# What Happens if Trump Sets Up a Second White House at Mar-a-Lago? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338 "2020-12-18T14:46:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/61 "2020-12-21T20:11:41Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > It’s ratings gold, I tell ya. Yup, the way you describe it sounds like Judge Judy on steroids. If it wasn’t Trump doing it, if it was an ex-president or ex-candidate with a sense of humor, it could be kind of fun. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/62 "2020-12-21T20:19:12Z")
Surely Trump’s security clearance will be revoked come January 20th\*? He’ll be out of the loop and playing catch on current events, instead of idiotically and incompetently trying to spin them. \*_He’s too much of a risk to receive any intelligence briefings, I hope._ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/63 "2020-12-21T20:39:25Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Surely Trump’s security clearance will be revoked come January 20th\*? He’ll be out of the loop and playing catch on current events, instead of idiotically and incompetently trying to spin them. Trump doesn’t listen to or read security briefings. His information on current events is entirely based on right-wing news sources, which he will still have access to. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/64 "2020-12-21T20:42:36Z")
As other have said, so long as no one listens to him he for the most part can pretend to be whomever he wants. However there are a few ways he could get into trouble. If he makes promises on behalf of the US goverment and someone takes the bait, say agrees to build the wall under the belief they have a government contract, then he could be charged with fraud. If his “executive orders” explicitly led to some of his followers committing illegal acts he could probably be charged with something in relation to whatever it is they did (inciting to violence, conspiracy to commit XYZ etc.). Finally if he tried to run foreign policy from his shadow government he could be nailed for violating the Logan Act. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/65 "2020-12-21T20:56:39Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > In between shows they can sell reverse mortgages and robot uprising insurance to frightened seniors. “Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people’s medicine for fuel.” “When they grab you with those metal claws you can’t break free, because they’re made of metal, and robots are strong.” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/66 "2020-12-21T22:46:19Z")
“An insurance policy with a robot plan? Certainly I’m too old…” "Old Glory covers anyone over the age of 50 against robot attack, regardless of current health. “Old Glory Insurance: For when the metal ones come for you… and they will.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/67 "2020-12-21T23:07:03Z")
Actually, they should have hung Davis and Stevens. The only person executed for war crimes was the commandant of Andersonville prison. My great-great-grandfather was incarcerated there, he was sick a lot for the rest of his life. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/68 "2020-12-21T23:20:34Z")
Who plays Bob Woodward? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/69 "2020-12-22T01:59:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “When they grab you with those metal claws you can’t break free, because they’re made of metal, and robots are strong.” Is this true? @Discobot fortune ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/70 "2020-12-22T01:59:21Z")
> 🔮 My sources say no ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/71 "2020-12-22T01:59:40Z")
So there! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/72 "2020-12-22T02:36:33Z")
A TV commercial misled me?! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/73 "2020-12-22T05:07:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The only person executed for war crimes was the commandant of Andersonville prison. My great-great-grandfather was incarcerated there, he was sick a lot for the rest of his life. Mine died of scurvy after two months there. Another became a permanent invalid from tuberculosis after 6 months in another prison camp. So yeah, the leaders of the confederacy can rot in hell. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/74 "2020-12-22T13:13:40Z")
Heck, losing the civil war didn’t stop southern whites from indulging in the occasional lynch mob and Klan rally. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338/75 "2020-12-22T17:44:44Z")
> It’s ratings gold, I tell ya. They could make a movie of it and call it The Trump Show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-trump-sets-up-a-second-white-house-at-mar-a-lago/928338.md?page=3)