# Predictions: Trump After His Term Ends **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 17, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733 "2021-01-17T15:14:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/1 "2021-01-17T15:14:05Z")
I’ve been thinking about things that may happen to Trump after he leaves office. #1 - It will be found out that he did, or tried to sell pardons. #2 - Trump will have to declare personal bankruptcy within five years. #3 - If Trump is assassinated, then it will be by a QAnon/MAGA who feels betrayed by Trump (note, I’m not calling for Trump to be assassinated, I hope it doesn’t happen because then he will be a right-wing martyr and really he deserves to be in prison instead). #4 - While Trump’s crimes will be investigated, and Trump will be charged, Trump will not go to prison. #5 - A red notice will be granted by Interpol (I think by March 2021). Trump will not be able to travel abroad. #6 - It will be found that Trump had knowledge of the coordination attempts (foreign payments, Congress tours, etc.) behind the attempted coup. Trump will not have ordered any of it however. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/2 "2021-01-17T15:40:57Z")
He’s going to be fighting a long parade of civil federal and state court cases for the rest of his short life. If he were a decade younger he might have lived to see the inside of a cell, but he won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/3 "2021-01-17T15:49:39Z")
I won’t predict he dies in jail since my predictions about Trump are never accurate. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/4 "2021-01-17T16:01:18Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > He’s going to be fighting a long parade of civil federal and state court cases for the rest of his short life. If he were a decade younger he might have lived to see the inside of a cell, but he won’t. This plus, deprived of social media and the spotlight of his office, he’ll be restless and depressed, and his cognitive decline will worsen. No trump news network, no 2024 run, even if he’s allowed to. He’ll fade into obscurity. Part of that prediction may be wishful thinking on my part, I concede. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/5 "2021-01-17T16:08:21Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I won’t predict he dies in jail since my predictions about Trump are never accurate. - There’s a long list of bad to horrifying things that you could predict won’t happen to Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/6 "2021-01-17T18:21:29Z")
New York Magazine has this Intelligencer opinion piece/article (not sure which it is supposed to be). Basically, financial ruin and possible prison. > **[Trump Is on the Verge of Losing Everything](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/donald-trump-after-presidency.html?fbclid=IwAR1TccCzSsSUKBASH8SFl7QkBYsasfWoMAZoC9jM46TiOaXYhRmZFvuXIv8)** > > A broken president leaves the White House twice impeached, on the brink of bankruptcy, and criminally exposed. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/7 "2021-01-17T18:24:47Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I won’t predict he dies in jail since my predictions about Trump are never accurate. So please predict it won’t happen; then it’ll be a certainty. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/8 "2021-01-17T18:32:09Z")
[Monty Python]God knows all… He would see through such a cheap trick.[/Monty Python] ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/9 "2021-01-17T18:33:08Z")
Yeah, color me also doubtful that he will actually get his comeuppance. He will run out the clock. His life will be worse than his pre-presidency life, but better than it would have been without having been president. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/10 "2021-01-17T18:35:10Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > ### [Trump Is on the Verge of Losing Everything](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/donald-trump-after-presidency.html?fbclid=IwAR1TccCzSsSUKBASH8SFl7QkBYsasfWoMAZoC9jM46TiOaXYhRmZFvuXIv8) > > A broken president leaves the White House twice impeached, on the brink of bankruptcy, and criminally exposed. “At noon on January 20, Trump will be in desperate shape. His business is floundering, his partners are fleeing, his loans are delinquent, prosecutors will be coming after him, and the legal impunity he enjoyed through his office will be gone. He will be walking naked into a cold and friendless world.” Gives me goosebumps. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/11 "2021-01-17T19:03:07Z")
He will manage to keep himself “relevant” somehow. He isn’t articulate enough to host a talk show, but he will continue to _appear_ on talk shows, maybe just once a month, but forever. He will always find an enabler, and he will always perform to the lowest conceivable standards. He’s the family “crazy uncle” that you can never get rid of. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/12 "2021-01-17T19:09:30Z")
There will be a bit of follow up on the impeachment then the whole thing will vanish as if it never happened. Then will never hear about him again, unless they do another Apprentice. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/13 "2021-01-17T19:22:19Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > There wiII be a bit of follow up on the impeachment then the whole thing will vanish as if it never happened. Then will never hear about him again, unless they do another Apprentice. Maybe he could be a contestant on _The Biggest Loser_. He’d be a shoo-in to win. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/14 "2021-01-17T20:02:30Z")
Here is my fantasy. He is getting on Air Force 1 on Wednesday morning. At noon, the plane is about to land and the pilot gets an order to return to Washington and does so and Trump is left there having to pay his own way to go to Florida. I hope they have enough fuel. Only 68 hours and 58 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/15 "2021-01-17T20:43:43Z")
That piece warms my little heart, too. I hope he is indeed without allies. But then I remember those 74 million votes and I go cold again. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/16 "2021-01-17T20:50:14Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Here is my fantasy. He is getting on Air Force 1 on Wednesday morning. At noon, the plane is about to land and the pilot gets an order to fly to… Leavenworth, KS. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/17 "2021-01-18T13:34:37Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > ### [Trump Is on the Verge of Losing Everything](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/donald-trump-after-presidency.html?fbclid=IwAR1TccCzSsSUKBASH8SFl7QkBYsasfWoMAZoC9jM46TiOaXYhRmZFvuXIv8) > > > > A broken president leaves the White House twice impeached, on the brink of bankruptcy, and criminally exposed. > > “At noon on January 20, Trump will be in desperate shape. His business is floundering, his partners are fleeing, his loans are delinquent, prosecutors will be coming after him, and the legal impunity he enjoyed through his office will be gone. He will be walking naked into a cold and friendless world.” > > Gives me goosebumps. I read the whole article, and it was good, but in a tl;dr situation, that last paragraph really sums up the article with poetry and concision. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/18 "2021-01-19T04:03:47Z")
It’s been said before, but it’s true; the worst thing to happen to Trump was getting elected. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/19 "2021-01-19T04:07:20Z")
Trump will be indicted but he’ll delay delay delay until he’s dead. He’ll set sued left and right. He won’t see the inside of a prison cell. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733/20 "2021-01-19T04:09:59Z")
At some point Trump will complain that Biden is illegally overturning the things he did. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-trump-after-his-term-ends/930733.md?page=2)