January 20, 2021 can’t come too soon.
I'm a big fan of Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks. He wrote a song called, "How can I miss you when you won't go away?"
I don't think Trump has any intention of going away. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that he's considering the possibility of declaring Martial Law at some point. After all, everything Trump has been doing in the last few weeks, both before and after Biden was declared the apparent winner, seems intended to inflame passions and possibly lead to civil unrest across the country. And since everyone knows that Trump likes to divide people and to create friction, such an outcome could lead him to proclaim that martial law is necessary to restore order.
Whether or not he could get away with it and whether or not military leaders would follow his orders is another question. But I suspect that replacing Defense Sec Mark Esper was intended, in part, to get rid of a man who would summarily refuse to follow an order to put troops in the streets like Trump did in Lafayette Park.
Keep in mind that Trump has regularly declared that he has the support of the police, the military, and bikers, and he told groups like the Proud Boys to stand back and stand by. Was it just incendiary rhetoric, or was it a glimpse into his thinking about an endgame? It's too important a point to decide on a coin flip.
Trump is clearly the most unscrupulous man to ever be president. After all, he doesn't care about the virus, and he doesn't care about democracy, and he doesn't even care about his own supporters who he encouraged to attend his superspreader rallies in the weeks leading up to the election. Trump is a man who only cares about himself and benefiting himself. As a consequence, I believe it's foolish for anyone to believe that there's a line he won't cross to get what he wants if and when he wants something.
That's the reason why I want to see him indicted and prosecuted after he's out of office because I don't want any other man to think that he can do what Trump has done at some future point and get away with it with no other consequence other than losing a reelection attempt.