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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill the Terra Cotta Toddler get 25th Amendmented out of office? I doubt it.
Not for a long time, or at least for as long as they can prop him up. It's ironic, but I think he'll end up the same as his dad Fred.
If you remember the stories, Fred spent his later days getting into his 3-piece suit, going down to his office and signing pieces of paper they provided him, often blank. They let him believe he was still in charge, which made him happy and manageable. Note - none of this 'support' came from his son Donald, who took the opportunity to be abusive (verbally and possibly sometimes physically) to get payback for all the abuse he'd gotten from Fred over the years.
However, Fred wasn't POTUS. Trump will be signing real pieces of paper and being told that all of these things were his genius ideas. He's always been a fool for flattery. When he can't be propped up, appear publicly, or stay awake any longer, it'll be over. Neither Vance nor Musk are able to keep the cult going. They are real con men, but they've always had to go out and find the marks; sign of a second-rater. They're not liked, let alone worshiped. They can't play the front man. Or get elected dogcatcher.
I wish Donald was able to understand irony; I'd love to let him know what's going to happen. But he can barely understand a simple declarative sentence. Complex ideas and subtleties have always been beyond him. He's going to be an object of contempt and...well, I don't think anybody who ever met him is going to feel pity for him. So, just contempt. My bet is that Ivanka will be the 'Donald' to Donald's 'Fred'. She'll put him through hell to get back at him for what he's put her through. Melania and Baron will have cashed out and abandoned him utterly. I don't think the boys are up to fighting Ivanka for control of everything and not a one in the entire family will be able to head the cult.
Surviving till he craps out isn't going to be easy, but there is an end coming eventually.

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