I think he will, but there might be a real primary challenge.

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    I’m leaning towards “no”. His fragile ego will have taken two nasty blows in a row. Plus in four years he’ll be even older and more fragile, and it’s already pretty bad.

    If I’m right, I’m sure he’ll endorse some other maga-clown instead.

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      Considering how many failed businesses he has under his name, I doubt failure is enough to hurt his ego. He’ll just make something up so he can pretend he’s still a success. Like how he claims he won the last election despite it being yet another failure to add to the pile.

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          Yeah, while the cluster b two axis graph of opinion of self and opinion of others is useful it’s important to remember that narcissism is often rejection of acknowledgment of personal flaws. They don’t actually like themselves

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      I don’t think he’ll endorse anyone except maybe for pay. And I don’t think anyone will want his endorsement. Most of his endorsed primary candidates failed (as I recall, valid to double check that). It may not be a mark of death, but it doesn’t look like it helps.

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      I think he’s really good at compartmentalization and it wouldn’t surprise me if deep down he does think the election was stolen from him. I also don’t think he’ll be satisfied being on the political sidelines so he’ll run as long as he’s able.

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    No because in a video I just saw when he was speaking to a group of christians he said this is the election you need to vote in because when he is president there will be no more voting. He said this three times just to reinforce it.

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      Obviously just locker room talk. People are just taking his comments about ending democracy and becoming a dictator on day one out of context. He’s speaking metaphorically.

      –“Centrists” still voting for Trump, probably

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      I’d like to believe that congress would never allow him to change the constitution and subvert due process, but you just never know what might happen with this guy.

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          Andrew Jackson did something similar during his own presidency, but it was the supreme court he told to fuck off.

          Essentially, he wanted to relocate all the native Americans west of the Mississippi river. Well, the native Americans did what every other American does and they sued the U.S. Government. When the court ruled in favor of the Indians, Andy Jackson basically said, “fuck you, I’m gonna do it anyways.”

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    Tbh, I hope so. I think the chances of his winning decline with every cycle that is a loss. But, his ability to split a vote is retained to some extent. So:

    • if he runs as the GOP candidate again, he’s more likely to lose. If the GOP is split about it, he’s more likely to have a split vote due to another conservative candidate opting into the race on a third ticket (this may not happen, in which case, he’s just less likely to win anyway due to previous losses, increased age, etc).

    • if he isn’t the GOP candidate but still runs, he’s extremely unlikely to win but could be a crazy vote split.

    I think any sane person would not run again. Trump might, though.

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      Thing is, the RNC is cleptocratically his now and will be for a while. Other than that I’d hope for similar things as most people are commenting here. It will be bonkers either way until he stops breathing and then some.

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      His views on exercise are indeed bizarre. Apparently the moron thinks all humans have a finite amount of energy like a battery, which is why he never exercises.

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    Doubt it, his decline in the last 8 years have been incredible. If he were a family member we would have been looking for professional help a long time ago.

    Can’t imagine he’d be able to remain aware of his surroundings in 2 more years

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    Even though I’d like him to drop off the face of the Earth, I kinda hope he does run. He’ll be even less coherent. His insane rambling will be worse. He’ll have to run as an independent, because Republicans won’t bet on a losing horse again - and he definitely would lose. It’ll be a major public humiliation, and he deserves as many of those as possible.

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    I think if he loses in 24 and the republicans don’t learn their lesson, then they deserve to have him run again in 28.

    Also, he’s very old. He would be 82 in 2028.

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      Man I understand sensitivity, but getting preemptively mad that someone might mention that in 4 years a really old guy could die of old age seems weird to me.

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        How would that even be against the rules? Pointing out an old guy might die is the epitome of “no shit Sherlock” posting.

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        Just a preemptive warning. I’ve seen political threads get pretty heated. ;)