I'm convinced that the world would be noticeably improved by the death of a few people, but Trump isn't on that list.
I wish something much worse for him:
Trump has always defined his value as a person by his monetary worth. There's plenty of firm evidence that his finances are currently in a dire state and only going to get worse. Credible financial analysts are convinced that his poor investment decisions, his ability to bullshit lenders into loaning him money without due diligence into the true value of his assets, the huge impact of covid on hotels and golf resorts, plus the way he has made his own brand toxic to many individuals and corporations all mean he's heading for a financial black-hole.
He's been there before, of course, and he's never hesitated to declare bankruptcy so he can scuttle off in search of a new scam. But this time, his profile is much higher than when he was screwing over people in New York, ripping off the few people gullible and desperate enough to pay for his bogus university or blowing off those who he'd persuaded to loan him money for his casinos and his airline. His fall next time is going to be much bigger news, and the media won't feel obliged to pick up all his deranged, self-justifying tweets when he's no longer the president.
It is clear that Trump has a rare talent for denying reality, but I suspect he is going to find that humiliating and therefore enraging. It's a stretch, but he might even be forced to confront the fact that he's always been crap at business, and that would have to be devastating for him.
Add to that the investigations by the New York Attorney General (and possible Grand Jury investigations in other jurisdictions), and it seems very likely that Trump's future once he leaves the White House is not going to be enjoyable. I'm sure it's also going to be very difficult for his family and whichever few flunkies are stupid enough to stick with him out of misguided loyalty, but I have no more sympathy for them than I do for the pathetic, deluded, nasty man himself.
Trump has Coronavirus. What happens next?
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I'm convinced that the world would be noticeably improved by the death of a few people, but Trump isn't on that list.
I wish something much worse for him:
Trump has always defined his value as a person by his monetary worth. There's plenty of firm evidence that his finances are currently in a dire state and only going to get worse. Credible financial analysts are convinced that his poor investment decisions, his ability to bullshit lenders into loaning him money without due diligence into the true value of his assets, the huge impact of covid on hotels and golf resorts, plus the way he has made his own brand toxic to many individuals and corporations all mean he's heading for a financial black-hole.
He's been there before, of course, and he's never hesitated to declare bankruptcy so he can scuttle off in search of a new scam. But this time, his profile is much higher than when he was screwing over people in New York, ripping off the few people gullible and desperate enough to pay for his bogus university or blowing off those who he'd persuaded to loan him money for his casinos and his airline. His fall next time is going to be much bigger news, and the media won't feel obliged to pick up all his deranged, self-justifying tweets when he's no longer the president.
It is clear that Trump has a rare talent for denying reality, but I suspect he is going to find that humiliating and therefore enraging. It's a stretch, but he might even be forced to confront the fact that he's always been crap at business, and that would have to be devastating for him.
Add to that the investigations by the New York Attorney General (and possible Grand Jury investigations in other jurisdictions), and it seems very likely that Trump's future once he leaves the White House is not going to be enjoyable. I'm sure it's also going to be very difficult for his family and whichever few flunkies are stupid enough to stick with him out of misguided loyalty, but I have no more sympathy for them than I do for the pathetic, deluded, nasty man himself.