Thanks for this analysis. I hope you are correct.
This is a good read: https://www.thepostemail.com/2019/12/22/scotus-no-articles-of-impeachment-or-a-trial-are-required-for-the-senate-to-acquit-president-trump/
This article discusses a possible role for the Supreme Court: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/12/an-impeachment-role-for-the-supreme-court/
If I trusted Senators, I would say that a trial might be fun. Trump could bring in Biden, Schiff and all the deep state actors to redpill the country, then bring the pain. But I don’t trust that, once started, the Senate would go along with Trump’s witness list, and would instead look for ways to damage him and gain leverage over him. A quick dismissal might be the safer option. What I know is that he has thought it through, and has a plan. He already got Graham to adjust his thinking. Now to work on Romney and the sisters, not to mention a derp who is in it deep, Richard Burr.