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I feel like he'd just keep running until he wins and becomes a dictator or he dies.

I seriously question his survival that long. But if he’s capable yes

I doubt it. While some people think he'll be dead by then, I'm inclined to suspect not. However given his observed mental decline, I suspect that he'll be even less coherent 4 years from now. He's currently 78, and would therefore be 82 by then (birthday June 14th 1946). He's already got a number of age-related medical issues, such as needing to wear adult diapers and said mental decline.

Behind the scenes is be surprised if he didn't have some cardiac problems, even minor ones, and thus was on something for them, such as blood thinners or cholesterol meds. I don't know if it's been verified that he's on Ozempic, but he sure has lost a lot of weight lately and I don't think it's from exercising.

I do expect that he's never going to shut up though. If, hopefully, he loses this election, he's not going to just evaporate. People are still going to give a damn about what his opinion is and who he endorses, especially his cult of followers, but also the less overtly extreme conservatives.

As a general rule, cults built around a singular person, AKA cults of personality, tend to crumble into dust and fade into history once that personality is gone. However, some cults outlive that person because someone else is there to pick up the slack and reform things just enough to make a going concern of the cult. That's how Christianity started, that's how Protestantism started, and if you look into it, just about every other major, lasting "religion" that had branched off of the Christianity family tree. It also goes for political, cultural, and social movements, which can be cult-like without the religious aspect being an absolute requirement, although ir can be very strongly intertwined. I don't know where the Cult of Trump will go once old age finally catches up to him, I think it's likely that it'll be reabsorbed into christo-facism because the two feed off of each other pretty strongly.

He is going to need a lot of money to stay out of jail, so yes, he will keep running to fleece until the last cent out the cultists.

I would hope he would fade away. But between the need for grifted money and ego I doubt he will stop until he physically can't any more.

If he loses he’ll be weaker than he’s been in a long time. I don’t see how he staves off the legal and political challenges he’ll be quickly inundated with. I think this election really means his survival or ruin.

First he'll make money claiming the election was stolen. Then he'll make money from this jury trials. Then he'll make money from reelection.

His ego will make him try over and over again. But I’m not sure if he can. Shithead is getting older and also his people started shooting at him. He probably won’t make it into a ~~third~~ fourth election.

yes and i'll be surprised if the gop manage to extricate him from their party

And be even older than Jobien when he does? All the "He's too old" T-shirts, will be in style again.

He'll be having a cheeseburger in paradise by then. There's no way that unhealthy guy makes it to 2028.

He'll be too old.

They might roll him out on a wheelchair and wipe away the fluids dribbling out of his ends but "run" is not a word I would use.

Pretty difficult to run from prison.