I wonder what makes us think he will stop doing damage once he’s out of the Oval Office. Remember that media empire he was going to build if he lost the election?
And how about the fact that right now he has some actual advisors around him, for whatever good they may do? Never mind the Twitter account, which isn’t going to go silent. Do you think his influence over his rage-aholic devotees is likely to diminish? Or—depending on how he departs—is it just going to get worse?
Being the president who follows him, no matter who it is, won’t be an enviable fate.
Letting him go quietly and in the natural course of things might be the best we can hope for. As for damage, honestly, I think it will be at least a century before our country can recover its balance. And if certain forces have their way while we’re so vulnerable, there may never be a recovery.