The subtext I'm reading is that some of you are hoping he'll drop dead in office. You actually don't want that to happen, the conspiracy guys will be out saying it's actually murder, like Mueller poisoned his coffee or something, and things will get messy.
The ideal is for him to be in great health and then get so soundly defeated in an election that nobody can say electoral fraud was the cause. And then he can slink away and have someone write his memoirs for him painting himself as a Misunderstood Great Man and how all his successes were to his credit but all his failures were someone else's fault; this is a long tradition engaged in by politicians and military leaders at all levels, in all countries throughout history.
Of course, he'll win in 2020. Brace yourselves for America's Yeltsin!
This is a really important point that shouldn't get lost. I used to pine for a bombshell report from Mueller that would get him impeached. I will admit that the thought, "What if he just dies in his sleep?" has crossed my mind. But those would actually be bad outcomes for the future of democracy in this country.
People need to see that voting can matter and democracy fucking works. You're not happy about the government? Vote. Organize others in your community to vote. And if enough people vote, you can kick the bad folks out of government and put in better ones. And things can get better.
I don't think it's hyperbolic to say that this administration is a stress test of our democracy. An election put in a would-be autocrat. We need to show that an election can take one out.
And if we fail that test . . . I don't know, man.
interesting points. I don't want Trump to die in office - not because I'm worried about the conspiracy theorists (I've learned they will make anything a conspiracy and believe it, despite all evidence), but because I want there to be a public refutation of his brand of politics (xenophobic, race-baiting, conspiracy-soaked, all-who-disagree-are-enemies).
I think there's a third option - that he's compelled to leave in disgrace, a-la-Nixon. My hope, futile it may be, is that his long list of transgressions finally catches up with him and he (belatedly) pays for those crimes. It may be a pipe-dream, but I'd like to ultimately see justice prevail, and his loose coalition of supporters who have ignored or supported his most unethical tirades fall apart once it becomes clear that DJT can no longer advance their agenda.
Dem control of the house would be a start where they could use their congressional power to legitimately investigate, subpoena and expose any wrongdoing in the executive branch. A few more Dem governors in states currently held by the GOP like Florida, Wisconsin and Georgia would increase pushback on this WH.