Paul Krugman@paulkrugman
Next week is going to be horrible, for multiple reasons. One reason I haven't
seen mentioned much in the media has come up a lot in my discussions with Wall
Street types: the personal desperation of the Trumpies if he loses 1/

Trump himself, of course, faces likely financial ruin from his unpayable debts
and perhaps criminal charges if he loses the shield of office. Quite a few
officials will probably also face criminal charges for abuse of office, both
political and financial 2/

But there's another, more mundane issue facing many lower-level Trump minions:
they may not get the traditional soft landing available to former officials,
in which you move into a cushy lobbying or industry job 3/

Normally service in government is a plus on your resume; serving this government,
not so much. For one thing, everyone knows that the Trumpies aren't the A team,
or even the B team; they're people who had nothing better to do 4/

What about K Street? The usual connections won't count for much: Democrats control
the House. If they take the Senate too, they will play hardball, giving McConnell
very little chance to shape legislation ? and anyway, it's obvious that MM personally
despises Trump and co 5/

So if you are, say, Trump's Deputy Assistant Secretary for small endangered mammals,
who's going to offer you a job? You pretty much burned your bridges by joining this
administration, and that has jammed the revolving door. 6/

And if you're tempted to mock my mixed metaphor, all I can say is that if Biden wins,
the upper hand will be on the other foot 7/