sits around all day watching TV and drinking diet Pepsis. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/45 "2024-04-06T16:17:07Z")
At what would his victory speech, he’ll say something like, “I just wanted to prove I could do it. Do you think I’d want to preside over a country that would elect an asshole like me?”, and he’ll turn his back, board his plane, and as punishment for our wickedness vanish from public sight. It will serve us right. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/46 "2024-04-06T17:30:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But there will be plenty of days when he just sits around all day watching TV and drinking diet Pepsis While his flunkies, cronies, and hangers-on loot the country and destroy the rule of law in his name. So even his days off will be colossally destructive. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/47 "2024-04-06T17:31:33Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Liz Cheney warns that if Trump wins, he’ll never leave office. I’d like to suggest the opposite: he will do his dictator-for-a-day thing, then resign on the second day. Absolutely no way would he hand Power over to someone else, who could then screw him over the way he wanted to screw over people, but the principled people in place wouldn’t let him. Look at what happened to King Lear. I doubt if The Donald ever read King Lear, but he understands the pitfalls of power well enough. And _depending_ on someone _else_ to pardon him? Absolutely no way’ ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/48 "2024-04-06T17:50:03Z")
I highly doubt he would make it through his first term, since his health and mental state are already so bad… So I think he would end up dying or resigning before the next election. But not on day two, no. He _might_ go into it with the intention of resigning at a specific point for health reasons, etc., but I’m sure he would plan to set up his new fascist regime solidly first. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/49 "2024-04-06T17:54:20Z")
Not a chance he resigns. If he gets elected, I expect he’ll leave office in a coffin. Hopefully before he does too much more damage. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/50 "2024-04-06T18:13:51Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > He gets lots of attention as kingmaker without all the stress. I don’t disagree that he loves the power. But he’s already done that, and he loves his freedom even more. I think the temptation of the magic wand that makes those cases go away, with the added benefit of no stupid reports to pretend to read, will outweigh that. There’s some truth to what you say - currently, he only wants the Presidency to bend the arc of justice safely away from him. However: - This would take more than a couple of days. Sure, he could get inaugurated, write himself pardons, then peace out. But he needs to persist through all the challengest, complications, etc. - Trump’s personality won’t let him give up power or attention. He held the job in 2016 in spite of not wanting it, and 2024 will go the same way. - There are _many_ ways that Trump can (and must) use the powers of the Presidency to sustain his failing businesses and repay favors. His corrupt to-do list can’t possibly be achieved in 2 days. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/51 "2024-04-06T22:00:31Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > He gets lots of attention as kingmaker without all the stress. I don’t disagree that he loves the power. But he’s already done that, and he loves his freedom even more. I think the temptation of the magic wand that makes those cases go away, with the added benefit of no stupid reports to pretend to read, will outweigh that. The way Trump does his presidenting is not stressful. Four and five day weekends at Mar-a-lago every weekend, call e meeting every once in a while to have people kiss your ass, and just generally be perceived to be the most powerful person in the world. He loves that shit and can’t get enough of it. Also, getting elected doesn’t make the cases in Georgia and New York go away, but being in office might put them on hold. He’s definitely not stepping down when that could mean stepping into a prison cell. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/52 "2024-04-06T22:24:39Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > The way Trump does his presidenting is not stressful. Four and five day weekends at Mar-a-lago every weekend, call e meeting every once in a while to have people kiss your ass, and just generally be perceived to be the most powerful person in the world. He loves that shit and can’t get enough of it. I largely agree. Remember all that “Executive time” reporters discovered on his daily schedule? Further investigation concluded this was Trump spending the better part of the day watching cable television and rage tweeting. But I think the normal physical guardrails and unavoidable obligations of the presidency grated on him. Remember how he was quoted as saying the White House was a dump? He was bored to tears getting briefed on anything. Any meeting that wasn’t a Trump fan club session was a drag, and he couldn’t wait to get out of them. He prefers going where he wants, when he wants, doing what he wants, surrounded by gilded and gaudy fixtures. He wants the power and adulation. The rest of the package? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/53 "2024-04-06T23:54:10Z")
I’m pretty sure Trump will choose to not attend annoying meetings rather than step down to avoid them. Who’s going to tell him no? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/54 "2024-04-07T00:00:52Z")
More importantly, there’s nothing in the _Constitution_ that says he has to stay at the White House. If elected, I could easily see him choosing to do all of his business out of Florida, and the government can come to _him_. Which would tickle his fancy, especially if he charges all of his costs of operating out of his own “home” to the government. Not to mention, ahead of time securing a ton of consideration from local businesses and DeSantis for bringing in a metric ton of government cash for people staying, eating, and visiting to lobby. And three-fer, getting to not only crush DeSantis in the primary, but displace him as the most famous and influential person in Florida, the seat of his power. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/55 "2024-04-07T00:18:05Z")
I guess it’s possible he could get elected and live his life exactly as if he weren’t president, living where he wanted, spending his day only on non-president stuff. But I don’t think so, not completely. Remember his indignant denial that he had ever called the White House a dump? Even he knows he has to put some bare minimum into pretending he’s the president, someone who reveres tradition and the Constitution. As long as he half-asses his duties, he’s free to hobnob with dictators, cozy up to neo-Nazis, and golf more than Rory McIlroy. But I think he does his bare minimum under protest. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/56 "2024-04-07T00:52:39Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > There are _many_ ways that Trump can (and must) use the powers of the Presidency to sustain his failing businesses and repay favors. His corrupt to-do list can’t possibly be achieved in 2 days. This, exactly. He won’t resign on Day 2; he will have to stick around to fire all those Deep State operatives who head up or hold important positions in various federal agencies (FCC, CDC, FBI, etc.) and replace them with lackeys/yes-people/toadies. That’s going to take some time. Plus, he will have to repair all the so-called “damage” that the Biden administration has done. He’ll reinstate his Muslim ban, reinstate tariffs on other countries’ goods (I’m sure that he still doesn’t know how those work) and resume work on his wall. Of course, he will be directing government funds into his hotels and golf courses for visiting diplomats and the Secret Service. Between all that, and his executive time, and golfing every weekend, he’s going to be too busy to quit. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/57 "2024-04-07T03:43:05Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Even he knows he has to put some bare minimum into pretending he’s the president, someone who reveres tradition and the Constitution. Why? He would never have to face the electorate again. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/58 "2024-04-07T06:59:27Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Why? He would never have to face the electorate again. Like I said, I guess it’s possible. Is he going to blow off attending the G7 because he doesn’t feel like flying overseas to hang around with those stiffs? Maybe, but I don’t think so. Here’s hoping we never find out. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/59 "2024-04-07T10:48:27Z")
He doesn’t need to resign to get out of presidential responsibilities and keep all the perks. I think before he’d resign, the long suffering Melanie will be stricken with some nebulous illness. That keeps her from having to make appearances or actually do anything. He spends all his time at her side, at least in appearance! They can both do nothing, go on holiday and spin it as standing by a sick wife. His mates will play it up large and massively attack anyone trying to pursue him for any reason. It’s a perfect excuse to avoid the press, appearances or responsibilities. They holiday, for M’s health, advice of a Dr etc, avoid appearances in court or anywhere else. While all republicans scream all over the press, about hounding a man with a sick wife. The vice P can handle the day to day while Donald calls the shots from Mar a Lago. Seems more like Donny than quitting! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891/60 "2024-04-07T12:58:25Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Personally I don’t think of trump so much as a politician. He’s more like a concentrated form of greed, venality, and hubris assembled into human form. An avatar of maliciousness. Wow. That’s perfect. But you forgot ‘Bully’ I don’t see him as a politician either. Or a business man. He’s a con man and a cheat and liar. That’s it. That’s his entire ‘business’ plan. What sucks is it sort of works/ed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-if-trump-wins-he-will-resign-on-day-2/999891.md?page=4)