Why Trump Won’t Just GO AWAY

Great cartoon.

Reports show that Trump is terrified that he’ll be indicted, tried, convicted, and imprisoned.  Yet “going away” only increases the probability of precisely that.

Staying in the game, he reasons, both a) keeps his base alive, poised for another insurrection, and b) makes it difficult for the Justice Department to pull the trigger, given that indictments will have the appearance of politically motivated attacks.

The vast majority of Americans, and almost everyone elsewhere on the planet, can’t wait to put this ugly period of U.S. history behind us, but, looking at it from a practical perspective, it’s going to take patience.