r/politics • u/RB_Reich Robert Reich • Sep 26 '19

Let’s talk about impeachment! I'm Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, author, professor, and co-founder of Inequality Media. AMA. AMA-Finished

I'm Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor for President Clinton and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. I also co-founded Inequality Media in 2014.

Earlier this year, we made a video on the impeachment process: The Impeachment Process Explained

Please have a look and subscribe to our channel for weekly videos. (My colleagues are telling me I should say, “Smash that subscribe button,” but that sounds rather violent to me.)

Let’s talk about impeachment, the primaries, or anything else you want to discuss.

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/tiGP0tL.jpg

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u/Turkin4tor Sep 26 '19

Assuming no shenanigans, about how much longer do you predict that trump will remain president? I've been trying to tell people that I think this will be a lot quicker than people may expect, but I don't know exactly how it's going to go

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u/RB_Reich Robert Reich Sep 26 '19

He'll be president until his term ends in January 2021, unless (1) he contests the 2020 election results and drags them through the federal courts, or (2) rigs the election. Sad to say, I think there's a 25 percent chance of both (1) and (2).

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u/SgtSiggy Sep 26 '19

Ughhh... been saying this for a while now but hoped I was misguided. The (1) above is closer to 100% in my opinion if Trump thinks he will be convicted of crimes once he leaves the white house. He will self preserve with every option available as he always has.

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u/expressly_ephemeral Sep 27 '19

Once John Roberts swears in the new president, the secret service or the FBI will remove the previous occupant from the building.

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u/SgtSiggy Sep 27 '19

My vision is Trump holes himself up in the emergency bunker under the white house claiming "Dems are trying to hurt me!" and uses the cult staff he has to protect him.

Nothing has been easy with this president, and if he's facing life in jail (meaning no more hamberders) including the shame of a woke nation, he will try Putin-style shady moves.

The escalation to crazy town has no ceiling

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u/expressly_ephemeral Sep 27 '19

I acknowledge my description of events is entirely best-case, and that your is decidedly possible, as well.

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u/SgtSiggy Sep 27 '19

I'm over here just trying not to fall into crippling depression about this timeline.

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"It is a curse to live in interesting times"

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u/steppe5 Sep 27 '19

I can see armed militias from the south coming up to the white house to defend Trump. It could get ugly.