Actually if Trump's primary goal here is to stroke his ego and add more zeros to his bank account, then it's not that difficult to see him resigning maybe a couple years in, assuming the heat keeps getting turned up on him and things keep getting more difficult. Imagine if Democrats did somehow take back the House, and they begin relentless investigations into his administration. Might Trump, already having accrued many lucrative deals for himself, want to step down to avoid further scrutiny/headaches? It's not like he would have to admit he did anything wrong. He could simply say the Washington elite have made it impossible to Make America Great Again, or, you know, something like that. This would of course be the traditional Trump strategy - blame everyone else and take no responsibility, ever.
But if his cult sees that he couldn't trample the Washington elite, what will they do? I thought he was the answer to their prayers?
Maybe tune out of politics and become bitter for a couple election cycles? Not sure. Morbid as it is, Trump's base skews older so it's not like it would present a long-long-term problem anyhow.
Trump hasn't always been against doing things that make him look bad so long as he doesn't have to admit he was wrong. If he can convince himself it is someone else's fault, I'm sure it becomes a lot easier for him. Plus, I might add, I feel like Trump has always wanted to be POTUS more for power and prestige, and once he finds that he has less power than he thought and far less prestige (given his negative antics), I don't see why he wouldn't want to cut it short if he already got himself paid, so to speak.
Somone should start a crowdfunding campaign to buy him out. Just a big pool of committed money that he gets after he resigns.
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