Trump's former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney suggested how Trump's legal troubles could play out.

Mulvaney outlined how Trump’s legal woes could play out in an opinion piece published in The Hill Wednesday morning.

He described an “outlandish” scenario in which President Joe Biden offers Trump a deal if the former president is convicted. Under that agreement, Biden would pardon Trump in exchange for his dropping out of the presidential race. Biden would then end his 2024 campaign to assure Americans that the deal was not done to make his reelection chances easier.

Mulvaney predicted Trump would ultimately accept that offer. While he said the scenario is not likely to happen, he described how the former president might approach such an offer to avoid serving time in prison.

  • bazus1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    Biden would pardon Trump in exchange for his dropping out of the presidential race. Biden would then end his 2024 campaign to assure Americans that the deal was not done to make his reelection chances easier.

    Holy cow - it’s a win-win!

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        101·
        1 year ago

        There’s three key problems with such an arrangement:

        • Trump won’t do anything that hurts his public image on purpose. He will do anything to keep it, even if that means rolling the dice on his lawsuits.
        • Trump doesn’t keep his promises where money or power to get money are involved, and even if he did…
        • I don’t believe Trump would honor his end of the bargain if his followers wrote his name in and got him elected in spite of his dropping out.