Honestly, I think's Trump's post-election significance is being much overestimated.....

[marmar]

..... watching MSNBC, there was lots of talk about him running a "shadow presidency" and that he'll still be the defacto head of the Republican Party. Maybe I'm wrong, but I see his impact fading rather quickly.
My bigger concern is that the next right-wing flavor of the month might be a more competent fascist.

[Atticus]

1. FWIW, I agree. nt

[Karadeniz]

2. I think his influence will fade, especially if the lawsuits start cascading.

[NanceGreggs]

3. Totally agree. n/t

[abqtommy]

4. No matter what happens with tRUMP we'll still be stuck with all his psychotic/psychopathic

followers/enablers and that really gives me a chill!

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. The great shrinking Donald.

Imagine his historical footprint. The most incompetent pResidential blowhard that accomplished way less than nothing.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. I'm Leaning That Way Too

Leaning pretty hard, too.

[Lisa0825]

7. I'm not that worried that he'll maintain control of the GOP, but that his cultists will continue

or escalate acts of violence.

[dutch777]

8. Yep, can you say Sarah Palin?!?! But I worry...

...as one person said, there may be an even more capable fascist in the wings. Tom Cotton? Why we need to get control of the Senate and fix some legal loopholes, regulatory procedures and so on.

[AleksS]

9. I'm adopting a wait and see approach.

Honestly, his batshit crazy followers are completely unfathomable by me. They could keep maga-ing, or could switch to a new flavor, or could all decide they’re now into making YouTube videos about eating wood chips and old socks and none of those options would surprise me more than any other.

[GopherGal]

23. Same. Though maybe not the wood chips part...

The two paths to continued power I think of are:'
1) A run for president in 2024.
2) Power as "king-maker" whose endorsement helps Repuke candidates.

Given the state of Orange Jabba's physical and mental health, it's hard to imagine him as a viable 2024 presidential candidate. But it's still hard for me to imagine how a habitually mendacious, racist, failed businessman won the 2016 Repuke nomination, so what do I know.

So it's a little bit the same story for case #2 - I can't fathom why a MAGAt would care for Drumpf's opinion in the first place. His reputation should be so tainted by the continued losing, that his endorsement should hold little weight. But this is the MAGAts, the same people who are still sending him money.

[Progressive dog]

10. I agree

On January 20th, he will begin to cease being news unless he or members of his regime are indicted.

[soothsayer]

11. I'm hoping he causes a schism and torpedoes the GOP forever

[Andy823]

12. I just hope

he takes out his revenge on Mitch and the GOP by telling his cult NOT to vote in the Georgia Senate race. After that he can do his best to rip the republican party apart while trying to defend himself from all the lawsuits and investigations that will be coming up.

[Thekaspervote]

13. Agree!

[hlthe2b]

14. My more optimistic self agrees.

I hope you are right. I am sooooo over hearing about him day in, day out.

[smirkymonkey]

15. I was just saying that to a friend today.

Eventually, the loser label is going to stick, especially once the lawsuits and indictments start to pile up. Once all but his most die-hard cult members realize that nobody is taking their guns away, we aren't shifting into radical communism or even socialism, churches aren't being closed down and life is pretty much going on as usual, he is not going to have as much appeal as he did when he was in power.

Besides, he is a one subject bore. He's only interested in himself and what directly affects him. It's always the same old rants, over and over again. You could see his groupies getting bored with him toward the end of his first term as it was, even when they still thought he was going to win. They will latch on to something or someone else and eventually forget about him.

He's getting more unhinged by the moment. Even the most obtuse MAGAt will become disillusioned at some point.

[uponit7771]

16. Not with a 90% approval rating on what's left of the kGOP, Red Don will be a decider in REPUBLICAN

... MAZI world not the real world.

We'll see, the supporting senator thing is becoming a story ... so

[DemoTex]

17. Agree.

[Demonaut]

18. and we've underestimated too many times

[JI7]

19. He will be golfing all day

[JDC]

20. He will have his hands full with the law in about 45 days

That and fighting Melanie over the divorce.

[DesertRat]

21. I think it depends on how much cable news coverage he gets

If they'll stop paying attention to his demented ramblings, he'll fade into obscurity.

[Yavin4]

22. Maintaining a "shadow presidency" requires energy, money, and time.

Three things that Trump does not have.

[PoliticAverse]

24. Do people remember the shadow Trump tweetidency when Obama was President?

Expect that to resume.

[UTUSN]

25. K&R