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Some of us are called futurists and can describe the future though it has not yet materialized. We do it from past and current trends and world experience. Trump is going to be indicted at several government levels for a variety of important reasons. In the case of the ex-president it's not so hard because of his weaknesses wanting always to win and donning the mantle of victim with explanations for his failures to win.

Despite Trump's aura of invincibility over a lifetime of grifting, we see an impending comeuppance for this serial criminal. The man is a media expert, a marketing guru, in the mold of premier media specialist Marshall McLuhan. His carefully cultivated aura of rich man, real estate mogul, jet setter, media darling has made him two things--1. a rich man, mogul, . . ., and 2. overly egotistical. Yet he is thin-skinned and a braggadoccio fellow. It's these latter qualities that expose him to impending comeuppance.

It remained only for patriotic, law abiding, detail-oriented officialdom to take his professions of invincibility to nail him for criminal behavior. So, he is about to face charges of (a) mishandling classified national documents via the FBI search and demands of the National Archives buttressed by strict laws, (b) tax evasion by inflating real estate values for loan while deflating them for taxation, and (c) election tampering while calling for overturning a duly certified state vote tally for an opponent. None of this involves any charges that may emerge from the Special House Committee on January 6th insurrection that are also aborning.

He's going to be indicted in all these cases and spend time in jail absent a death-dealing stroke or heart attack. So, let's keep his criminal activities separate from political speculation that he's running for president again, wants to build a 'tower' in Moscow, or is as wealthy as he claims.

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