How long will Trump be president?

How long will Trump be president?

Poll: How long will Trump be president?

Total Members Polled: 516

1 complete term: 174
2 complete terms: 137
Impeachment during 1st term: 103
Impeachment during 2nd term: 4
Assassination 1st term: 60
Assassination 2nd term: 3
Strop Off : 42
Defect to Russia: 6
Vanishing mysteriously : 0
Dies of something random.: 26
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rdjohn

6,186 posts

196 months

Thursday 18th May 2017
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He will not get impeached, he will resign beforehand. So a Strop-off, I suppose.

He will drown in the swamp, rather than drain it.

What happens afterwards is the really worrying part. The right to carry guns is all about having the ability to overthrow an unwanted government. And the NRA makes sure that their followers are fully "locked and loaded".

Halb

53,012 posts

184 months

Thursday 18th May 2017
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Greg66 said:
I've given up predicting what happens in the US. Too many variables.

However, it would not surprise me if the Special Counsel led to impeachment, Trump refuses to resign and fights it, wins, and then gets re-elected.

Similarly it wouldn't surprise he that much if Trump refused to co-operate with the Special Counsel and ended up getting impeached for that (rather than for any obstruction of justice that led to the SC's appointment), was found guilty, refused to leave office, rallied an armed group to march on Washington, and ends up precipitating a mini left vs right civil war.

Nothing seems clear any more.
Indeed, it's like...a new line gets marked each day, no point being amazed at anything that happens, because shortyl, a new line of wacky will be drawn. Veep/Bob Roberts/Thick of It/Whoops Apocalypse/Dead ZOne/Idicocracy/Dave/Man of the Year/Manchurian Candidate et al all rolled into one. biggrin

superkartracer

8,959 posts

223 months

Thursday 18th May 2017
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Maybe he can join this lot -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D40fXVzaU80

scherzkeks

4,460 posts

135 months

Thursday 18th May 2017
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Rich_W said:
2 Terms
Still a very good chance of this, barring anything truly wacky.

The media is well and truly imploding however. WaPo posted 3 phony stories this past week alone. I suspect it will be decades before they recover.

s3fella

10,524 posts

188 months

Thursday 18th May 2017
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the night the penny dropped that he was going to win, about 11pm US time, there was some conference where one of his cronies spoke and people were in disbeleif that this guy with no political experience was going to be president. The guy agreed and said quite clearly as I recall, that he would surround himself with people, spend just 2 years max at the helm, then hand over to Pence.

It's never been repeated from what I see, but it seems quite likely, although will he last 2 years!!