Would Trump Resign?

The conventional wisdom among the wise men and pundits I follow has been that Donald would never resign the presidency. Due to his temperament, his ego, his narcissism, his neediness, or all of the above, I've heard many observers say that a Trump resignation would never, never, happen.

Now, consider the following, and note that the first tweet was sent out Sunday and the response was posted Monday. In other words, before today's explosive testimony at the Impeachment Hearing:

I am not a soothsayer.  I only have an opinion.  I think he will quit.  I have lots of reasons - too many words to tweet.  I could be wrong.  According to 95% if the twittersphere, I am.  I am thinking of the man I know and his ability to withstand the disgrace of impeachment.

— Barbara Res (@Allaloneon68fl) November 18, 2019

Well, for one thing, I see the party abandoning him, at least some of them, as more and more stuff comes out  There is too much at stake here - his business and, perhaps, his children. Trump does not want to spend the rest of his life as the impeached president.  Just my opinion.

— Barbara Res (@Allaloneon68fl) November 18, 2019

Who's Barbara Res? This is from an article at the Huffington Post, dated October 7: 

A former executive in the Trump Organization said President Donald Trump really doesn’t want to be impeached ― and that he may not let the process go much further as a result.

Barbara Res, who was vice president in charge of construction at Trump’s company, predicted that he will look for a way out first.

“My gut tells me he’ll leave office, he’ll resign or make some kind of a deal, even, depending on what comes out,” she said on CNN on Sunday.

Trump would leave office to save face, Res said, even if he’s unlikely to be found guilty by the Senate during an impeachment proceeding.

“I don’t think he wants to be impeached,” Res said. “I think that’s what this panic is about.”

She went into more detail on Twitter, predicting that Trump would warn of the “deep state,” spread conspiracy theories about the Democrats and claim he’s quitting to save the Republican Party.

Res said he may quit even before the House votes to impeach him.

“Trump is toast,” she wrote in one tweet.  (This is the article in its entirety. Click here to see video.)

That's interesting but it was still just one person's opinion, although Ms. Res knows Donald better than almost everyone else. Then today, I saw this. *Ken Starr* thinks we may see a Barry Goldwater moment aimed at getting Donald out of the White House: 

BREAKING: Ken Starr just suggested on Fox News that Sondland’s testimony could prompt GOP to “make a trip to the White House” and ask Trump to resign.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) November 20, 2019

Would Donald resign? I'd say it's not out of the question.