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You ever get the feeling that Trump so desperately wants to win so he can change the laws in his favour? Because if he loses, in the polls, in the electoral college, in the courts, at that point there'll be a crater where he once stood.
And deservedly so. We can only hope.
It's not a feeling, it's literally what he said he'd do the first day in office as a dictator for a day. Literally. There's no hyperbole there.
It's basically his Get-out-of-Jail free card that he can use to try to wipe away all of his problems. His arguments for total presidential immunity are ludicrous when he's not in office, but I'm sure if he were to actually be in office again, they wouldn't be laughed off as much. He has to go all in on this or he's basically finished. Although I remember thinking this last election too and here we are again, so maybe if Trump loses we'll still see him running for the 2028 Presidential election (how somebody that unhealthy is still living is beyond me, better men than him have died so much earlier). Not to mention all of Russia's hopes in turning around their war against Ukraine are riding on this election as well, if they can get Trump back in, they can kick the legs out from under Ukraine in one fell swoop, as with every presidential election, there's a lot riding on this.
He's gonna keep running until he either wins or is dead, that's for certain.