President* Trump could leave one way or the other.
Pence might be involved in the coverup, how deeply we don't know.
Ryan is next in line unless Pence has enough time to get a VP confirmed.
Best of all outcomes and ignoring probabilities, who would you prefer?
I'd go with Ryan. My thinking is that Dolt .45 is crazy and dangerous, Pence is evil and Ryan is just very bad.
I'd go for Ryan. He is a right-wing extremist (aren't all Republicans anymore?), but he hasn't had much luck in getting much support for his crazier starving grandma type ideas. And he's not that good at getting consensus or getting things done. He could possibly be ineffectually harmless for a couple of years and then not get re-elected. But he's not totally without shit on his hands in all the Trump cesspool. Could be we'd get President Hatch, who surely wouldn't even run for another term.
One scenario, admittedly unlikely. The House flips, President* Trump and VP Q-tip go down at the same time or POTUS Q-tip is unable to get a new VP confirmed by a hostile Senate then goes down, POTUS Pelosi.
Mini Dolt .45 at first hid the meeting, tried lying about the meeting content, got busted in the lie, admits that he at least tried to collude with the Russians to mess with the election, is probably lying about it being a failed attempt. Think of all the things that we already know. When the investigations elaborate, organize, evaluate and put it in context, it's hard to imagine the Putin's Agent Orange regime continuing, even with the sycophant congressional GOP. All the pitiful little Trumpettes and Russian trolls are still screeching, 'But, but the Clintons and Obama.' Sad!
Putin's Agent Orange: Collusion and obstruction.
VP Q-tip: Obstruction, if not also collusion.
Others: Collusion and/or obstruction.
If before 1/1/19: POTUS Ryan, unless also for obstruction.
If after 1/1/19: POTUS Pelosi?
Trump could stand on the White House lawn and say live on national television "I colluded with the Russians" and his supporters would be just fine with that and vote for him again.
No family has ever been more transparent. They lie openly, they cheat openly, they steal openly, they threaten and bully openly, they demonstrate their ignorance openly, they openly demonstrate their hypocrisy, they openly flaunt their lack of knowledge of American history, they openly reject science and objective evidence. What could be more transparent?
Cue the usual and predictable rabid shouts of fake news.
How long until you trumpettes start calling Rupert Murdoch's WSJ lib media?
I thought the Trump presidency would be a train wreck. Turns out I was wildly optimistic.
Trump could give Putin a desk and office space in the White House and put him on the payroll and Trump supporters would applaud him
... That includes higher rates among both Republican and Democratic voters. For Republicans, 12 per cent support Mr Trump’s impeachment, compared to 7 per cent who supported the same for Nixon six months into his second term. Just 34 per cent of Democrats wanted to impeach Nixon, compared to a whopping 70 per cent who want to see Mr Trump impeached, according to a poll from the Monmouth University Polling Institute.
Among all voters, just 24 per cent of voters wanted to see Nixon out, compared to 41 per cent who say they’d like impeachment proceedings against Mr Trump ...
Liarbart vs. Liar in Chief, anybody want some popcorn?
President* Trump, fire the nasty, racist and fascist, evil elf Sessions. I'll cheer you for a minute, then I'll go back to hoping for your early exit. Might even be a bonus of an earlier exit because you fired him.
Trump has worked a minor miracle, turning the American public into a mass of folks who pity a white racist for being unfairly humiliated for doing his job!!
Think about it! In this covfefe between Trump and Sessions, Sessions comes out the pitiable aggrieved party!!
I hope Sessions didn't give his white sheets to goodwill, I think he's going to need to go back to them soon.
If the President gets the pair of stones necessary to defrock Sessions.
Sessions needs to man up and haul out all the dirt he has on Trump. Yes, you can hit back while trapped under the bus. Go for it Jeff, fair is fair...