When Trump Is Gone - Updated

At some time in the future, Donald will no longer be president. He'll be impeached and removed, he'll resign in disgrace, he'll be defeated in 2020 or (God help us all) he'll leave office in 2025 after two terms. Or, not to be morbid or anything, but perhaps one of these days we'll wake up to discover that Donald's overstressed seventy-something heart just stopped beating. However it happens and whenever it comes, there will be a day when Donald isn't president anymore. In anticipation of that day, I'm beginning to see rumblings about accountability for those who supported a degenerate criminal pig for, and as, president.

When law and order and justice eventually catch up to Trump, and it will happen, the story won't be about Trump being guilty.  The story will be why did the GOP let him get away with it for years?  Why did they obstruct justice for a crook, conman and traitor?

— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) December 1, 2018

Based on recent experiences, I think they’ll flat out lie about their roles as collaborators. It may even work for some of them if they repeat it often enough and loud enough, without responding to the indisputable evidence. We’ll have to make an effort to hold some accountable.

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 2, 2018

Monday morning update:

Think how many Republicans are now wondering why they went all in with Trump. When he finally goes down, when the mountain of lies & crimes makes his exit unavoidable, plenty of Republicans will desperately try to justify why they enabled this.

They must be held accountable.

— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) December 2, 2018

Update #2 on Wednesday morning. The title of this post refers to a time when Donald is no longer president, but as I watched coverage of the run-up to former President Bush's funeral this morning, I couldn't help thinking of that day in the future when we're going through these rituals on Donald's behalf. In the spirit of saying nice things about people when they die, what will commentators say about 45 on the day of his funeral?

"His reality TV show got pretty good ratings, at least at the beginning."

"He brought an ice rink in New York in on-time and under budget."

"He somehow convinced three attractive women to marry him."

And maybe, "He made it through George H.W. Bush's funeral without embarrassing himself," although as I'm writing the funeral hasn't actually started so hold that thought. Who knows what Donald might do.

Update #3 on Thursday afternoon: An interesting actuarial tidbit. One of the commentators during the Bush funeral yesterday pointed out that Donald Trump, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are all the same age. They were born within ten weeks of each other in the summer of 1946, Donald on June 14, W. on July 6 and Bill on August 19.