TRUMP VS. THE DEEP STATE

What if Donald Trump is right when he says the 2020 election was stolen from him?

What would that mean?

The short answer: He'll be screwed in 2024.

See, if some Superduper Deep-State operators had the power to yank the election out from under Trump's righteously victorious feet, it's clear they must also have had the know-how to hide all the evidence of that plot.

(The Deep State controls the Deep, right? Which is why the Kraken has been buried at the bottom of the sea, tightly shackled.)

Sure, there was the usual evidence of small-time fraud at the polls. Happens every election cycle. But knowing how the minority-party Republicans react to existential threats, that fraud probably sent more votes to the Trump camp than to Biden's.

(Remember the guy who went on Fox News to complain that his dead wife "voted"? It turned out he did it himself: his-and-her votes, both for Trump.)

Meanwhile, back in the real world, there was simply no credible evidence of massive, election-altering fraud. What does that tell you?

Just this: If the Deep State actually did steal the election in 2020 (and hid the evidence), why would they not do the same thing in 2024?

Only one reason, really: Trump World has so fallen apart since November 2020 it could be argued that no extraordinary intervention would be necessary in the next presidential election.

Check it out: Not only did Trump's Supreme Court shoot down Roe v. Wade and Affirmative Action—and make no mistake, The Donald claims full credit for these decisions—the man himself is under indictment for multiple crimes, stuff he allegedly did while president or in the process of packing his junk before scramming out of the White House.

All outcomes that will absolutely galvanize the Democratic base.

(Look what just happened in the dead-of-summer Special Election in Ohio, where Pro-Abortion voters dominated.)

The wild card: Trump will defy every attempt of the courts to stopper his hyperactive mouth. As a result, sensitive Grand Jury info is likely to hit the airwaves. (Not to mention his penchant for excoriating [and docking] witnesses.)

Bottom line: The man could potentially end up in jail awaiting trial.

That's an outrage (of his own making) that would likely enhance his political position, at least among die-hard Republicans. Hell, it might even melt the heart of the occasional Democratic snowflake.

Short of jail, however, Trump could find himself levied with accelerating fines that will threaten to drain his campaign coffers. Loyal Republicans might have to sell their homes and send the money to the guy in an effort to keep the poor man out of the Graybar Hotel.

Or, if not actually jailed, picture Trump shuffling ankle-braceleted up and down the slowly corroding halls of Mar-a-Lago.

House arrest for the terminally tasteless.

The good news for him, though: Indoors he'd be safe from Italian-built space lasers.

The plot to lightning-strike the guy on the golf course would have to go on the back burner once again.

For now.