Trump seems to get away with everything. I’m almost convinced he could murder someone on live television and still walk away scot-free. And, I won’t lie, it’s extremely disheartening. Everytime I watch the news it’s Trump breaking the law, violating our constitution, disobeying court orders, etc. And nothing happens. Judges may rule against him, but nothing happens. He’s the executive branch, he gave has loyalists throughout every branch of government, and it seems like he’s untouchable. It’s insane and the fact that so many U.S. citizens don’t seem to care or even support him is even crazier to me. If Obama or Biden did half the shit Trump has I think there would be more public outrage. People were more up in arms about Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan than anything Trump is doing. I’m just swinging back and forth between genuine worry for the future of our country to pure apathy.
Please keep in mind, I’m only a 20y/o guy, the only presidents I’ve ever really known are Obama, Trump, and Biden. So maybe things will work out because they have in the past. I just feel overwhelmed every time I look at the news. But at the same time it feels important to stay informed with what’s happening in our government.
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EDIT 2: So the consensus seems to be no, which is what I expected. But what about his administration? Do you think his cronies will face any legal consequences?
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Trump seems to get away with everything. I’m almost convinced he could murder someone on live television and still walk away scot-free. And, I won’t lie, it’s extremely disheartening. Everytime I watch the news it’s Trump breaking the law, violating our constitution, disobeying court orders, etc. And nothing happens. Judges may rule against him, but nothing happens. He’s the executive branch, he gave loyalists throughout every branch of government, and it seems like he’s untouchable. It’s insane and the fact that so many U.S. citizens don’t seem to care or even support him is even crazier to me. If Obama or Biden did half the shit Trump has I think there would be more public outrage. People were more up in arms about Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan than anything Trump is doing. I’m just swinging back and forth between genuine worry for the future of our country to pure apathy.
Please keep in mind, I’m only a 20y/o guy, the only presidents I’ve ever really known are Obama, Trump, and Biden. So maybe things will work out because they have in the past. I just feel overwhelmed every time I look at the news. But at the same time it feels important to stay informed with what’s happening in our government.
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No, but that was part of the deal he cut with that crossroads demon.
If it could be argued in court that shooting someone on live tv was an “official act” then he actually would get away with that too. Solid chance he’d never even be prosecuted because it’d be a losing case from the start.
No
The next president needs to hold him and his admin responsible to a capital degree if necessary if we are to recover
No. And worse is that his embrace of disinformation and lunacy has deep implications for our relevance in the future.
Almost certain not …
An incredibly slim chance if there is a massive blue wave for the house and senate for 2026, and even then, the senate would have to work with at least two independents on any given action.
Then there might be a chance to impeach him… but that’s failed twice now, and I don’t see the democrats having the spine to try for a third.
So, nah, his judgment is pretty much between him and God.
Probably not, but in the long run it’s not that important. Trump is just a symptom of a larger problem — the global rise of right wing nationalism.
The best case scenario is probably that Trump screws up the nationalist brand enough to make the Republicans run away from it, and we can go back to the liberal democratic consensus.
If he can’t impose a longer term for himself, then yes. There are so many people waiting and preparing for the moment he is no longer president.
I doubt he ever will. He’ll probably die in office, and only when he’s dead will we begin to dismantle fascism in the USA, or what’s left of it. And then we can hold trials for all his cronies who helped him repeatedly break laws.
No
Nope, too old.
As long as the SCOTUS is made up of mostly Trump lackeys, he is pretty much immune.
And yes, America will move on from Trump. But even in the best case scenario we’ll move on with a permanent limp. In terms of the global economy we are destroying a system that was built to benefit the US. In terms of domestic policy, the cruelty unleashed by ICE and DOGE have set back civil rights to the 1900s robber baron era.
Its unlikely he’ll be held accountable criminally. I doubt the cases that were pending before the election will be resurrected after he leaves office. If he commits new crimes (he probably has already), SCOTUS has made it a lot harder to charge him.
He’s really old and unhealthy though, and I’m not sure he finishes this term. Unfortunately I think the best chance of him being judged is by historians.
To directly answer the title question: No.
Trump is 79 years old. He is not likely to more than another decade (his father was 93 when he died, but had been basically incapacitated by dementia for several years at that point). That’s assuming he doesn’t die in office of a heart attack or a stroke or something like that.
Even if we elect a strong Dem president in ’28, and that President is able to immediately fix the broken DOJ, and that DOJ is able to muster an investigation of Trump … EVEN if that happens, Trump will delay and obfuscate and appeal the way he did with all his previous cases.
It will drag on for years and years and by the time anything is able to be done, he will be either too senile to be held responsible, or he’ll be dead.
It’s a conversation I was having with my partner a few days ago, actually. Because this is one of the things that I really seethe about: Trump will never, ever, ever have to face up to the consequences of his actions or even know how much of a failure of a POTUS he is.
Only if we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028 and Democrats gain a lot of seats and the presidency. Alternatively, if he goes too far (for the idiots that follow him) and his approval rating dips into the sub 30s we could see some “moderate” GOP congressppl turn on him, probably not enough but who knows. This ofc assumes his old cheeseburger fueled heart doesn’t give out by then
He would if democrats stopped with the healing the nation BS. We democrats to state he will be held accountable and so will the people who follow illegal orders.
You know the answer to this.
We truly lost that opportunity as soon as Biden picked Merrick Garland as AG back in 2020.
No and imo Trump getting away with it isn’t unique. Liberals/Democrats should in a way stop prioritizing holding him accountable, but don’t skip if an opportunity arises, and concentrate on damage control. And when they have control fix his mess and pass legislation to prevent a situation like Trump happening again.
A lot of what Trump is able to get away with is because Congress ceded so much power to the Executive Branch.
No I don’t think so. Authoritarians like him typically don’t. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any consequences. Hitler and Mussolini never faced legal consequences
As someone who left a country that has had the same president for like 12 years, at one point, you don’t even care about justice as long as they are no longer fucking w ur life.
his diet will likely take him out before anything can be done.
Only if the American people demand it.
Emancipation, women’s suffrage, and civil rights didn’t happen thanks to an act of congress or a three letter agency. They happened because Americans demanded it. Every generation has to do it’s part to maintain, if not improve, our democracy.
What are we willing to do about the current state of our country?
No
If you consider death a “legal consequence”, then I suppose so. Otherwise, it’s extremely unlikely. We missed the greatest opportunities.
People let a literal mob boss become the most powerful man in the world. Twice. It’s completely and equally fucked that people either didn’t know, or did.
Nope! Trump will do whatever he wants for the rest of his life and never see any serious legal consequence greater than maybe a fine… which he won’t pay.
Trump could walk into the Senate, shoot a man dead, and Congress would still refuse to impeach him and call the whole thing a partisan witch hunt. And then after “Murdergate” gets washed away in the flood of shit, in 4+ years we might have a Democratic DOJ saying “We are beginning the process of opening the investigation into the alleged misfiring of a gun on the person of Donald Trump that may or may not have lead to the premature expiration of a Senator”, court date to be scheduled for 2050 (and hopefully after he dies so no one has to throw a President in jail)
Neither he nor his cronies will. He’ll pardon his cronies preemptively. Or at least the ones who kiss his ass enough. He’s not going to be impeached, he’s not going to be tried in our judicial system. The only way Trump will ever face consequences is if some major unrest/violence occurs: either enough people in the military finally start honoring their oaths and remove the traitor from office, or he pushes things so far that a violent uprising occurs and somehow manages to get him. The likelihood of either of those things happening is as close to 0% as you can get, I think, and either would be a complete catastrophe for the country–we’d be well and truly broken in either case.
Trump is highlighting the numerous flaws in our now-obsolete constitution. Not only will he face no consequences, but there will be other Trumps.
> Do you think his cronies will face any legal consequences?
His cohorts will likely face legal consequences during this administration if they are involved in any wrongdoing, yes. Unlike Trump, they don’t have SCOTUS and sycophants in a political party protecting them coupled with voters that are dismissive of the blatantly corrupt things being done right in front of them.
I highly doubt it, he’s the king of delaying lawsuits, trials, etc and has it down to a science.
Honestly, I think he’s too old. Otherwise, I’d say maybe in the future–but I think he’ll die before then. However…I do firmly believe that many of his appointees and cronies (DOGE, various staffers) will see legal consequences. MAGA doesn’t care about anyone other than Trump.
The US is done, my guy. Forget Trump, it’ll take decades before you’ll have a normal government again
No. The judge in his NY trial said that as he’s POTUS, he won’t face any consequences. He attempted a coup and was heiled back into power.
Nope – pretty sure avoiding accountability is a large part of why he sought the presidency to begin with. He will go down in history as one of the worst presidents and most loathsome humans of all time, but that’s about it.
The era of Trump will be studied as a low point in American history, we’re just unlucky enough to have to live through it.
Unless of course the authoritarians ultimately win and get to rewrite history.