Gallows Humor and Talk of Escape: Trump’s Possible Return Rattles Capital

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Gallows Humor and Talk of Escape: Trump’s Possible Return Rattles Capital

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It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?

Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator.

They’re joking. Sort of. At least in most cases. It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge. Much of official Washington is bracing for the possibility that former President Donald J. Trump really could return — this time with “retribution” as his avowed mission, the discussion is where people might go into a sort of self-imposed exile.

Whether they mean it or not, the buzz is a telling indicator of the grim mood among many in the nation’s capital these days. The “what if” goes beyond the normal prospect of a side unhappy about a lost election. It speaks to the nervousness about a would-be president who talks of being a dictator for a day, who vows to “root out” enemies he called “vermin,” who threatens to prosecute adversaries, who suggests a general he deems disloyal deserves “DEATH,” whose lawyers say he may have immunity even if he orders the assassination of political rivals. 

They know it would take much longer than "a day" to do the things Trump is promising. Not even Hitler lied about being a dictator SHORT TERM.

Clearly Trump is making the declaration to CLAIM a MANDATE and will FORGET about ANY time limit. 🤮 
 

[CdnFox]

Wow   😆 The left has gone into full on full blown freak out Mode , clearly they expect Biden to lose. They should realize that this kind of talk getting out there makes it seem like they've already conceited the victory to trump. What they should be telling the media is that there is absolutely no way that trump could possibly get in and therefore they don't care. By trip planning they're saying that it's not only possible, it's likely.

If I honestly thought that they intended to leave if trump won I would say this is the best thing that could happen to America, except I know half of them will wind up here so I'm really hoping that's not the case.