I agree that he has no plan to leave office, but I think prison is already off the table. Judge Merchan was its best chance, and he's said "no." The previous cases won't be resurrected, and the Supreme Court's immunity decision makes additional charges against Trump unlikely. Unfortunately, prison is not in Trump's future. At least it sounds like he'll forever be branded a felon, though.
Of course Trump being Trump, he could always get himself into trouble during this second term - imagine a post 2026 world where Dems control Senate and House, and we go down the impeachment road again.
Example: Trump + Bondi + Patel go after Trump's 'enemies'
Trump challenges the 22nd Amendment, and breaks out the 2020 playbook.
This would also require no Trump health issues. Seems really unlikely.
But now that Alito, Thomas and the rest of the Inferior Court have announced that Trump is infallible, would anything he does after this point make any difference? Perhaps if he breaks another law after he is a private citizen... but full-blown dementia will probably have caught up with him by that point, and he'll just be sitting around drooling.
Trump has no plan to leave office. He still wants to stay out of prison.
I agree that he has no plan to leave office, but I think prison is already off the table. Judge Merchan was its best chance, and he's said "no." The previous cases won't be resurrected, and the Supreme Court's immunity decision makes additional charges against Trump unlikely. Unfortunately, prison is not in Trump's future. At least it sounds like he'll forever be branded a felon, though.
Agree with you on past cases
Of course Trump being Trump, he could always get himself into trouble during this second term - imagine a post 2026 world where Dems control Senate and House, and we go down the impeachment road again.
Example: Trump + Bondi + Patel go after Trump's 'enemies'
Trump challenges the 22nd Amendment, and breaks out the 2020 playbook.
This would also require no Trump health issues. Seems really unlikely.
But now that Alito, Thomas and the rest of the Inferior Court have announced that Trump is infallible, would anything he does after this point make any difference? Perhaps if he breaks another law after he is a private citizen... but full-blown dementia will probably have caught up with him by that point, and he'll just be sitting around drooling.