Trump’s Possible Return Rattles Capital

Peter Baker: “It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?”

“Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator.”

“They’re joking. Sort of. At least in most cases. It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge. Much of official Washington is bracing for the possibility that former President Donald Trump really could return — this time with ‘retribution’ as his avowed mission, the discussion is where people might go into a sort of self-imposed exile.”