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President Trump has said that he won't attend the inaugeration of Joe Biden on January 20th, although it looks like Vice President Mike Pence will, sort of standing in for him. So what should Trump do instead? He has his own plan and ideas, I'm sure, and he knows how to make a good entrance and exit. But. Should he leave the White House in the dead of night on January 19th., like John Adams did? Or, as I would like, at 11:30 AM on January 20th., a half hour before Biden is sworn in, should he ride the Marine...

In unmistakable ways over the last two weeks, whether he has intended to or not, Donald J. Trump has started to articulate a way out of the presidential race: a verbal parachute that makes clear he has contemplated the factors that would cause him to end his bid. It is a prospect that many in the political establishment have privately predicted as the actual voting grows closer. In three separate television interviews, Mr. Trump, who has made his standing in the polls a central facet of his campaign message, spoke about what would prompt him to quit a race in...