With NO remedy of pardon.

He sees holding on to the presidency as his ongoing Get Out of Jail Free card. And it absolutely is.

suppress votes, cheat and steal the 2020 election. He will welcome Russian help to get himself re-elected.

We need to monitor this election very closely so we can catch any dirty tricks he'll pull to get re-elected.

If he resigns, he opens himself to being indicted. His primary motivation for running again for 2020 is staying out of jail.

You make an honest point.....I agree, agree, and agree! Thanks.

That means he'll claim total exoneration by the Senate & say that impeachment was a hoax & all part of the "failed Democrat coup."

I could see him, after amassing billions for his re-election, decide at the last minute to pull out for health reasons, or that he just is not having that much fun anymore, and try to pull a Bill Lipinski (Dan's daddy) by anointing his kid, Ivanka. Trump really wants this to be a Trump dynasty.

he knows the Senate will never vote to remove him from office

when the effort to convict in the Senate fails, he will loudly declare victory and gloat about it

plus his narcissistic personality simply won’t allow him to resign and admit weakness or failure of any kind

He knows the Senate will never convict so he'd be home free.

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Time it so impeachment gets the most traction to win the general election for Dem's.
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he'll stay because he want the TRUMP Library to be the first Presidential library without a book.

My thinking is still carrying hope for "the big one" from the McDonalds/KFC diet.

I think he would resign because, similar to your first reason, he is a cowardly pup.

Does he still have the portrait that his phony foundation bought at auction?

He can sell that to his library.

At a markup. Make more money.

As he sees things, he wouldn’t be walking away in disgrace – he’d be walking out on an ungrateful nation that didn’t deserve his brilliance.

The other possibility is being convinced that he’ll lose if he runs in 2020 – THAT would be the greater defeat than simply withdrawing from a re-election bid. The convincing would have to come from people he trusts – like Ivanka or Jared. If he was told that the numbers “just aren’t there” and believed it, he’d rather not run again than face the public humiliation of being defeated.

As for the legal jeopardy he’ll be in after he leaves office, I’m sure he’s convinced himself that he can outsmart anyone who takes him on.

What is that? A porn magazine shop and a collection of fast food menus? There will never be a more ridiculous library in the history of the nation.

If I ever get elected president, I will be sure to require the place that holds the papers and artifacts from my administration be called my Presidential Museum. That's what a presidential library really is. It's not like a regular library with books in it.

That is it. It does not affect their pension. It does not affect having a staff and office afterwards. It does not affect secret service protection. It does not affect a library which is privately funded anyway.