Seriously how can Trump can survive the heat of his Russian connections? The asterisk attached

[zonkers]

to the President Elect s already huge. It keeps growing. This is going to end up in a strange and horrible place. Pushed in to a corner, I suspect he will start a war to create distraction.

[BSdetect]

1. That would not be unusual

He's a draft dodger like GW and he rushed into Iraq and we know how that ended (or not).

None of his own kids are about to be directly risked in a war so why not have one?

It would distract from his many pending legal suits and whatever else he manages to create.

Military spending gets wealthy investors wealthier.

A good excuse for spending cuts to education, science or welfare and tax cuts for the rich.

[Best_man23]

2. I think any war, especially one on a new front

Say, Iran...would be a very hard sell given the last 16 years and the fact the R's sold the US population on Iraq based on cherry-picked data,

Everyone on the left, many independents, and a small (and I think growing) percentage on the moderate right do not trust Orange Voldemort at all and would be very skeptical of any premise for war. I think the Intel communities would push back very hard against OV's administration if they attempted to cherry-pick data to fit some meme, especially after the way Useful Idiot has dissed their analysis of the Russki hacks.

[FSogol]

3. Here's how: The GOP will ignore it. They need Trumpy to gut all regulations

on business and give tax breaks to the wealthy.

[Yurovsky]

4. He's gotten away with everything so far...

I hope he's held responsible but I'm not optimistic...

[uponit7771]

5. I give it less than a year, he's already the most unpopular president elect in polling history