January 3rd 2027

[Elixir]

Now that the predicted blue wave seems to have materialized, I’m interested in y’all’s thoughts on J3.

If this had not been an historic ass-whooping, I think a violent insurrection attempt was in store. But IMO it would take more courage than the right has ever shown, to try to fly in the face of such a unified message as was sent last night. So I am at a loss as to what to expect.

Will Rethuglicans put away the ARs and play nice like good little boys and girls, or attempt more scurrilous subterfuge, knowing that this time consequences could be severe and fast, and pardons might be hard to come by?
If Trump was more than a greedy, stupid, senile old weenie, I’d expect him to try to get the military to install him as Leader for Life. But he’s not that guy.
I half expect him to put himself in exile, and live out his days in a palace on Russia’s Black Sea.
Thoughts?

 

[ideologyhunter]

I hear people say that Trump will leave the Presidency sometime soon. James Carville's been saying this. A Trumpie at the coffee shop said it this morning as we woke folk gloated over the midterms.
I don't think this is possible without an undeniable health crisis. It's just not Trump. He is so enraptured with his vision of Caesar-like greatness that he will never accept the role of quitter. It's much more likely that he'll spend two years shrieking about witch hunts, telling Congress it can't subpoena his staff, and telling us that he loves the veto just as much as he loves tariffs.
The most we can hope for -- and I hope for this hugely -- is that the corruption can be investigated, that Trump is humiliated over and over, and that some of his dumbest schemes (like that damn triumphal arch) can be buried in lawsuits. Also that more hecklers tell him to shove that ballroom up his fat ass.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I needed to double check, Trump resigning before serving two years doesn't give him another bite at the apple. Can only be elected twice. His resignation comes at the willing of the GOP.

Now, please keep in mind, Vance is worse than Trump. He has competence to go along with his lack of morality. So stupid narcissist or competent psychopath... neither are great options. Goodness, the idea that Trump is a firewall to something even worse... or at least worse in some ways. Trump is worse in others (see Hormuz).

As to OP, the margin of victories were huge, it'll be very very hard to do anything at this point. If the Senate was 51 to 49, there were options. If the House was tighter, fight certifications. But the Dems just won too convincingly. Actually so convincingly my non-CT mind is CT'ing how in the heck Trump won in 2024. Regardless, the next two years are a blank canvas and I don't think a single person can know what is going to occur.

 

[ideologyhunter]

Vance is surely less likely to launch a nuclear weapon. Trump cannot be trusted with nukes. He's in a state of self-worship that puts him in cloud cuckoo land.

 

[laughing dog]

Vance is worse that Trump except he has no base. With the Democrats in power, JD has 2 years until retirement. VPs who replace the President in office don't have a good history at winning the POTUS.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Now, please keep in mind, Vance is worse than Trump. He has competence to go along with his lack of morality. So stupid narcissist or competent psychopath... neither are great options.

I know he is not the dementia-riddled, pathologically lying, narcissistic moronic conman that Trump is, but what exactly are some examples of this alleged “competence” you speak of?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Now, please keep in mind, Vance is worse than Trump. He has competence to go along with his lack of morality. So stupid narcissist or competent psychopath... neither are great options.

I know he is not the dementia-riddled, pathologically lying, narcissistic moronic conman that Trump is, but what exactly are some examples of this alleged “competence” you speak of?

Dude made money. He was successful in business. I was speaking to that, not politics. Dude has been in politics for what, 4 years? But he'd have a machine behind him to get the evil work done.

 

[bilby]

But the Dems just won too convincingly. Actually so convincingly my non-CT mind is CT'ing how in the heck Trump won in 2024.

Why are you so hung up about thinking the way they think in Connecticut??

(I think I might know, but it has to do with that state being controlled by a cabal of lizard people, freemasons, and the illuminati).

 

[TV and credit cards]

A couple article titles:
Vance repudiates Iran war after US electoral defeat.
Trump says US will stop $4 billion in aid to Israel.

With such a shellacking, Vance has no problem speaking out publicly about this boneheaded Iran fiasco and Trump being Trump deflects blame on to Israel. He's pissed at Bunjamin but Bunjamin played him and Trump knows it.

Trump has lost his MAGA Mojo. He's got no juice with the GOP. Hell, MAGA might have to rebrand itself... again. I wouldn't be surprised if he just didn't show up for work. We'll all be wondering if he quit.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

A couple article titles:
Vance repudiates Iran war after US electoral defeat.
Trump says US will stop $4 billion in aid to Israel.

With such a shellacking, Vance has no problem speaking out publicly about this boneheaded Iran fiasco and Trump being Trump deflects blame on to Israel. He's pissed at Bunjamin but Bunjamin played him and Trump knows it.

Trump has lost his MAGA Mojo. He's got no juice with the GOP. Hell, MAGA might have to rebrand itself... again. I wouldn't be surprised if he just didn't show up for work. We'll all be wondering if he quit.

Gas prices drop already? He said they drop magically after the election.