DONALD Trump is preparing to resign

DONALD Trump is preparing to resign and will be gone by autumn “or sooner”, a former ally has declared. 

Donald Trump could step down in a matter of weeks, the ghost-writer of his best-selling memoir The Art of the Deal said today.
Tony Schwartz said Mr Trump will resign in exchange for immunity in the investigation into Russia’s alleged interfering with last November’s presidential election.
Mr Schwartz, who became close to Mr Trump while spending 18 months shadowing the business mogul during the 1980s while researching the book, said today: “The circle is closing at blinding speed.
“Trump is going to resign and declare victory before Mueller and Congress leave him no choice.

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Tony Schwarz

“Trump's presidency is effectively over. Would be amazed if he survives till the end of the year. More likely resigns by fall, if not sooner.
“He has gone over the line of acceptability so far there is no return. The Russia stuff will be huge. He doesn't want to go to jail.”
Mr Schwartz has been a fierce critic of Mr Trump throughout the first seven chaotic months of his presidency and said the situation was reaching boiling point.
Resistance to Mr Trump has soared since last week’s Charlottesville violence, which saw one woman die after being struck by a man driving a car into a crowd.