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by
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I
have
a
sad
message
for
folks
who
were
hoping
that
Donald
Trump
would
end
his
life
bankrupt
and
imprisoned:
You
lose.
Trump’s
not
going
to
be
imprisoned:
He’ll
be
president
for
the
next
four
years,
and
he’ll
be
an
82-year-old
man
at
the
end
of
his
second
term.
That’s
no
recipe
for
prison.
Trump’s
not
going
to
be
bankrupt:
You
were
hoping
that
COVID-19
had
undercut
the
value
of
real
estate
and
that
Trump
wouldn’t
be
able
to
make
his
debt
payments.
Nope.
Elon
Musk,
or
someone
else
who
wants
to
ingratiate
himself
with
the
president,
will
buy
Truth
Social
at
an
inflated
price.
Trump
will
invest
in
cryptocurrency
and
then
cause
government
to
support
crypto.
Trump
will
be
the
center
of
power,
with
rich
folks
itching
to
pay
top
dollar
to
join
Trump’s
country
clubs
and
rub
elbows
with
him.
Trump
is
going
to
be
rich
and
famous
for
as
long
as
he
lives.
You
lose.
I
also
have
a
sad
message
for
most
of
the
folks
who
voted
for
Trump:
You
lose.
You
chose
not
to
vote
for
Kamala
Harris
because
of
the
war
between
Israel
and
Hamas.
You
lose.
Did
you
see
who
Trump’s
appointing
to
posts
in
the
Middle
East?
The
Palestinians
ain’t
seen
nothin’
yet.
You
voted
for
Trump
because
he
said
that
inflation
was
too
high.
You
lose.
Inflation
might
have
been
too
high,
but
Trump
has
no
plan
to
reduce
it.
Cutting
taxes
and
imposing
tariffs
is
a
recipe
for
increasing
inflation,
not
decreasing
it.
If
you
were
hoping
that
inflation
was
going
down,
you
lose.
You
voted
for
Trump
because
he
was
going
to
stop
illegal
immigration.
A
military
crackdown
on
illegal
immigrants
may
help
achieve
that
goal,
but
the
disruptions
to
the
economy
and
the
ferocity
of
the
resulting
protests
and
the
deportation
of
law-abiding
noncitizens
who’d
been
living
in
your
town
for
years
were
not
what
you
expected.
You
lose.
You
voted
for
Trump
because
he
was
going
to
reduce
the
size
of
government.
You
lose.
Once
you
get
past
the
military
budget
(which
Trump
won’t
touch)
and
Social
Security
and
Medicare
and
repayment
of
the
national
debt,
there’s
not
much
room
for
cutting.
And
you
probably
don’t
want
Trump
to
cut
what’s
left;
it
helps
you.
You’re
white
and
male
and
high-school
educated:
You
lose.
You
voted
for
Trump
because
vaccines
suck.
You
lose.
The
Senate
may
confirm
a
Secretary
of
Health
and
Human
Services
who
opposes
vaccines,
and
red
state
governors
may
choose
to
weaken
the
vaccine
requirements
for
kids
entering
school.
If
the
vaccine
requirements
are
weakened
for
the
2025
school
year,
then
by
2026
and
beyond,
it’s
your
kids
who
will
be
coming
down
with
measles
and
diphtheria
and
all
of
the
other
diseases
that
we’ve
conquered.
You
lose.
You’ll
be
disappointed,
and
you’ll
be
able
to
take
out
your
rage
in
the
2028
elections.
But
by
then,
Trump
will
have
served
his
two
terms,
and
pocketed
the
dough,
and
moved
on
to
whatever’s
next.
You’ll
be
left
holding
the
bag.
And
only
then
will
you
be
certain:
You
lost.
Mark Herrmann
spent
17
years
as
a
partner
at
a
leading
international
law
firm
and
later
oversaw
litigation,
compliance
and
employment
matters
at
a
large
international
company.
He
is
the
author
of
The
Curmudgeon’s
Guide
to
Practicing
Law and Drug
and
Device
Product
Liability
Litigation
Strategy (affiliate
links).
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected].