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Originally Posted by joeysteele

I don't think Trump will end up in prison.
Although I think a lot of problems loom legally for him probably.

What will be really worked to is to ensure he cannot seek public office again.
I can't see that not succeeding myself as even Republicans who seemed strong at his side are now pulling away from him.

Even if he did however and then he too will be pushing to 80 in another 4 years.
Then it's different to 2016.
He has NO way of getting 2 terms then.
He'd have to go after just one again.

So little point really.
Plus he's never going to shake off now, the problems he helped create of unrest and his questioning of the election results, which have been shown to be right, with all his even court applications thrown out or dismissed.

Politically he should be history, a bad part of it too.
So I'd guess myself the moves will be to find whatever legal means to stop him ever seeking public office again.
For another reason.
He could run as an Independent Presidential candidate.
While not winning, he could however take substantial votes from the republican party in 2024.
So ensuring he cannot seek office again, wil eradicate that possibility.

He can't have two terms starting 2024 anyway, US presidents can only serve two terms whether that's consecutively or not. If he did run and win in 2024 (I don't think he will anyway, but if he did) then in January 2025 he would start his 2nd term.

Early indications are that his support base is fractured anyway; there are still the fanatics who believe in him to somehow come back and fix everything, but there are many (even the hardcore) who feel let down/lied to (they really believed there was a plan to stop the transition) and they are already looking for the next guy to throw their support behind.