After we receive the results of the election and know that Joe Biden will be taking office in January, most Americans will experience raptures of true joy. Soon afterward, though, we will learn that the punchbowl at our party contains a very ugly and large turd, and it’s wearing a blond toupee. I realized this as I was musing on how large a chasm there will be between my post election mood in 2016 and that just ahead of me. I realized that by beating Trump, we will leave him eligible to run again, and we can expect, shortly after, or even before he leaves office, that Trump will officially launch his 2024 campaign for President. Here are some reasons why —
1. Winning in 2016 did not stop Trump from immediately launching his 2020 campaign, so why should losing in 2020 stop him from doing the same?
2. Running gives him a national platform to keep his cult under the con and cause the disruption his handler, Putin, so desires for our country, while helping to undermine and sabotage the Biden Presidency.
3. Continuing to campaign is the strongest validation he can conjure for his “we was robbed” meme.
4. A Presidential campaign offers broad and deep opportunities for grift, and Trump, who will be underwater with his creditors soon if he isn’t already, needs every dime he can steal. Hundreds of millions of dollars seem to have disappeared from Trump’s Inaugural and the 2020 Presidential campaign. Trump couldn’t possibly pass up the opportunity.
5. Given the number of lives he is willing to risk to get what he wants, there is every reason to believe that Trump has become psychologically addicted to campaign rallies. That requires an active campaign.
6. Running for President is jail proof. His campaign can’t be stopped by prosecuting, arresting or even convicting and jailing him. In the age of internet, Trump can run from jail. I’d be ugly, but his devotees are all. about ugly.
There are probably more reasons, but my head already hurts from thinking about these. Maybe you can think of more. Maybe you think these concerns are bunk. Fortunately, the management has provided something called Comments so we can have a jolly, or tearful, or whatever kind of palaver we like, about it.