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A Long Divorce: Trump After the Election

by Chad Stacy

Journalists have short and often incomplete political memories. Much as Donald Trump’s 2015 rise was hailed as unprecedented and rapid in its nature, in reality, he had talked about politics generally—and running for president in particular—since the 1980’s. Indeed, Donald Trump began running for president long ago. In many respects, then, his official 2016 campaign was a protracted phenomenon, one that could have taken hold 16 years earlier.

As President Trump steps out of the White House, it is likely that his exit will be equally drawn out. There will be coverage, there will be Tweets, and there will be numerous conspiracy theories—among both QAnon and the Resistance—concerning the president’s designs on seizing power. These will continue into Biden’s second full month in office, and perhaps longer. Nothing will come of them, naturally. But where President Trump’s eventual movement towards politics was explosive and exciting, the departure will be more mundane and anticlimactic.

President Trump will leave 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a free man this January, and his exodus will be unremarkable. No matter how badly CNN, MSNBC, and suburban, wine-loving Democrats wish for an Oval Office stand-off, a failed coup, or some other West Wing-tier climax to the Trump saga, there will be no such drama. He will depart from the building and return to South Florida. That said, it is unlikely that he will attend the inauguration (inasmuch as there will be one, given the COVID fixation among liberals). What is almost certain, however, is that President Trump will comment on the disparity in crowd size, i.e., that his was larger. He will probably be right on this for the reason stated above, although BLMers, DMV people, and other urban folx make political exceptions to COVID guidelines all the time, and local officials allow them. Who knows: maybe Biden will have the highest Inauguration Day turnout ever.

It is likely that President Trump will remain with us for some time, i.e., he will remain the dynamic and engaged political voice we all know and love. It is clear that the Biden administration will publicize all its first Executive Orders overturning those of the Donald, starting with the travel ban EO from 2017. These will be the new administration’s main focuses, and the reversals will likely ignite more than a few early morning tweets from President Trump, prompted by the celebratory coverage from CNN/MSNBC/NPR of such orders. His takes will sound something like this:

“WOW! Joe doesn’t have a clue. Letting terrorists back into our Country during a pandemic and recession?! People will die. Remember, I kept you safe!” @realdonaldtrump 4:03 am EST

His replies will be flooded with puerile COVID rejoinders and strawmen, and terrorist attacks will pick up in a few months. This type of situation will play out a few times until, perhaps around June or July, the former president’s Twitter returns to its older, truer form. That is, it becomes a forum for Donald Trump to share his thoughts—his opinions on TV, takes on celebrity gossip, and views on sharks (“Sorry, folks, not a fan!”).

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