Trump has standing indictments, both for crimes committed while he was president and ones after he left office. There may be some legal arguments about his pre- or post-office status or immunity, but those prosecutions will not disappear just because he becomes president.
The sky will be dark with chickens coming home to roost. Whether he is president or not, these indictments will be litigated. That probably will not happen without ever more escalating petulant drama.
Feel free to disagree that things are getting much better under Biden, but do think ahead about what are not just plausible implications but a looming gloomy reality.
I hate doomsday scenarios but, given this man's history, his temperament - and what he has said he is going to do - think of the political turmoil Trump becoming President would cause and what you can easily imagine that he will feel empowered to do.
And that's only one side of the coin. What if he doesn't get elected? More of the same? In years to come this will be the defining attributes of his Administration's legacy.
