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‘He could go to jail’: for Donald Trump, election day is also judgment day
(www.theguardian.com)
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IF he loses, I assume he might try to flee.
I used to think that (even before Jan 6), but I've changed my mind. The trouble is that in order to make the decision to flee, he would have to first recognize and genuinely accept that he lost, but he's so terminally narcissistic that he's literally incapable of fathoming that concept. He'd still be loudly rationalizing to himself that he's "the real president" even while standing in a prison cell wearing an orange jumpsuit.
I don't think it's that at all, I think all his grandstanding is simply for his followers. He genuinely thinks if he plays the part and enough people believe it, then he can get away with it. Between Jan 6th and how many lawsuits he starts, if he can, he will. Hell, he'd probably attempt to start a civil war to keep himself from serving time, not to mention spreading propaganda of election fraud and numerous lawsuits to delay his losing the election.
I’ve been saying this for years. Eventually something is get him to point he’s really cornered.
Quick trip to Russia or North Korea, and he will live the few years he has left just fine.
He said next time he would talk with Musk, it might be in Venezuela