# The Trump-in-jail Prediction Thread

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**Created:** [August 16, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-in-jail-prediction-thread/988668 "2023-08-16T18:33:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-in-jail-prediction-thread/988668/21 "2023-08-17T01:26:11Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> Already his public statements are such that anyone else who made them would have their bail revoked

This. And the same thing can be said about his actions as well.

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**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-in-jail-prediction-thread/988668/22 "2023-08-17T02:01:15Z")

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Too many other countries have jailed presidents and prime ministers for me to think it unlikely in my country. I don’t see why the U.S. would be special here. The Nixon-Ford one-term precedent suggests no one will stick their neck out to keep Trump out of jail.

Although Trump is unusually careless when it comes to obeying the law, almost all presidents (and secretaries of state) do something arguably illegal. My prediction is that whenever an ex-president of one party enters prison, within fifteen years an ex-president of the other party will be jailed.

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