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Let me make this pellucidly clear (Original Post) malaise Aug 2022 OP
I still think a coward suicide or at least the appearance of one is quite possible any time. Brainfodder Aug 2022 #1
The experts say it's not part of a narcissist's playbook malaise Aug 2022 #2
I was thinking Hitler.... Brainfodder Aug 2022 #3
'Suicides' are in the Russian playbook EYESORE 9001 Aug 2022 #4
My bottle is on ice waiting malaise Aug 2022 #11
That is exactly the case. llmart Aug 2022 #5
Yes a stress related event would be malaise Aug 2022 #7
Trump is too much of a coward to do that. Emile Aug 2022 #12
I do so hope you are right! Maeve Aug 2022 #6
I'm kind of surprised that he hasn't had one of those yet. GoCubsGo Aug 2022 #8
You too? malaise Aug 2022 #9
Yeah, that term was chosen deliberately Maeve Aug 2022 #13
I can imagine how they welcome his threats malaise Aug 2022 #10
I hope he doesn't have a heart attack. That would make him a martyr in the eyes of Ferrets are Cool Aug 2022 #14
I have a respectful, serious question, gab13by13 Aug 2022 #15
Agree malaise Aug 2022 #16
A lot can happen in the next few weeks Maeve Aug 2022 #17
I am rooting for "comeuppance coming." gab13by13 Aug 2022 #18
Ok, so maybe not the hitler route NQAS Aug 2022 #19
Leaving the USA would be worse than suicide for malaise Aug 2022 #21
When things get too hot for him he will do a runner. Aussie105 Aug 2022 #20
He will be a pariah malaise Aug 2022 #22
He could flee to Moscow as the net tightens around him. IronLionZion Aug 2022 #23
While that's a nice speculation, we've been hearing that for years Marius25 Aug 2022 #24
I know, I have a dozen of these threads bookmarked lol. nt BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #26
This guy is such a pain in America's ass. spanone Aug 2022 #25

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
1. I still think a coward suicide or at least the appearance of one is quite possible any time.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 06:27 AM
Aug 2022

I have that feeling, so many dirty assholes that he could now be more than just a little expendable to them as now a danger to them.

At least that feels likely in a future screenplay?

malaise

(269,091 posts)
2. The experts say it's not part of a narcissist's playbook
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 06:57 AM
Aug 2022

But this lying liar has tied himself into a pretzel and there is no way out of this mess.

llmart

(15,542 posts)
5. That is exactly the case.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 07:27 AM
Aug 2022

Narcissists truly believe that the world cannot get along without them so they rarely commit the act. However, they will threaten to or hint at how they're thinking of it because they love the attention it gets and the chaos that it stirs up. It's also why I've always doubted that Epstein did himself in.

However, all the stress may cause him to have an "event" of which I would welcome by popping the bubbly!

Maeve

(42,283 posts)
6. I do so hope you are right!
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 07:32 AM
Aug 2022

I was talking to someone with a friend in the "Alphabet community" (FBI/CIA/DOJ etc). He insists that the amount of info already public indicates they are serious as a massive heart attack.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
8. I'm kind of surprised that he hasn't had one of those yet.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 07:41 AM
Aug 2022

Just imagine the stress he's under. And, as his niece pointed out, he has nobody to bail him out for the first time in his life. No father. No Bill Barr. No Roy Cohn. All that stress, a lifetime of drug use, and abominable lifestyle habits... He's a ticking time bomb.

Maeve

(42,283 posts)
13. Yeah, that term was chosen deliberately
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 07:55 AM
Aug 2022

But I think he might be more likely to stroke out (and THAT was a golf joke!)

For those thinking he'll suicide--"suspicious death" is more likely; he should be glad Vlad is so busy in Ukraine right now

Ferrets are Cool

(21,108 posts)
14. I hope he doesn't have a heart attack. That would make him a martyr in the eyes of
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 08:12 AM
Aug 2022

millions of cultists. I want to see him behind bars.

gab13by13

(21,363 posts)
15. I have a respectful, serious question,
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 08:13 AM
Aug 2022

I believe there is a lot of evidence out there to indict Trump for at least 1 or 2 crimes and have a good chance of getting a conviction.

My question, does DOJ have to indict before the election? Consider that a Trump trial will take 2 or 3 years to happen. Consider that if, God forbid, we lose the House, the climate will be a heck of a lot different.

We do have the Fani Willis prosecution to lean on. I hear prosecutors say that even that prosecution is not a slam dunk. Just food for thought because the MSM always pushes the Magat narrative, already the narrative is changing from Trump's classified document crimes to questioning the search. If we lose the House, Congressional Magats will be able to really control the narrative.

I think that if the heat keeps coming at Trump that instead of a heart attack or stroke, he may have a nervous breakdown, but how would we know? Trump needs to be made toxic, toxic to Magat politicians and to Fox News. That is the worst thing that can happen to a Narcissist, no more loyalty or adoration, he will melt like the wicked witch.

Maeve

(42,283 posts)
17. A lot can happen in the next few weeks
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 08:30 AM
Aug 2022

The Mango likes chaos, but I think he may get swallowed by it this time. Garland is keeping his cards so tight to his chest, predictions are impossible, but I'm going to continue to mix metaphors and say the explosions aren't over yet and the Mango is headed for trouble no lawyer (or congress-critters) will be able to save him from. And he deserves every last bit of comeuppance coming.

NQAS

(10,749 posts)
19. Ok, so maybe not the hitler route
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 08:55 AM
Aug 2022

Is there a consensus here about whether he might go to an extradition- free country?

Granted, he’s gotten away with so much for so long that he may think he’s untouchable and invincible. But he also knows that he’s committed espionage, and there’s not a lot of ways to get around that.

So, what say DU?

Does he stay or does he scamper off to Mongolia?

Aussie105

(5,412 posts)
20. When things get too hot for him he will do a runner.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 09:03 AM
Aug 2022

Years from now, his death in a foreign country will be reported in small type, page 9.

People will go . . . who was he again?

IronLionZion

(45,466 posts)
23. He could flee to Moscow as the net tightens around him.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 09:20 AM
Aug 2022

then whine that he's a political refugee or something like that. At some point, they should take his passport and declare him a flight risk.

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
24. While that's a nice speculation, we've been hearing that for years
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 09:21 AM
Aug 2022

Even if he's charged, it only takes 1 MAGA cult member on a jury to set him free.

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