Quote from: mu_enrico on Today at 02:58:44 PM

Throwing Trump under the bus and persecuting him is a very risky move, so I don't think this will happen. Don't forget that he still has ~75 million votes, and his loyal right-wing fans could snap.

Anyway, I think previous leaders also have some kind of immunity since I can't remember when last time we sue previous leaders because of their crimes.

Could snap? They have snapped. Not sure if we’re living in the same world right now but we did see people invade the US Capitol yesterday and force Senators/Representatives to be evacuated.

Prosecuting him — not sure if it happens and would set a bad precedent. I saw Comey saying the other day that the Biden DOJ should ensure to not focus on that to help bring the country together.

Quote from: af_newbie on Today at 03:50:16 PM

Quote from: PrimeNumber7 on Today at 04:20:39 AM

There have been reports by CBS News that some of Trump's cabinet members are considering invoking the 25th amendment to remove Trump from office in light of the riots and violence today in the Capital.

While I do believe a Trump Presidency in the next term would be best for America, and that Trump had legitimate causes of action to overturn state-specific results, Trump did not capitalize most likely due to incompetence within his legal team. At this point, there is no path to victory on the part of Trump, and he should concede that he did not win the election.

If Trump is removed from office before the end of his term, his ability to run in 2024 is diminished, as his ability to play 'kingmaker' in the future.

What do you think? Should Trump be removed before the end of his term? Is Trump's telling his supporters to 'go home' while also saying the election was 'stolen' a strong enough message?

It is just a talk. Republicans lost in more than one way. They lost this election. They lost the support of Trump supporters by the way they acted yesterday. Notice that only junior members of the senate voted to support the investigation into allegations of voting irregularities. The old Republican guard went all against Trump.

If Trump decides to set up a new party, let's say "American People's Party" (members will be called Americans, LOL) and run in future elections, this will split the Republican vote and Democrats will be guaranteed the presidency for decades to come.

Republicans are done for a while unless they mend the rift with Trump which I don't they will do.

Either way, we'll have a Democrat president at least for two terms.

I wouldn’t go that far in terms of Dems holding the presidency for two terms. 4 years is still a long time and a lot can happen in that time.

Pretty sure Trump knows that if he starts his own party he’ll lose whatever support he has left from traditional Republicans that were willing to ensure he doesn’t get prosecuted from a Biden DOJ.

They don’t have to mend the rift with Trump, they have to mend it with his supporters and convince them that they’re going to help them. The reason all of this happened to begin with is because many Republicans were tired of the party.