It's possible Trump doesn't resurface in any serious way.

[Renew Deal]

I've seen these old rich guys deal with adversity before. They always claim there is a second act, something in the works, etc., and little or nothing happens. Trump will find it extremely difficult to hold rallies now that raising money is more difficult and there is no plausible reason to do so. Starting a new party is hard and he doesn't like hard work. We just might see him fade away.

[exboyfil]

1. I wonder if he won't run some sort of RNC extortion racket

I won't release the Kraken if you pay a family member or two a consulting fee. The Kraken being a direct attack at established Republican politicians beyond those he has already blowtorched.

[Freethinker65]

2. Soon, in two weeks, once the audit is over, by Easter, after impeachment, once it gets warmer...

[underpants]

8. LOL

👍

[marble falls]

3. I think he and his brood are done politically, convicted in the Senate or not.

[SKKY]

4. If Trump was in his 60's, I'd say for sure he'll be back....

...Plus, with everything he is going to be dealing with when the Cyrus Vance comes calling, I don't think he'll have much time to think about anything else.

[Wednesdays]

31. I just told my family, it's 50/50 he'll live to see the 2024 election

Regardless of what happens to him in impeachment or with lawsuits.

Or if he lives that long, he'll be an invalid and/or totally consumed by dementia.

[SKKY]

35. Those are odds are about right as best I can tell...

...I don't wish bad things for him, or anyone in the Trump family, but I don't wish them well either. I guess Baron gets a pass because he's just a kid, but I am aggressively indifferent about ever seeing another Trump on my television. Or in the news. Or where ever.

[unblock]

5. He will sulk for a while, but he'll be back. He can't resist the lure of the spotlight.

I'm guessing his next act will be trump-branded pillows.

[underpants]

6. How many reality show contestants exit with "You haven't seen the last of me!" ???

(Arrested Development narrator)
We’d seen the last of them.

[Renew Deal]

10. Good point

Tons of them, all the time.

[panader0]

7. Proud Boys, Boogaloo Bois and "Q" have abandoned him and labeled him a weak traitor.

That's a good chunk of his base. He'll have about as much of a political future as Pence.
In other words, he's done. His brand is ruined. And the law suits haven't even begun.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Agreed

The power of the presidency is gone. His opinion on every matter is no longer important.
And, how he feels about things is irrelevant to what will occur, because he's had his fangs pulled.
He's just a guy that lost.
Geez, even some of the radical right have tossed him aside.
And, R power brokers have been ignoring him for 2 months.
His supporters will lose interest, the powers that be will no longer see him useful, and the RW media will have the new administration to flail. Propping him up will be priority 98.
He's going to fade, and I think sooner than most people estimate.

[Wednesdays]

32. He's already faded.

There's not much new news about him today, ya notice?

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Today Is Thursday

He's Wednesday's news!
See what I did there?

[Buckeyeblue]

11. He really screwed up the last 2 and a half months

I think he'll pop up here and there but he'll never be more than a novelty. Had he conceded and cooperated and not tried to overthrow the government, I think he could have had a strong post-presidency.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

12. Many will do whatever we can to prevent him from resurfacing.

Any means short of violence to sabotage him and his family is on the table.

[chriscan64]

13. He will mostly resurface as a defendant in civil and criminal trials.

Whatever pathetic comeback attempt he has planned will be hampered by the time and financial constraints of practically living in a court room. He has many trials awaiting him for the stuff we know about, there may even be more stuff uncovered now that he no longer can manipulate the Department of Justice.

[Maeve]

14. It has already started

He has been tossed to the curb by some of the Q-nuts and more will realize they were conned. He hasn't the energy to start up anything and none of his family have the star-power to pull it off.

And then there is the financial and legal mess ahead for him....

[Hortensis]

15. Yes.

[EarthFirst]

16. With any luck he will resurface the road after getting hit by a transit bus in WPB... nt

[TuskMoar]

17. Hopefully, he will waste away in prison. But if not,

his future will be similar to those of disgraced evangelical preachers. He might get a show in Branson, MO selling some kind of dietary supplements that are sure to protect against viruses. It will probably be based on "top secret" information he learned as president that "they" didn't want anyone else to know about.

[Billytee]

18. With all the lawsuits headed his way, he won't even have time to get to KFC much less resurface.

[keithbvadu2]

19. I want to see much publicity for him in court and prison.

I want to see much publicity for him in court and prison.

[Bradshaw3]

20. He deteriorated physically in the last four years

Funny since the office ages but he didn't do anything so it must be something else. He is in bad shape physically and mentally. And he wasn't great to start with. The ultimate rejection of losing and his comfort food and comfort rage obsessions will make it worse. I doubt if he lives another five years.

[MineralMan]

21. That is my sincere hope.

He's old and tired. I can relate to that, being just a year older than he is.

He is going to face some very serious financial issues very soon now. Worse, he's not going to be able to borrow funds, since he owes far more than his actual net worth. As President, he got a temporary pass on some of his debt, but that's over now.

Donald J. Trump is poison to lenders at this point. They want to be repaid and they want to be repaid now. Trump can't repay. All of his real estate assets are leveraged beyond their value.

Politically, I think he has lost any credibility he might possible have had. His four years as President were a complete disaster. Many supported him only because he held the office. Now he does not. He is a very high maintenance politician with very high negatives overall.

He has never had any loyalty to those who put their loyalty to him on the line. He burned many bridges on mere whims. Those who claimed loyalty to him did so only because he held power. Now that he does not, he can do nothing for those people.

I think he will quietly slip out of the public eye. Personally, I do not see him being alive in 2024. I don't think he will survive his sharp comedown.

Trump is finished, I believe.

[Dem4Life1102]

22. Only when he figures out a way

to grift money from his dumb supporters

[smirkymonkey]

23. I agree.

for many reasons.

[pwb]

24. Trump's are use to the penthouse. They will miss living in a city.

Now they are down with the lowlife unwashed in their minds. Thing is cities will not be nice to them. Cities like taxpayers. IMO.

[RobinA]

25. He's Done

My firm belief is that he will not be back. His power right now is zilch, as it came only from actually being the President. I'm way more concerned about the smarter Trump lurking out there. We got lucky, if you want to call it that, that Trump is so incompetent and unable to get his personality out of his own way. He's given a lot of workable ideas to those who are better able to make things happen their way.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

26. Till his bloated carcass washes up on some beach somewhere

The once great beast now a rotting pile of blubber being picked at by sea gulls. Although, except for the sea gulls, it's kind of where he's at now.

[Towlie]

27. I don't want to see him fade away, I want to see him locked away!

 
←

In fact, I think I'll make that my sig.

[apnu]

28. I hope this is what happens.

That he slinks away in ignominy and spends the rest of his days in Mar-a-Largo exile watching whatever wealth he has be eaten by numerous legal actions against him.

[SweetieD]

29. I agree. I think he is humiliated. I don't see him coming back. He may grift on a 2024 run

but I don't think he will take it seriously at all, it will just be a money grab.

[ooky]

30. He's the consummate Loser, the very definition of losing.

In his final act of cowardice he rolled his own rioters under the bus. This coward is disgraced and finished. I still expect him to leave the country once his grifting dries up.

[crickets]

33. If our luck holds, he'll fade away.

Big Money has dropped him like a rock. He's of no real use to Putin any more, deep in debt, facing serious civil and criminal charges from NY state and others, and there's a good chance his second impeachment will end in conviction after some highly revealing and embarrassing hearings and testimony.

He might be able to squawk for a while if Twitter is stupid enough to lift his suspension, but even if that happens, there isn't a lot he can say that matters now that his political power is gone.

If we're really lucky, he might even go to jail.

He's done. Good riddance.