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Smackdown2019

(1,187 posts)
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:51 AM Dec 2018

Impeachment or Resignation?

Will Trump be impeached or will he resign?

Everyone knows that Trump days are marked, even his trumpers. The question that is on everyone's mind is, will he be impeached or resign before the final vote in the Senate is cast?

With the imbalance of Congress, I feel that Trump will push it all the way through the impeachment process; even if damming evidence is displayed. 2/3 of the Senate would be a hard goal to be made when we can not even break a stalemate to open the government today.

What are all of your thoughts?

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Impeachment or Resignation? (Original Post) Smackdown2019 Dec 2018 OP
His pattern is to quit randr Dec 2018 #1
Trumpy will likely try to activate his base to begin civil protests and other forms of unrest. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2018 #6
Both. Look to what happened with Nixon. TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #2
I want him completely Scarsdale Dec 2018 #13
Relax. Once he's out of office and his Saudi and Russian money dries up... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #14
He has destroyed lives Scarsdale Dec 2018 #16
I'm with you - I want him stripped of his money AND his surname forever smeared csziggy Dec 2018 #18
Amen! Smackdown2019 Dec 2018 #19
I'd like to see the word "trump" to become known like "quisling" is csziggy Dec 2018 #22
Mueller's results first, IMO. Then, the evidence will be overwhelming. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2018 #3
Isn't that a Constitutional Crisis? TrogL Dec 2018 #8
C. sarisataka Dec 2018 #4
I agree Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #10
some sort of "medical condition" vlyons Dec 2018 #5
Yes, that's the easy, face-saving way out unblock Dec 2018 #7
Neither edhopper Dec 2018 #9
Um, castration Tech Dec 2018 #11
Neither oberliner Dec 2018 #12
Impeachment or resignation? Yes, please! Cousin Dupree Dec 2018 #15
Indictment..... Pachamama Dec 2018 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Dec 2018 #20
So basically your OP says Trump can't be successfully impeached and won't resign. Kingofalldems Dec 2018 #21

randr

(12,412 posts)
1. His pattern is to quit
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:56 AM
Dec 2018

He will have a hard time figuring out who to blame in order to keep his minions attached. Somehow he has historically come up with nefarious support that has kept him bailed out and ahead of the law. He may have reached the bottom of the barrel.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
6. Trumpy will likely try to activate his base to begin civil protests and other forms of unrest.
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:05 AM
Dec 2018

He's a vengeful character, after all. He'll want to burn down the house. But it will be ineffective because his "base" isn't nearly as radical as he thinks. They're more interested in the drama, not the action. But I have a prediction: Trumpy's rule will end by June or July. He will resign, be impeached, or die. July would be a reasonable months for Trumpy to suffer a severe health emergency. The pressure will be too great, and something will have to give-- more likely it will be Trumpy's arteries.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
13. I want him completely
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:35 AM
Dec 2018

humiliated. Exposed for the traitor and con artist he always has been. I want him and his entire family fined and impoverished. Let them find out what working for a living feels like, after prison sentences. Let princess Ivanka go without any Botox or surgery to keep her fake looks. Let Maleria go back to escorting, or else being a madam. Beavis and Butthead can find out how many women they can attract when they are "working class". They are totally worthless, the entire group. They have cost taxpayers millions of $$$$, protecting their useless arses. I want the entire truth about them all exposed no matter how shocking it all will be. In two short years they have almost destroyed everything this country USED to stand for.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
14. Relax. Once he's out of office and his Saudi and Russian money dries up...
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:38 AM
Dec 2018

he'll destroy himself just like he did in the past.

If it wasn't for that TV show, he wouldn't have two nickels to scrape together.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
16. He has destroyed lives
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:59 AM
Dec 2018

with business practices, scammed small business contractors. Paid off women, molested others. Then he walks away, smirk on his face thinking he is something special I want the sob HUMILIATED to the extent it is possible for him to be humiliated. Stripped of all he holds dear, his money. Slimy bastard deserves to be totally destroyed.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
18. I'm with you - I want him stripped of his money AND his surname forever smeared
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 02:36 PM
Dec 2018

With the crimes that have been committed by his family since his grandfather arrived on the North American continent.

Remember, most of the "Trump" properties were not owned by him, but his got big bucks for licensing his name to be plastered all over them. I'd love for those property owners to sue Trump for their money back and for the expense of having to rebrand everything.

But I also want the Republican Party to be destroyed by their efforts to defend this piece of shit.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
22. I'd like to see the word "trump" to become known like "quisling" is
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 05:23 PM
Dec 2018
"Quisling" (/ˈkwɪzlɪŋ/; Norwegian pronunciation: [²kvɪslɪŋ]) is a term originating in Norway, which is used in Scandinavian languages and in English for a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force – or more generally as a synonym for traitor. The word originates from the surname of the Norwegian war-time leader Vidkun Quisling, who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime during World War II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quisling


The word "trump" should be English for a person who sells out their country purely to make money.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
3. Mueller's results first, IMO. Then, the evidence will be overwhelming.
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:57 AM
Dec 2018

But with Mueller's results, we'll also find that Pence has big problems and likely committed felonies, especially with regard to Flynn's activities before he was fired. So it will be both Trumpy and Pence who will be on the chopping block. We're likely six or seven months away from President Pelosi.

TrogL

(32,822 posts)
8. Isn't that a Constitutional Crisis?
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:21 AM
Dec 2018

I thought the 25th Ammendment or Impeachment proceedings defaulted to the VP taking over?

Oh, I get it now. Pelosi as Speaker takes over.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
5. some sort of "medical condition"
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:04 AM
Dec 2018

will give him a face-saving condition to quit. Hey bone spurs worked. Why not some heart condition.

unblock

(52,221 posts)
7. Yes, that's the easy, face-saving way out
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:12 AM
Dec 2018

He's 72, rather overweight, and doesn't eat right.
I don't think he gets enough exercise. He sure golfs a lot, but the cart takes away the walking, which is the real exercise.

A medical condition is quite plausible, even if he has to lie.

edhopper

(33,579 posts)
9. Neither
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 11:24 AM
Dec 2018

if the House impeaches (and they should!) he doesn't get convicted in the Senate.
Declares that proves his innocence and runs in 2020.

Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)

Kingofalldems

(38,456 posts)
21. So basically your OP says Trump can't be successfully impeached and won't resign.
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 04:33 PM
Dec 2018

And that we are powerless to do anything. Is that correct?

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