Will Trump have an iconic "leaving" photo like Nixon?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Not sure but if he does it'll likely more resemble his walk of shame after the Tulsa rally than Nixon's.

[John Dule]

Maybe the wig will finally fly off.

[Crumpets]

Yes, but I think these will still be the ones that go down in history to represent Trump's failures, maybe more comparable to Bush's "Mission Accomplished" photo.

[Hermit For Peace]

How about a middle finger salute.

[Oregon Eagle Politics]

[Middle-aged Europe]

He already has an iconic "leaving" tweet and it is probably this one:

Donald J. Trump
@realdonaldtrump

These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!
Jan 6th 2021 - 6:01:04 PM EST

[Fight for Trump]

In my dreams, boarding an Aeroflot charter flight sent by Daddy Putin to flee mounting criminal charges and a crumbling business.

[ProudModerate2]

Yes.
A photographer will catch the moment when one of the White House's long-term staff members, kicks trump's orange derrière with his foot, as he leaves for the last time.

[brucejoel99]

Yes, but I think these will still be the ones that go down in history to represent Trump's failures, maybe more comparable to Bush's "Mission Accomplished" photo.

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Nah, the Mission Accomplished moment was when he announced he'd ended the pandemic, the Dukakis in a Tank moment was the bible photo-op, & the W. looking out the window of Air Force One at Katrina-wrecked New Orleans moment was his COVID hospitalization joyride.

For once, that sulking helicopter moment might've just been its own unique(ly Trumpian) thing.

[HisGrace]

Would be funny if he tried for one but tripped and fell down instead and that ended up being the iconic photo that symbolized his whole presidency.

[Badger]

Not sure but if he does it'll likely more resemble his walk of shame after the Tulsa rally than Nixon's.

I suspect if there is any such photo it will be along these lines.

I can't see prosecutors opening a can of political worms by doing this on inauguration day itself , but there is still a nonzero chance it would be him being cuffed and stuffed just outside the White House grounds.

[Alben Barkley]

Not sure but if he does it'll likely more resemble his walk of shame after the Tulsa rally than Nixon's.

I suspect if there is any such photo it will be along these lines.

I can't see prosecutors opening a can of political worms by doing this on inauguration day itself , but there is still a nonzero chance it would be him being cuffed and stuffed just outside the White House grounds.

Well he is a flight risk. Gotta book him before he flees to Russia and rooms with Snowden.

[Fight for Trump]

Not sure but if he does it'll likely more resemble his walk of shame after the Tulsa rally than Nixon's.

I suspect if there is any such photo it will be along these lines.

I can't see prosecutors opening a can of political worms by doing this on inauguration day itself , but there is still a nonzero chance it would be him being cuffed and stuffed just outside the White House grounds.

Well he is a flight risk. Gotta book him before he flees to Russia and rooms with Snowden.

Let him flee. It'll be more embarrassing for him to be on his knees kissing Putin's ring than in prison.

[Mr. Smith]

Would be funny if he tried for one but tripped and fell down instead and that ended up being the iconic photo that symbolized his whole presidency.

Ford already did that.

Not sure why so many red avvies here fetishize him so, even accounting for hindsight biases.

[leonardothered]

I mean this is ironically the point of his 'grand farewell' bullsh**t; he wants to not look like Nixon, and will of course look exactly like him.

[Badger]

Would be funny if he tried for one but tripped and fell down instead and that ended up being the iconic photo that symbolized his whole presidency.

Ford already did that.

Not sure why so many red avvies here fetishize him so, even accounting for hindsight biases.

He was the only semi-decent Republican president in the last 60 years?

Well, that's not entirely fair to Bush Senior. The guy richly deserve defeated for re-election as he was, but deserves credit for the military and diplomatic success of Operation Desert Storm, as well as signing the ADA ( even if primary credit for that legislation of course belongs to the late great Ted Kennedy)

[Progressive Pessimist]

I used to think the image would be him being dragged out of the White House, like a misbehaved toddler at a toy store, by the Secret Service or US Marshalls but it is finally looking like he's going to be leaving on his own accord. Knowing how volatile he is, of course, that could still happen for all I know.

Really, I hope it's similar to his failed Oklahoma Rally aftermath photo. Add his makeup running and toilet paper on his shoe to it though. I just want every embarrassing thing from all of the various humiliating photos of him over these past four years to combine into some sort of super-storm of shame.

[GP270watch]

Not Trump but the sadboi photos are already starting.



 Navarro leaves with a portrait of Xi Jinping eating Trump's lunch.