Trump says he'll leave White House peacefully if Biden wins

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

President Trump said he’ll leave the White House peacefully if he loses this November’s presidential election, addressing concerns he would try to hold onto power after a defeat.

“Certainly, if I don't win, I don't win,” he said in an interview that aired on Fox News Friday, adding that if he lost, he’d “go on, do other things.”

Trump has never given any indication that he would defy the results of an election that showed him losing to former Vice President Joe Biden, though his remarks Friday appear to be the first public comments he’s given on the subject.

Trump still maintained that it would “be a very bad thing for our country” if he lost.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/502564-trump-says-hell-leave-white-house-peacefully-if-biden-wins

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The question is whether Trump will admit Biden won, or if he'll claim it was rigged.

[Withywindle]

1. Considering that he lies about literally everything, this is scary as hell. n/t

[jrthin]

2. That was exactly my thought. nt

[BootinUp]

5. bingo nt

[2naSalit]

14. Yup. ...nt

[orleans]

45. first thing that came to mind. and i see i'm not alone here. n/t

[pnwest]

3. His pride won't let him resign, but I think

he’ll be relieved as hell to lose and get out from under the scrutiny and decision making and having to “listen” to others, and get back to barking orders.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

10. Those were my thoughts when he ran for President.

I was thinking, "Do you even KNOW what you're getting yourself into, dummy? You'll be a government representative, not a corporate tyrant who can just bully people with the threat of firing them. And it's also MUCH harder to sue people for defamation as a government official."

He has TRIED to run the government like his own business, though, and it appears that he still hasn't figured out the differences!

[PatSeg]

17. He didn't really think he would win

His campaign was a branding exercise. When he won, he looked like someone had died. Afterward, he did comment more than once that he missed his old life and even called the White House a dump. Of course, now he doesn't want to be a loser, so it will be hard for him to let go. Also, he probably has a lot of lawsuits waiting for him when he exits Pennsylvania Ave.

[BigmanPigman]

32. He did admit on camera after he was POTUS

that the older tRump would advise the younger tRump to "not run for POTUS". I think it was the only honest thing he has said in his life. He did it for publicity/$ for tRump brand than ego got in there and then he realized he has to win to stay out of jail and keep his stolen $$$.

[PatSeg]

54. Ah yes

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, which will happen when the mouse doesn't think ahead more than a week or so at a time.

[bearsfootball516]

51. This is exactly what a lot of people forget.

He never planned on winning, the entire campaign was intended to be a money windfall for him. There are numerous reports about how on election night, when numbers started rolling in and looking good for him, he got extremely quiet and pale as a ghost. He never wanted to be president, he fell into it ass backwards.

[Chrysanthemum]

65. How true!

I only question how anyone could tell he went pale under all those lbs. of orange makeup.

[Squinch]

4. That means he won't.

[lastlib]

24. Were his lips moving when he said it?

Then he was lying. Brace yourselves, folks!

[louzke9]

55. ITS A LIE LONG BERFORE....

it reaches his lips. The lies form in what little brain cells he has.

[Doodley]

6. "If I don't win." His definition of not winning is very different to ours.

[onetexan]

49. bingo, note the word "IF". We know better than to fall for his lies.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Despite all those shitting themselves because they think he's lying

it’s gotta kill him to talk about losing in November.

[elleng]

8. He can claim whatever he wants.

[George II]

9. Sad that this has to actually be something Americans need to discuss.

[cstanleytech]

11. "go on, do other things." Probably code for "flee to Russia".

[Lucky Luciano]

23. He can't flee to Russia. Vlad will kill him if he is no longer useful.

[cstanleytech]

26. Unless he has something to trade and as the President he has access to classified information.

[drray23]

27. Yes but he won't remember any of it.

Reportidly he does not read the pda and does not read briefings by the intelligence community.

[soothsayer]

12. Ugh, i wasn't worried until he said that

Since everything is a lie.... aaargh

[Roy Rolling]

13. He never tells the truth

What he cooks up we don’t know. His worry is the long arm of the law when he leaves office.

If he has any sense, he’ll make a deal to resign now while he still has some leverage. It’s his only way to stay out of jail. He’s already facing bankruptcy.

[sakabatou]

15. Peacefully? He'll be complaining and throwing massive hissyfits

[truthisfreedom]

16. He's never won anything except a silver spoon.

Loser loser loser. Bankruptcy expert, lost the last election by 3000000 votes to a lady.

[mahina]

18. I think he'll already be gone and on a plane to anywhere without

An extradition treaty.

He knows he’s in the shit. He knows the military won’t back him.

[Karma13612]

66. That's been my thought all along.

He loses in November, he will take a plane somewhere over the holidays and not return. Or maybe become “ill”. Or finish his multi-part yearly physical and be in Walter Reed getting care.

Come Jan 20, 2021, he will be long gone, and/or Pence will have stepped in per Constitution.

Details to be revealed in realtime.

I keep a diary. The next 8 months of entries are going to be the best EVER! Just maybe not for the American people and our Democracy.

❤️😃 🙁

[Hoyt]

19. He'll whine and bluster while a lame duck, but he'll leave, especially if stomped.

[keithbvadu2]

20. Would Donald be childish enough to not attend the inauguration?

Would Donald be childish enough to not attend the inauguration?

[Mr.Bill]

25. He shouldn't be invited. n/t

[Retrograde]

28. Yes (n/t)

[Lock him up.]

34. The maggot would have to escape NYPD investigators' interrogation room for that.

Lock him up in a padded cell and let his phone battery die there.

[LiberalFighter]

67. I would remove the battery without him knowing.

[Scalded Nun]

21. And then I'll show you all my tax returns

[keithbvadu2]

22. Pay attention to Trump when he says the economy is going down the drain if he is not reelected.

Pay attention to Trump when he says the economy is going down the drain if he is not reelected.

He is telling us what shape he will leave the country in.

[WhiteTara]

29. That means he'll fight tooth and nail to stay.

I figured out his schtick years ago. Whatever he says, he means the opposite.

[yaesu]

30. and we should start believing what he says? nt

[dalton99a]

31. Which means he will not go peacefully.

[Lock him up.]

33. The World's Worst con man at it again...

… and again, and again, and again. When will reporters wake up and call him on his BS?

Lock him up in a padded cell. His promises are always as good as total malarkey. Since seven decades.

[Dios Mio]

35. Don't go away mad, just go away.

[Stuart G]

36. Trump will lose by a very large majority. Yes, he will admit that Biden won.

...Saying this now, calms many people. This is an attempt to prevent more riots if he loses. Very early to say something like this, but this is really a very positive thing to say. If Trump follows through on this, it may be the only positive thing he has done as president. Leave peacefully and quietly. We will see. If Trump repeats this, it is likely to be true. I don't believe Trump likes the very close analysis of every single thing he does and says. It may have seemed fun for a few months, but my opinion is he is sick of the show and wants a quick and quiet exist. Too much work and very bad publicity. (Yes, I know Trump doesn't work much, but it is still too much for him) Also, Trump is not in very good shape & he knows it. I think he has had enough.

[Beartracks]

37. First, he'd have to admit to not winning.

Hell, he didn't win LAST time.

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[Stuart G]

38. Yes, I think he will admit to losing. It will be a significant loss.

[Eyeball_Kid]

63. Trumpy-boy's BEHAVIOR PATTERN points to something else happening...

... if he's convinced that he can't cheat his way to re-election and will lose, HE'LL RESIGN before the election. He ALWAYS escapes defeat by walking away from the contest. His lifetime of court battles illustrate who he is. His screaming that he will NEVER settle out of court is predictably followed by his settling out of court. He pays court costs and punitive damages penalties before a court renders him responsible. This is a persistent pattern. And it's what Trumpy-boy will do this year, before the election, if he is convinced that he's going down.

[cheezmaka]

76. Either that or...

He will swear up and down that the Dems DID HIM IN by the Coronavirus Hoax and the Leftist Media...

[applegrove]

39. He's trying to tap down the imagery of the army carrying him out with great dispatch. nt

[Stuart G]

40. If the army has to carry him out, it will ruin the rest of his life..(what is left of it)

..I agree with you completely. He really does not want that image to be the very last image of ex President Donald Trump.

[applegrove]

44. He does not want that image to be in the public's head now. He thinks he

can win some people back. Of course I'm speculating.

[snort]

41. I think he's figuring out

he doesn't have the backing he thought he would.

[ansible]

42. Wow, didn't expect him to even openly say that

He's finally burnt out now, isn't he?

[TristanIsolde]

43. He better

[0rganism]

46. iow, no he does not intend to leave

sometimes he lies just to hear himself lie and sometimes he lies because it's politically necessary
this one's probably a bit of both

[Behind the Aegis]

47. So, no.

Should be interesting if he says something about this in the upcoming Bund rally.

[Rhiannon12866]

48. However, Trump still maintained that it would "be a very bad thing for our country" if he lost.

Sounds like a threat...

[NurseJackie]

50. He's lying.

Again.

[Ramsey Barner]

52. Watch the video in the posted link: Trump never says he'll leave peacefully

unless I missed it.

Start at 20:42 of the Faulkner interview and watch to the end. Faulkner doesn't ask if he'll leave peacefully, and he doesn't say he'll leave peacefully. He just says "Certainly, if I don't win, I don't win." The "leave peacefully" part and the "no indication" that he won't are editorial comments from the first clip, from The Hill.

He's a con man. The "Certainly" is there to make you think he's agreeing with Faulkner's chortling mockery of Biden's comments that Trump won't leave voluntarily if he loses, while all he really says is a tautology: "if I don't win, I don't win." HE will decide who wins!

I think there's a lot of wishful thinking from The Hill and from some of us in interpreting these comments.

[Chainfire]

53. Nothing in that statement

suggests that he would ever admit that he, in fact, lost, regardless of the apparent vote count. He has long been laying that groundwork.

[louzke9]

56. ASK THE COURTS....

About Trumps words. They seem to end him in court way too often!

[Ford_Prefect]

57. The question at that point will be can the Senate and Barr enable him staying.

It will be up to the current Congress to declare and administer the results of the national election. If they think they can bend enough of the results their way and see value in keeping Trump empowered they will do that. A con man's power is illusory and depends on a willing audience as much as it does assistants and enablers. If this was a relatively close election and the results could be challenged with any facility I suspect Trump would try to stay, especially if the GOP Governors support him.

His back will be up against the wall from a legal standpoint. Once he leaves the office on Jan. 20, 2021 he'll be vulnerable to legal action and warrants might be served as soon as he touches the ground. We have no way of knowing what has been sealed awaiting that day. I do not imagine they will allow him to use Air Force One to travel beyond legal boundaries to Bahrain or Moscow for instance. Whichever Mar-A-Lago Tower remains of his empire will likely be his next residence. I don't foresee that Vlad Putin will offer him a safe haven either.

Since we know that everything he says is designed to reshape perception to his advantage I take his statement as a knowing lie. As several above have suggested I think he'll do everything he can to screw the electoral process and the voters and I think he will have considerable help with doing it. Putin will help screw things up just to sow chaos here along with attempting to garner favorable results for anyone working with him. The GOP may not have a winning leader inTrump but they can pave an avenue to further their power all the same. Some of them are delusional enough to think they'll get away with it too.

What we need to watch for is all the signs of electoral rigging going on.

[LiberalFighter]

58. Make sure the helicopter is out of gas and going thru maintenance.

[Hotler]

59. I don't believe a single word. nt

[Paladin]

60. Complete bullshit.

trump will fight like a rabid skunk to stay in power, with Bill Barr and Fox "news" enabling him every step of the way. Thank God that major military personnel are publicly distancing themselves from the scumbag---it's one of the few hopeful things I see at the moment.

[Javaman]

61. Everything he says is a lie.

He will go on to do other things?

He knows he’s in very deep shit if he loses and those “others things”, do they include one massive law suit after another?

[Eyeball_Kid]

62. Oh, my! So easily we forget... that...

TRUMPY-BOY ALWAYS LIES!

Don't believe this pathological liar. He lies about everything.

This reasonable answer to an outlandish question won't stand the test of time. Trumpy will do ANYTHING to win. His critics have it right. He will cheat, steal, lie, and kill to win. He's killing right now by intentionally refusing to focus on saving lives. He's making NO EFFORT to do his job.

Do we know what Trumpy-boy will DO if he lost and will "go on, do other things"? He'll be in court, defending himself against RICO charges that will clean out all of his assets and leave him penniless. Biden's AG will get right to work in late January. Grand juries will be convened, and a Trumpy-boy prosecutorial cottage industry will spring up and prosper.

So Trumpy will do what he always does: lie and cheat to stay a winner. He thinks that he'll keep his critics off-guard if he says the reasonable thing now. But we all know his behavior patterns too well. He lies about everything.

[Jedi Guy]

64. In this particular case, I think he's being truthful.

I think he hates being President, honestly. Oh sure, he likes the pomp and circumstance. He likes the "Hail to the Chief" schtick. He likes the bells and whistles. But he hates the actual job of being President. Witness how little work he actually does. He watches Fox News and golfs, apart from occasionally holding a rally.

As others have said, I don't think he wanted or expected to win. He just wanted to raise his public profile for whatever dunderheaded venture he had in mind, and then found out he was going to have to follow through. If he loses to Biden, I think he'll secretly be relieved that the nightmare is over and he can go back to being a reality TV jackwagon. I bet the ink on his Fox News contract has long since dried.

That said, he'll still hem and haw and whine and kvetch if he loses, because that's just who he is and what he does. But when the time comes, I think he'll leave the White House without too much fuss.

His rabid supporters, on the other hand... of them I'm much less certain.

[sarcasmo]

68. Which means Trump will get carried out of The White House kicking and screaming.

[Nitram]

69. This is absolutely meaningless. Trump can and will change his mind at the drop of a MAGA cap.

He'll claim he has irrefutable evidence the election was rigged, just as he claimed he had irrefutable evidence Obama was not born in the US.

[roamer65]

70. LIAR.

I also expect him to sell pardons. He will make Blago look like a altar boy.

[MissMillie]

71. Oh hell.... he investigated the election he did "win"

Go on you nitwit... go do other things. PLEASE

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

72. He'll fight the results all the way to the SCOTUS.

And when his ass is finally thrown out, he'll claim no other president ever left so peacefully. Believe me.

[BlueIdaho]

73. This is a testament to Trump's Insanity

The fact that this is a news story at all tells us more than we need to know about Shitler’s lack of fitness for office. Never before in US history has a President had to say something this absurd to calm the citizens. To make matters worse - more than half of Americans don’t believe him.

[FakeNoose]

74. The ONLY reason he said this is ...

... he thinks he cannot lose.

He doesn't believe he will ever lose, because he knows Pootie will fix the election for him.

[cheezmaka]

75. Of Course He probably will...

He's made enough money during his term to satisfy Putin, himself, and all of his other rich buddies... (at the cost of hundreds of thousands of American lives)

[hamsterjill]

77. I don't care if it's peacefully or not

When Biden takes over, Biden takes over. I would have no problem buying popcorn to watch the orange ass be physically removed. I just want him gone.

And I will personally boycott any sponsor of any radio or television media who gives him any air time once we are rid of him. I want him erased from my well-being. I don’t care what he does but I never want to have to see him or hear from him again.

The damage that he has inflicted on this country will not be undone in my lifetime. I will never forget that.

[Blasphemer]

78. My negative interpretation of this - it's easy to say that if you fully expect to steal the election

Hopefully, we will make that impossible.

[xxqqqzme]

79. My first thought

"Shit, the fix is in"