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In reply to the discussion: Do you think Trump will ever get prosecuted, convicted, and do jail time after he leaves office? [View all]Poiuyt
(18,122 posts)39. No. It would be too embarrassing for the USA to put him in jail
I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve it.
The optics for the US would be terrible and would make us look bad on the world stage. Only 3rd world despots get imprisoned, not the president of the greatest country in the world, right? Since people in power think that the US is the greatest, they wouldn't do anything that would lower us to that 3rd world level. We're too proud to admit that we made such a huge mistake.
Note- I was being a bit sarcastic here, but I still believe that our country's leaders wouldn't do anything that would be embarrassing for the US.
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Do you think Trump will ever get prosecuted, convicted, and do jail time after he leaves office? [View all]
vlyons
Jul 2020
OP
If you want to see a system break and completely disintegrate, even more than it has,
not_the_one
Jul 2020
#30
New York might be able to get him. He's screwed enough contractors and legal eagles in NY,
Frustratedlady
Jul 2020
#11
I didn't state that very well. What I was referring to was pissing off enough people in NY, that
Frustratedlady
Jul 2020
#56
I do not have high hopes for him getting his just deserts legally, although there is a slim
smirkymonkey
Jul 2020
#47
No, I think his defense will be he is physically and or mentally unable to stand trial
Thekaspervote
Jul 2020
#40
Maybe not but what i'm hoping for is for him to be publicly humliated. For people to laugh at him
JI7
Jul 2020
#57
No, we'll be told the same bullshit we're told every other time. You know,
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2020
#60