Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[Baggers]

If they string it out for 18 months, then the GOP may well lose control of the House and/or the Senate in the mid-terms.  Then Pence won't be much of a problem.

Makes me think of Keating's taunt directed to Hewson - I'm going to do you slowly. 

I doubt if Trump would allow Pence to act like he wasn't part of Trump's shenanigans.  He would make sure that Pence is handcuffed to him.  The thing he hates most is an underling protecting his own butt rather than backing him to the hilt.  Underlings are like Secret Service agents - they're there to jump in front of him and take metaphorical bullets.

The bad news is that the 3rd in line is Paul Ryan, at least until the mid-term Election.

Interesting that most pundits on the Trump regime are not talking 'if', but 'when'. A blessing in disguise is that no-one can protect Trump from himself (his big mouth/tweets).