A theory surfaced on Twitter when Jon Cooper, former chairman of the Democratic Coalition Against Trump, tweeted that the 74-year-old was being advised to 'resign in honor than leave in defeat'
President Donald Trump is under the weather after being infected with coronavirus on Friday, October 2, 2020. Reeling under pressure amid the US elections, a number of rumors have been circulating on social media. One such theory surfaced on Twitter when Jon Cooper, former chairman of the Democratic Coalition Against Trump, tweeted that the 74-year-old was being advised to "resign in honor than leave in defeat".
“GOP source w/ White House ties: 'Trump is being advised to resign in honor rather than leave in defeat. He fears prison. He wants to maintain campaign, but without Hicks, Conway & Miller, he's done. He’s really alone. He must be speaking with Pence about a pardon,'” Cooper wrote. Collecting over 5,000 retweets and 11,000 likes in no time, his tweet grabbed one too many eyeballs and sparked sentiments of both hope and fury on social media.
While many agreed with that chain of thought, they also said that his "ego" will never allow him to quit. "He now has an acceptable reason to resign without it looking like he's disgraced. He can cite his health as a reason. But I don't believe his ego would ever allow him to resign. He'll need to be removed from office at gunpoint. Or by the grim reaper," one said and another tweeted, "If he sees he's losing, he'll resign because of "COVID" and then when Biden wins in a landslide, claim it was because of his resignation, not because Biden is any good. I know this kind of malignant narcissism."
A third chimed in, "No. Because he will never admit that he's sick. He equates sickness with weakness." A fourth Twitter user opined, "I wouldn’t care if he resigned because of his health, and went to recover in Russia and avoid prison by never setting foot in North America again. Just for him to be gone would be enough for me!" One put it straightforwardly: "No chance. His ego won’t let him resign."