Because the media is still portraying Trump as somehow immortal in defeat, most of you haven't figured out yet that McConnell is now running the show, not Trump. If and when McConnell decides Trump is standing in the way of the Georgia runoffs, he'll (selfishly) finish Trump off.
How do I know Trump won't actually do it? Because it would guarantee the worst possible outcome for him, and a narcissist like him has no interest in that. By nature he's a (very weak) dealmaker. He knows he has to find a way to negotiate his way out of going to prison.
Blowing up Iran won't magically keep Trump out of prison. All it would do is eliminate whatever leverage he has, like when you shoot your only remaining hostage. It's the THREAT that might get you somewhere. If you actually do it, you're finished.
So unless you think Trump is literally suicidal – and I don't – there's no reason to believe that he's planning to go out in a manner that would result in the worst possible outcome for him. He arrogantly thinks he can avoid prison, by scaring us into letting him go free.
So it really comes down to whether you're skittish enough to fall for a threat that you KNOW is fake, just to avoid having to sweat an imaginary scenario. But just know that if you buy into Trump's empty threats, you're actively helping keep him out of prison.
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