With time, he becomes less feared and therefore less powerful. Especially if Republicans start suffering defeats, they will not stick by this loser as closely. It will still be a shitty four years though.

He may not survive the day, week, or month and when the reaper does claim him, there will be PLENTY of joy in Mudville once more.

More craven and less distracted.

Best case to me is Trump leaves without a successor and MAGA basically dies with him.

I am willing to endure anything to see him cold and stiff as soon as possible - I wake EVERYDAY hoping to see the blessed headline "Trump found dead on toilet, unsent nonsense on phone".

I'll worry about Vance and his predatory behavior around couches as necessary.

Vance is sharper and potentially worse on substance. That said, there is no way he'd command the loyalty of the GOP base. That's what makes Trump so powerful and dangerous.

When it does happen, I'm hoping it will be sudden, in full public view, and complete.

Double-entendre is deliberate.

A full-on coup attempt. He has a history. Most evil-doers do.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220295160

Since then, I noted that he and Putin are joined at the hip, or parts near there.

When one falls, so does the other.

Ukraine may liberate three nations.

That's why he eviscerated our intelligence agencies.

called it!

The qualified people in our intelligence agencies. And like he put in a 22 year old doge kid with no knowledge and experience in charge of an important intelligence agency.

We can blame the orange taco for anything that occurs domestic terrorist wise.

Noem is fixated on the border and kidnapping nail salon technicians. Ignoring cyber security.

There is no intelligence because former allies don't trust the convicted felon and his henchmen.

Whatever happens will be as much of a surprise to the felon as it is surprising to ordinary Americans. Terror from domestic right-wing nazis and al queda types.
The incompetent boobs can't keep anybody safe.

Facing us and We are so screwed.

Everyone, especially the click-hungry media, will be so shocked that revenge will be foremost on their minds. Trump will exploit this to assume dictatorial powers. It will be blamed on whatever "other" is convenient at the time: "rag heads," migrants, homosexuals, chinese, jews, anything will do. It really doesn't matter because everyone will willingly give up all of their freedoms.

I'll never forget Dan Rather, of all people, getting sucked into it after 9/11. On an appearance on the 9/17 Letterman show (the first after the 24/7 media coverage of 9/11 started to diminish,) Rather pledged to "line up like a good soldier behind President Bush to be used in any way possible to help with the forthcoming war effort." Rather also referred to the need to remove Saddam Hussein from power and the mistake it was not to remove him in the first Gulf War.