# What's going to happen to Trump and his family if Dems win next year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418 "2019-08-29T15:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/81 "2019-08-30T21:19:28Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Hey people, you have to remember that Trump is a paragon angel without flaw, as well as a hero of the people and the best one at being best at everything. He’s literally saving the country and the economy as we speak. I’m impressed you could type that and still keep the contents of your digestive system intact. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/82 "2019-08-30T21:24:53Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > That said, it’s hard to picture a “riot” that I would want to see happening. A riot is defined by the fact that that in a riot people are attacking and destroying people and property. Probably not even the people or property responsible for the problem. Ah, but if said riot had a purpose and happened organically and in an appropriate place…I’m picturing an angry mob come to drag Trump & associates into the street for a brutal town hall meeting. There is such a business practice as “avoiding even the appearance of impropriety” which it would behoove even politicians to heed. Falling to an angry mob without a legit trial would be a terrible stain on a democracy, but can one really blame the mob if the subject has been aware of his image and done nothing to right or explain it? And would not such a spectacle at least inspire others to do a better job of not promoting their own traitorous image? Maybe we need to make a huge mistake. Maybe several. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/83 "2019-08-30T21:37:54Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I’m impressed you could type that and still keep the contents of your digestive system intact. I have an irony stomach. > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Ah, but if said riot had a purpose and happened organically and in an appropriate place…I’m picturing an angry mob come to drag Trump & associates into the street for a brutal town hall meeting. There is such a business practice as “avoiding even the appearance of impropriety” which it would behoove even politicians to heed. Falling to an angry mob without a legit trial would be a terrible stain on a democracy, but can one really blame the mob if the subject has been aware of his image and done nothing to right or explain it? And would not such a spectacle at least inspire others to do a better job of not promoting their own traitorous image? Maybe we need to make a huge mistake. Maybe several. The issue I have with this approach is that when you ask the question “And when does it end?” there are only two possible answers: 1. With the utter overthrow and replacement of the existing system. 2. With the perpetrators of the riot/rebellion arrested and censured with ample room left for the lionization of their victims. There are doubtlessly plural people out there that think that option 1 is way overdue, but when something like that happens you’re rolling the dice on the sort of governmental system you get out of it. I’m not sure I like the idea of living in an absolute dictatorship, even if (this decade) it’s led by the calm and reasonable people who would murder for justice. And as for option 2, well, in the musical _Assassins_ the song about John Wilkes Booth includes this: But traitors just get jeers and boos Not visits to their graves While Lincoln, who got mixed reviews Because of you, John, now gets only raves ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/84 "2019-08-30T22:40:19Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Books and speaking tours. There are enough people who view him highly that he will be able to turn a lot of bucks out of the title; possibly enough for a strong boost to his personal economy. > > Legally I think he will be chased but not caught. And depending on which Dem wins I could almost see a pardon to get the distraction that is the last four years behind us and over. If a Democrat wins the presidency and then turns around and pardons Trump, they are practically guaranteeing themselves a single term. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/85 "2019-08-30T22:48:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Putin will send a guy with a Bulgarian umbrella after him. A guy? Melania’s under orders to see to it Trump suffers a tragic home accident once he’s outlived his usefulness. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/86 "2019-08-30T22:56:28Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The best for our country going forward is to prosecute criminals. Especially in cases like this. Do you want more crooks in the White House? That’s what will happen if we tolerate this crap. > > And saying the only reason Trump is disliked is because Hillary didn’t win is the biggest load of Republican horse shit to ever come down the path. No, you’re thinking of the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the kidnapping and torture of its citizens. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/87 "2019-08-30T22:59:22Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > It means that we should be arresting the people who knowingly hire them. It probably doesn’t mean we should lock them in concentration camps without trial and separate the kids from their parents for literally no other reason than to be assholes. Don’t forget the encouragement of disease! The people who think life is a sacred gift from God are encouraging flu epidemics now as well. Seems an appropriate thing for swine to do. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/88 "2019-08-30T23:16:43Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Do you guys think that GOP politicians or the party will continue to back Trump if he loses in 2020 (for a 2024 bid) or will they go back to being anti-Trump like many were before he won? Some GOP politicians will still support him. People like Rep King. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/89 "2019-08-30T23:17:03Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > A guy? Melania’s under orders to see to it Trump suffers a tragic home accident once he’s outlived his usefulness. “No charge”. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/90 "2019-08-30T23:22:37Z")
There is nothing that Trump likes more than campaigning (except maybe golf). I expect he will go around the country campaigning full-time, denouncing every single one of Biden’s policies and actively run for the 2024 nomination. Which he might get since he has his base of 40% which must give him a majority of Republicans. Paul Krugman has an interesting column today in which he tries to analyze why the farmers who are suffering so much from the trade war continue to back Trump by a huge margin (I think it was 80%). His conclusion is that they understand MAGA to mean let’s go back to the way things were in the 60s when we were better off. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/91 "2019-08-30T23:28:43Z")
An even more fascinating question: what is the future for the Dems if Trump rabble-rouses his way to a second term? I think it is distinctly likely. There is no leader of the caliber of Obama in the Dem camp. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/92 "2019-08-30T23:45:43Z")
I think the Democratic Party would be damaged, perhaps mortally, by a second loss to Trump. But the Republican Party would also lose, big-time, if he won. He explicitly rejects traditional Republican values and positions. Perhaps _both_ parties reform themselves? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/93 "2019-08-30T23:52:53Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think the Democratic Party would be damaged, perhaps mortally, by a second loss to Trump. But the Republican Party would also lose, big-time, if he won. He explicitly rejects traditional Republican values and positions. But do his Supreme Court picks? ---
**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:** [August 31, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/94 "2019-08-31T00:05:37Z")
I have no idea what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/95 "2019-08-31T00:11:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I have no idea what you mean. Oh, sorry. You said: “the Republican Party would also lose, big-time, if he won. He explicitly rejects traditional Republican values and positions.” My question is: do his Supreme Court picks reject traditional Republican values and positions? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/96 "2019-08-31T03:36:19Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > If a Democrat wins the presidency and then turns around and pardons Trump, they are practically guaranteeing themselves a single term. I’m quite sure that they’d rather lose the next election than actually hold the Republicans accountable for something. For decades now the Democrats have put catering to the Republicans above any other concern. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/97 "2019-08-31T05:17:36Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I’m impressed you could type that and still keep the contents of your digestive system intact. > [@begbert2](#): > > I have an irony stomach. I have no come back, but just want to say I’m in awe of your wit there. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/98 "2019-08-31T14:31:28Z")
First he will have a [tanTrump](https://schumanchu.eu/html/l/l_00061tantrump.html). Then he will have a lot of [executive time](https://schumanchu.eu/html/l/l_00066executive~time.html) on his hands. 57 years according to my calculations, and I wish him a very long life to enjoy them in full. Or, if he gets sentenced in a State that still aplies the capital punishment, he will have a brief moment to [repent](https://schumanchu.eu/html/l/l_00057trump-old-sparky-color.html) of his sins. Not the ones you think of, sadly, but he will come to regret something. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/99 "2019-09-01T01:50:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Except that the Trump brand is close to worthless now, so they’re not going to make money by just slapping it all over buildings and businesses. I’m not a Trump fan or anything, but why would you assume that? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418/100 "2019-09-01T03:12:45Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I’m not a Trump fan or anything, but why would you assume that? I know this was not directed at me, but my guess is that some, will realize that the Trump brand is Fools Gold. Others, will of course, buy the worthless gold wrapped image that he sells. He’s what you get when grounded on an airplane and forgot to bring something to read. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-happen-to-trump-and-his-family-if-dems-win-next-year/839418.md?page=6)