A Really Interesting Question

Watching the impeachment hearings this week, a really odd but interesting question popped into my head.

Some people who know me will say that was easy, since there isn’t too much stuff up there to keep an idea out. Others should be impressed that I am so open to new ideas.

So, let me pose it to you.

Will there ever be a post-Trump era for Republicans?

The easy thing for Republicans to say is “Of course. He will win or he will lose, but sooner or later we will move on.”

But, I don’t think it’s quite that easy.

Let’s say he wins. And, let’s say the Democrats don’t win a Senate majority and can’t impeach him. That means he serves two terms.

But it doesn’t mean he is gone. Trump will have proved he can lead the party to victory. So, he will pick the candidate to run after he leaves office. Maybe his daughter. After all, she has lots of business arrangements with China, has managed to accumulate a net worth of at least a quarter billion dollars, and has a fine husband to advise her.

There just won’t be room in the Republican Party for any other candidate. And, if she loses, it will be someone else’s fault - I can just see the tweets now - and she will be put up again in 2028. Or, maybe one of his other kids.

Think it’s an exaggeration? Just look at the Republicans in the Senate as they mindlessly repeat the talking points Trump has handed to them. Even a 10th grader taking a test knows they should change the words in the essay question.

Of course, when Trump finally leaves office the Republican Party will have firmly become the Trump Party, and what anyone else thinks won’t matter a bit. What President Trump thinks probably won’t matter much either, because most of the former Trump voters will finally see that his promises and pledges are worthless.

Remember he will give everyone better and cheaper health insurance, make sure everyone has good high-paying jobs, make us safe from attacks by other nations. You know, things like that.

You just can’t win an election without voters.

Now, what if he loses. You know it won’t be his fault. He doesn’t work that way. Someone betrayed him, someone lied, the election was rigged by the deep state - the one he has been setting up for the past three years.

So, naturally, he will want to be the candidate again. Fail to win in 2020 and you can run again in 2024. Or 2028, if that becomes necessary.

Too old? Ha. He has very good genes, and his doctor said there is no one else in the country as healthy as Donald Trump.

Let’s all just shed a tear for Mike Pence.