I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and detonate a nuclear bomb and not lose any voters
Not after he immediately pardons himself
There's so many possibilities here for hilarious timelines, these trials are a gift no matter what the outcome
he can't pardon a state level offense (That's why Biden's mass pardoning of marijuana possession was so fucking meaningless. How many people have federal small possession charges), the thing would have to be kicked up to federal level for him to do that I think, and no federal judge wanted to touch this. A federal judge may step in now to save his ass, but it's probably not even necessary.
I am fully expecting him to pardon himself, and every lib to go "NO THE PRESIDENT CAN'T PARDON STATE LEVEL CRIMES" and then the courts to do nothing about it.
I think the timeline could go like this:
Trump actually goes to jail and runs from prison -> Libs stupidly do everything in their power to make running from prison impossible, implausible, or illegal -> Republicans finally elect a competent fascist -> Fascist uses precedent set of throwing former presidents (or anyone) in jail to imprison opponents -> Liberals:
No. These nuclear weapons are American nuclear weapons and thereby not destructive devices but rather devices to spread democracy and safeguard world peace.
can't wait for a NY state probation officer to be knocking on the white house door looking to verify this
