there’s an alternate universe version of this where musk’s attendant sycophants and bodyguard have to fish his electrocuted/suffocated/crushed body out from the crawlspace he wedged himself into with a pocket knife
Of course RdS is never gonna be prez
Trump might die. He is 77. (Which is also why the crazy Kennedy is a bit scary. I don’t expect America to do the normal thing this season).
Trump kicking the bucket before the nomination would be the funniest thing ever. There’s no given successor. Every other candidate apart from Christie pays him fealty. There’s no Trump ideology, it’s all what he says at any given moment. Thus, there’s no candidate who can state “I will continue Trump’s legacy”, because it’s never been clearly stated what that legacy is. The GOP donors want someone who can continue to deliver tax cuts and gut welfare, but they’re probably not as interested in pursuing the culture wars. The base, OTOH, just want red meat. And the people promising them the meat are in general hugely unpopular among the general electorate. RdS is there. People simply find him unlikeable.
Sadly Trump’s parents lived long, so there’s no chance he’ll die.
@gerikson His parents lived long but they probably didn’t live on a diet composed mostly of saturated fat and ketchup scraped off the walls. He doesn’t smoke or drink alcohol (and loves Diet Coke) but that in itself isn’t a ticket to longevity. Biden is a lot fitter than Trump (and also teetotal) and he isn’t the subject of multiple criminal proceedings (his son is, but he isn’t). Trump’s levels of stress and anger seem off the scale. If I had to bet on one of them keeling over it wouldn’t be a tough decision.
Like I said, it would be hilarious, but odds are according to the actuarial tables are that Trump will be the Republican nominee for president in 2024.
