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**NOVEMBER 6, 2020**

Kuttner on TAP

Trump: The Art of the Deal

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Once Donald Trump accepts the inevitable and grasps that he has lost the
election, there will be two mortal dangers to the Republic. The first is
that he will resort to extralegal means, including exhorting supporters
to violence, to hold on to office.

The second is that, as a wounded lame duck, he will become even more
crazy and reckless. Let's hope the military has a contingency plan to
prevent him from starting World War III as a final, narcissistic "F-You"
gesture to all who scorned him.

But as reality sinks in, the survivor part of Trump's twisted psyche
will be focused on saving his own sorry ass. Jane Mayer has the
definitive piece

on all the prosecutions Trump will face as he leaves office. It's
quite a list.

So Trump, the ultimate deal-maker, will be looking for the ultimate
deal. He resigns, is pardoned by Pence, and is somehow spared further
prosecution even by state officials not bound by a federal presidential
pardon.

As much as we might like to see Trump in a dungeon for all of eternity
with reptiles gnawing at his vital organs, this is a deal worth
brokering. Nothing is more important than getting a crazed lame-duck
Trump out of office ASAP.

The lawyers will have to figure out how it might be possible to bring in
state prosecutors who have spent decades trying to send Trump to the
slam. Maybe New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could also pardon him for state
crimes.

Some might reject this as a corrupt deal. But these are not ordinary
times.

Get him out well before January 20. Trump has been talking about fleeing
the country. Great! There are few pleasant places that would take him,
but doubtless Viktor Orban or Rodrigo Duterte would be happy to have
him.

He can move Mar-a-Lago to Manila, start his own network, and get even
richer. Swell. Just get him out of the White House before he blows us
all up.

~ ROBERT KUTTNER

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Robert Kuttner's latest book is
The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American Democracy
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