SDSU Aztec wrote:
agip wrote:
I just don't get this argument.
Trump's entire life story has been searching for ways to get in the newspaper, to create headlines.
He's had plenty of failures before. Plenty. But he kept finding ways to stay relevant.
I think there is only a very very small chance that this failure is so massive that he is reduced to irrelevance.
Esp when it seems pretty clear that the trumpists have won the day in the R party.
Why wouldnt' he step up to claim his kingship? He just has to get through the senate trial first, and see what charges he is brought up on elsewhere.
Going from being POTUS, to the leader of the Patriot Party (what could possibly be more ridiculous?), would be like playing Single A ball after being a MLB all-star.
My bet is that Trump is to remain the king of the asymetrical response.
Meaning he doesn't have the majority behind him, but makes the greatest impact he can with tiny, targeted actions. His base can muster that, but when we look at the mass moves of this country in recent history, it was not him and his followers. Even the capitol insurrection, his crowning achievement and groundswell, was quickly thwarted by the powers representing the masses.
He will preach to his base, at least those who haven't abandoned the man who they feel abandoned them, and will make largely symbolic declarations and initiatives going forward.
If he is to be contained and if the public wants to hurt him in a way which matters to him, of course the impeachment with conviction would be significant, but just as significant would be if businesses boycott his brand and if the courts go after him with substaintial financial penalties, back taxes, etc.