> Trump (come January anyway) is a lame duck now

I'm concerned that this might rest too heavily on the presumption of regularity and legality.

There's a lot of (additional) illegal stuff Trump could do if 33 out of ~44 Republican senators are willing to pretend it's not "enough" to remove him from office.

People always forget the Erdoǧan Principle. Democracy is a train. You take it to where you want to go, and then you step off.