He's set down a marker by saying he doesn't regard the GOP as an enemy so, at least in the beginning, there will be attempts to work with the Senate, perhaps echoing Bill Clinton. When that (inevitably) fails, we'll see if he has a Plan B. I'd hope also that there's a succession plan for 2024 that doesn't just involve Harris running as GOP-lite.
He's 77 for heavens sake, he might not even make it through his first term of office!
No, of course he _might_ not, but an earlier post on this thread talks about a 2024 succession plan as if that is an absolute certainty. We do not know. We cannot possibly know at this moment. That is the entire point.
If not dead then I'd imagine Trump would be in a very bad way, such as having had a stroke or disabling heart attack.
His sons might try to stand but seem too deranged to organize a piss-up in a brewery. Ivanka has other grifts that will still be going in 2024. Rudi will I think be dead or have severe dementia. Pence too lightweight; Rubio discredited outside his Florida enclave by his disastrous 2016 performance. Cruz is self-evidently a slimy cunt who may not hold his own state. The eventual candidate may be someone who is not currently in the political limelight.
I don't think that the Trump sons are deranged, just inherited the stupid gene but not the cunning one. Ivanka will probably try to get in on the sweet, sweet Goop action.
He's 77 for heavens sake, he might not even make it through his first term of office!
He'll be 78 by the time he takes office (it's his birthday in a couple of weeks) and will be by some distance the oldest president to take office. Trump is the current holder of the title at 70 (and 220 days), edging out Reagan at 69 (and 349 days). Therefore Reagan was 77 and 349 days when he left office, so provided Biden gets sworn in he will be the oldest ever president overall.
Biden has not said anything publicly, but many senior people in the party do not expect him to run for a second term, based in part on statements he has made in private.
I find Satchmo's comment about working with the GOP Senate to be a bit strange. They will have a majority (barring all time shock results in Georgia). He doesn't really have a choice.
He's seriously, boringly, Vanilla and that's probably a good thing right now. Catch a breath, dial down the angst. Figure out what needs to be done and what can be done in the time available. Bring into his cabinet people who are younger, darker, and more clued in to how the world works now than he is. Then light a torch and get ready to pass it on
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