Well, he won’t do it on the 19th.
I’m naive, but I think it will be the one I said earlier.
- Suffer no personal consequences, continue his ludicrous rallies, and die with nothing ever touching him.
As we get closer ( I guess I cheated by waiting ) some facts are starting to take shape about Trump’s endgame plans. The Daily Beast is reporting unusual military activity at the military base next to Trump’s Scotland golf resort. Evidently it is scrambling to get together fuel to refuel a military Boeing 757 plane similar to the one used by Trump after he was first elected.
A fully refueled military Boeing 757 plane taking off from Scotland could make it to Moscow easily. (It’s not an exact straight line from DC to Scotland to Moscow, but it’s somewhat close.)
Or, if you play Avalon Hill’s “King Maker” maybe Trump is planning to hide on Scotland for 7 turns…
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Is Daily Beast reliable at all? I have no idea.
I am naive, but I still doubt he’ll flee to Moscow right away like that. So blatant, would ruin his entire legacy.
Daily Beast has done some good journalism, but they are also prone to posting breathless speculation about all manner of things. I would put this in the latter category.
The chief characteristic of a narcissist is the illusion that he is truly a god among men. A defeat of this magnitude will shake his psychological structure to the core. Trump is no different but, no, he will not kill himself because another one of his characteristics is cowardice.
I’m afraid I cannot share your concern because, in my mind, I cannot find even one redeeming human quality within this man. I honestly believe that, if he were in the right situation, he would be on the same scale as the most ruthless dictators that this planet has ever seen. He has no moral compass, he hasn’t the slightest iota of human compassion, and he has a god complex that, in his mind, gives him carte blanche to do anything and everything he wants to do in order to benefit himself and increase his power. No one else matters. NO ONE.
It occurs to me that Jeffrey Epstein was widely considered a narcissist, and look how that turned out.
yes.,…something here does not compute. The only links I could find on Google about this trip to Scotland all rely on the same single source: that article in the Scottish newspaper…
The article contains a lot of “facts”-- about air force activity,about advance notification of radio call signals, etc—…all reported by anonymous “observers”. These facts should be verifiable if a good reporter wanted to do so.
If there was any truth to this,I would expect other news sources–and the entire Democratic party–to be screaming about this in bold headlines.
I would not expect the Democrats to be making any noise about this whatsoever. “Don’t spook him”. This would be an ideal outcome for their party and indeed for the country.
There’s a lot of talk about Trump skipping the country and the logistics of someone with his high profile being able to do it. But what about his underlings? Are we likely to see current White House staff turning up overseas in the days just before and after the inauguration?
Underlings don’t matter. ‘Every man for himself!’
I’m just speculating that if we see saner minds opting for exile, that’s a strong indication that those in the White House know there were activities that could result in jail time. Most of us suspect those activities have been going on, but it’s still only speculation until the protections of the presidency are stripped away in two weeks.
Even rats know how to leave a sinking ship. The only question is whether Trump’s ship will actually sink, or if he will continue to milk his rabid supporters for years to come.
Apropos of nothing, I wonder if it’s possible to milk a rat.
You need really tiny fingers. I think I know a person.
I semi-agree with this. I fully agree that Trump doesn’t understand that committing crimes is wrong and that most people obey the law even in situations where it doesn’t benefit them.
But Trump does understand power. He thinks being powerful means you can do whatever you want and make other weaker people obey you. So right now he’s angry and confused because it’s not working. He’s threatening people and giving orders but they’re not doing what he’s telling them. Why are people saying Joe Biden won the election? Trump says he won the election and he’s stronger than Joe Biden; why are people not listening to him?
So I feel Trump understand he’s in trouble. He just doesn’t understand why.
One of the best comments in the thread, hands down.
I liked this one.
Deserves a big hand, maybe even the Palm d’Or.