“7 months before election day? The election is in Nov. 2020, so it’s 18 months away.”
The author of this silly speculation is suggesting President Trump might withdraw around a year from now with only 7 months until the election, like LBJ did.
That would be about the least likely scenario of all scenarios someone could speculate about.
When his first election was apparently hopeless, he kept running and fighting all of the way until the finish line. He would not drop out and give up even if his defeat was 100% certain, because quitting is against his philosophy of life.
If anything could make the president drop out it would have already happened.
Further, he is raising unprecedented amounts of money for his reelection and for other Republicans. He’s already running to win. He’s not quitting.
I haven’t seen Trump holding dogs by their ears, nor is there any rumour that he had the previous president killed.
Also he hasn’t started any costly and unwinnable foreign wars.
So thanks for the analogy, seems to have almost no merit but what the hey, talk is cheap.