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Next week is going to be horrible, for multiple reasons. One reason I haven& #39;t seen mentioned much in the media has come up a lot in my discussions with Wall Street types: the personal desperation of the Trumpies if he loses 1/
Trump himself, of course, faces likely financial ruin from his unpayable debts and perhaps criminal charges if he loses the shield of office. Quite a few officials will probably also face criminal charges for abuse of office, both political and financial 2/
But there& #39;s another, more mundane issue facing many lower-level Trump minions: they may not get the traditional soft landing available to former officials, in which you move into a cushy lobbying or industry job 3/
Normally service in government is a plus on your resume; serving this government, not so much. For one thing, everyone knows that the Trumpies aren& #39;t the A team, or even the B team; they& #39;re people who had nothing better to do 4/
What about K Street? The usual connections won& #39;t count for much: Democrats control the House. If they take the Senate too, they will play hardball, giving McConnell very little chance to shape legislation — and anyway, it& #39;s obvious that MM personally despises Trump and co 5/
So if you are, say, Trump& #39;s Deputy Assistant Secretary for small endangered mammals, who& #39;s going to offer you a job? You pretty much burned your bridges by joining this administration, and that has jammed the revolving door. 6/
And if you& #39;re tempted to mock my mixed metaphor, all I can say is that if Biden wins, the upper hand will be on the other foot 7/
What all this means is that we& #39;re going to be looking at some very desperate people, many willing to do extreme things to pull this out 8/
