brentsimmons
brentsimmons

I’ve said before, and I’ll repeat: I want to see Trump, his family, and his enablers all come to see his election as a personal calamity. They should regret it with every cell in their body.

I’m sure Manafort and Cohen already do. And now Roger Stone.

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cleverdevil
cleverdevil

@brentsimmons very much agree. It is quite difficult for me to be patient with the process, but I am hopeful that the long tail of justice will take them all down. Every single one of them. Until then, I still feel such a deep shame for our country.

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frankm
frankm

@brentsimmons I think Trump thinks that a President cannot break the law, therefore, when he no longer is President her can be charged and can go to jail. Therefore, I don't think he will go down quietly.

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dgreene196
dgreene196

@brentsimmons I’m not sure Trump has ever seen anything he’s ever done as a calamity or an embassassment. He’ll always be innocent in his own mind. No matter how foolish and ill-advised that mind may be.

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ReaderJohn
ReaderJohn

@dgreene196 That’s exactly right. He’s the classic sociopath: I’m okay, you’re not okay.

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dgreene196
dgreene196

@ReaderJohn I’m skeptical he’s a sociopath; he’s just entitled to the 99.99997th percentile. I have no doubt he’d rank himself among the top 3-5 presidents ever.

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brentsimmons
brentsimmons

@dgreene196 If he’s in prison, or otherwise in ruins, he will understand that his running for president led to it. He will feel persecuted, he will feel neither guilt nor shame, but he will wish he hadn’t done it.

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brentsimmons
brentsimmons

@frankm The moment a new President is legally sworn in, the Secret Service will arrest him if he tries to remain in the White House.

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JohnBrady
JohnBrady

@brentsimmons I'm guessing that one of his last acts in office will be to issue a plenary pardon of himself for everything he's ever done. And everything he might do in the future if that's legal, or even if it's not.

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ReaderJohn
ReaderJohn

@JMaxB I would not bet on that. That would imply that he had done something improper and he has never admitted to doing anything improper.

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brentsimmons
brentsimmons

@JMaxB Would sure make for an interesting Supreme Court case! But that pardon wouldn’t spare him from prosecution in New York State or other non-federal jurisdictions.

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