The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

[septimus]

I wasn’t the only one here who made the following prediction, nor was this the earliest mention at SDMB:

@septimus

Yes. Wasn’t it Donald Jr. who spoke of how glum their election “victory” celebration was? Melania had tears, “and they weren’t tears of joy.” Trump never wanted to win. That’s the mind-boggling irony of this catastrophe. He hoped to come close of course and not be known as the buffoon that went down in a landslide. But he didn’t think the nightmare scenario had a chance of coming true.

He and his family are trying to make the most of it, of course, scarfing up a few extra millions. (He even has WH staff pimping Ivanka’s apparel lines. :smack: ) Unfortunately, he will want to win re-election. He doesn’t want to spend his final years as a disgraced laughing-stock without the ability to pardon.

But now I learn via this MSNBC panel discussion that “some people close to Trump” are making exactly the same point — Trump seeks re-election not so he can continue “making America great again” but simply to avoid paying for his crimes. Yes, this is what the American Presidency has come to.