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Chrkeller said:
Machiavellian said:

He cannot pardon himself because it's a state criminal trial, the president can only pardon federal crimes.  There is no doubt that Trump will appeal, that is a given but as we have seen with the other crime he lost in NY, it will be interesting what they set the bond to.  I doubt it will be prohibitive but still, being convicted of a crime that actually has a jail sentence on it is still damaging and something he is going to have to deal with because I doubt it gets overturned on appeal.

He shouldn't be able to, I agree.  But Trump isn't particularly concerned with legalities.  If he is elected, he will pull some nonsense.  Executive order on immunity, put the right positions in NY.  Or something.  

Sadly, I can easily see him getting elected.  The man appears bullet proof.  

Edit

Last I checked he is leading the polls.  And it isn't like the general populous isn't aware of who Trump is.  Everyone knows, the problem is most people simply don't care.  He basically is the largest cult leader in US history.

It has nothing to do with what he wants.  The president does not have the power to pardon someone on state criminal convictions so no, he cannot pardon himself.  As for polls, who cares about those until we actually go to the vote.  He was leading the polls in 2020 as well and we saw what happened.  If he gets elected, then so be it but him being bullet proof isn't correct or he would be president now.  He would not have lost all those cases on election fraud.  He would have won both NY cases, the Jean Carole case and he still have GA and the 2 federal criminal trials to get pass.  If anything, his brand is coming unglued and if he loses this election well its not going to be good for him because once your armor is chipped, everyone will want their shot and there are other states lining up like Michigan looking to get their pound of flesh.