Donald J. Trump plans to hold a “general news conference” on Thursday afternoon at his private club and home, Mar-a-Lago, the first such event he has held in months.

Mr. Trump announced the event on his website, Truth Social, on Thursday morning.

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I suspect he’s dropping out on some pretense, now that the campaign stopped being fun. If there is any chance in hell he could get a deal to get his sentence(s) commuted, I think he’d do it in a heartbeat.

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      3 months ago

      He is still in quite a bit of legal jeopardy. I highly doubt he would drop out knowing that some lawsuits have only been held at bay due to the position of power a presidential candidate and the godhead of a cult has.

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        3 months ago

        Not that I believe this is the case AT ALL, but to further this line of thought:

        If he was dropping out, it would be because he’s already got the party machine going on a new (guaranteed) nominee who would have already promised to pardon trump (and this promise would be assured by some damning fact trump could use as an assurance)

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      He won’t. The only reason he is running this time is to stay out of jail though I think.

      If he drops out, I guarantee he’s going to be doing a runner shortly after.

      It’s more likely he’ll use this event to set up things for a civil war

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        3 months ago

        I could easily see that. Right now the only thing I’m not expecting is for the next couple of months to be uneventful.