Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case is scheduled for July 11.

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    5 months ago

    I’m gonna go with “no” judging by how things have been going in the past. I hope to be proven wrong, but I’m not holding my breath.

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      5 months ago

      My prediction - Trump will die of old age, never having seen jail, living a 1% lifestyle.

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        I would be happy enough if he gets sentenced to prison but is suddenly “too ill” or, you know, his bone spurs or whatever, and gets house arrest. Whatever as long as he doesn’t rally or run for president anymore

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          While that would be better than my prediction, it would remain as proof there is a different justice system for the rich and powerful, IMO.

          Yes, my bare minimum “want” in general is Trump no longer a force on US politics. But achieving that goal still falls far, far short of justice for his actions.

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      Regardless of the sentence, it’ll get stalled till after the election. So prison might actually be worse, as it’ll get his voters out and then if he wins there’s no way he’ll go to prison or have any other trials.

      But this makes him a felon, making jail on future convictions more likely under sentencing guidelines.

      So the most likely way he ends up in prison, is if he loses the election and then gets convicted on any other of his many charges. Since then he’ll already be a felon at sentencing.

      He should go to jail just off this, and Im just not holding my breath. And I wouldn’t be surprised if SC shenanigans come into play at some point. Or if he just keeps the appeal wheel spinning till he drops dead.

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        So prison might actually be worse, as it’ll get his voters out and then if he wins there’s no way he’ll go to prison or have any other trials.

        I said this a week ago, and got obliterated for it. I’m glad this concept seems to be resonating with other Lemmings now that some time has passed.

        I completely agree with your other analysis as well. If the goal is for Trump to get what he deserves from the long dick of the law then the only way that happens is if he loses this election.

        The last thing anybody who gives a fuck about the future of democracy in this country should want is to turn that cocksucker into a martyr five months out from the only personal referendum on his ideology that we are going to get.

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          I said this a week ago, and got obliterated for it

          There is a very fine line on what gets up voted/down voted on here.

          Most of my comments get a whole bunch of one or the other.

          From what I’ve been able to tell, planning up to six months is fine, but anything more long-term than that gets down votes to oblivion.

          There’s some interesting psych stuff where stress (especially from resource scarcity) make people incapable of planning ahead for any significant amount of time. And I think that’s coming into play a lot lately.

          The prospect of a second trump term should be incredibly stressful for a rational American. The problem is that trump is far from the only serious problem facing America.