One day soon, Trump is going to get told. He is going to lose.

[mahina]

His henchmen are not going to be willing to go to prison for him, mostly.

He is going to get the word he’s going to need to start getting ready to leave the WH.

We’ve all got our thoughts about how that will play out and I have no idea really other than this: he’s not going to be able to stay there.

I expect he’s going to try and make it as unpleasant as possible for as long as possible.

I don’t know who it is that’s going to have the responsibility of telling him the news but I bet they will relish it.

It won’t be Jared and it won’t be Miller. Will it be McConnell. Maybe the staff will smuggle in Kelly or Mattis or both. Joint chiefs?

Who will he listen to? Hannity? One of the Russians?

[No Vested Interest]

1. I don't think any one peron would be willing to bring the news.

It would be an assemblange, including some family members, maybe even Melania.
It won't go well.

[mahina]

2. You're probably right. I saw that he hasn't tweeted all night, a rarity. Maybe it already happened.

I don’t think he’ll be able to mask the sadness and anger at rallies afterwards.

[dchill]

3. "Maybe it already happened." I could buy that...

...if I believed such a stalwart and brave Republican existed.

[regnaD kciN]

4. I think he's already been told...

...that's why he's suddenly taken the hard turn toward calling on the courts to "get rid of the ballots" and refusing to promise a peaceful transfer of power. He knows that the only way to prevent himself from facing criminal charges come January is to somehow keep himself in power, and he's currently grasping at straws on how to do it. Sadly, RBG's death has handed him a lifeline on that, as I really think he believes that a SCOTUS with Barrett added will order mail-in ballots to be left uncounted.

[mahina]

5. He could go somewhere without an extradition treaty.

He’s still face charges but not actually face them.

[agingdem]

6. he knows now...

he knows he's going to lose much in the same way he knew covid was lethal..and that's why he's doing everything he can to "poison the well"...insisting he's winning, citing outlier Trump-friendly polls, rallying his hate-fueled base to worship at his feet, bellowing he will not go quietly, taunting Joe like a middle school mean girl.....and lastly there's Barr playing Eichmann to Trump's Hitler...this reality tv buffoon knows but only when FOX declares him the loser will he believe it...

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. He'll never admit he lost.

There was a documentary on trump a while back. Some bank analyst who was familiar with trump said he never met someone more able to self delude. He said trump would spin his own failures and bankruptcies in to a win - like we’ve already seen him do.

[agingdem]

11. he self deludes because

he has zero cognitive awareness...he believes in his own delusional "magnificence", masochistically depraved in his need to hurt and destroy all those who refuse to see the "greatness" that is Trump...

[NanceGreggs]

7. I think he's already been told ...

... most likely by Ivanka.

After the Tulsa rally, I believe he came to the realization that his popularity among his staunchest supporters wasn't what it used to be. Over 100,000 people turned out to be 6,000 - and we've all seen the photos/videos as he landed back at the WH. That wasn't someone dealing with a temporary set-back; that was a broken man suddenly having to face reality.

I think his bravado about not leaving the WH, etc., is nothing more than theater for an audience of one - himself. No way his ego will allow him to admit inevitable defeat. It's more in keeping with his persona to pretend he's on his way to certain victory, and to conjure up far-fetched scenarios by which that can be accomplished.

Donald Trump is a very sick man, mentally and physically. And he's scared shitless about what fate awaits him once he's out of office. So it's not surprising that he would continue to play the part of the sure winner, despite knowing he's going to lose.

[sprinkleeninow]

13. he wrote his own ticket

he asked for it

he reaping what he sowed

it went to his head getting 'picked' for this position of power

not the denouement he expected

[safeinOhio]

9. I'm thinking on the positive side.

If we can take control of the Senate and the House and he steals the election, he may wish he lost.

[TlalocW]

10. The last three months (actually a little less)

Is going to be hellish. Forget about the SCOTUS fight, etc. He's just going to act out like a petulant child and double-down on turning things to shit.

TlalocW

[maryellen99]

12. I wouldn't be surprised that if he does concede, he'll send Ivanka or Melania out to do it for him

[dawg day]

17. I don't think either of those ladies are going to stick

they'll both be absent once it's clear he's lost.

[canetoad]

15. What scares me, Mahina

Is his potential to use the 'scorched earth policy' in a political way.

When Hitler eventually accepted that the Russians would prevail in the east, his response was to destroy everything prior to the advance of the Red Army. No matter that ethnic Germans suffered in Czechoslovakia or Poland. Nothing must be left for the Russians.

Trump doesn't have the capabilities to bomb and burn buildings but he can use the power of the presidency to further unwind the progress made by Obama and Biden. He, and his pathetic lacky of an AG can (and probably will) with the support of McConnell set back progress by decades, leaving the ruins for Joe and Kamala to pick up and fix.

[Botany]

16. He has been told already

Back in the middle of the summer.

[Catherine Vincent]

18. I don't have the certainty of some of you

Wasn't HRC in the lead of most polls in 2016?

[BlueWavePsych]

19. Drumpf is toast!

[FakeNoose]

20. I believe he has been told already

... however he'll always believe he can bullshit his way to a victory. He'll always think that "his people" will believe him no matter what. And they will believe him, until they finally wake up and realize they've been deceived all along.

It's going to get ugly.

[Tarc]

21. I honestly doubt it

Trump is in full Adolph-in-the-bunker-mode now. He doesn't have actual advisers, he has people who tell him things so he won't get angry at them.