Chuck Todd’s ‘Greatest Fear’ If Trump Wins is Trump-Style Politics Dominate For ‘A Generation’ – Also ‘Kleptocracy’

NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd on Sunday revealed what his greatest fear is about the upcoming election, should Donald Trump defeat Kamala Harris and return to the White house.

On the latest Meet the Press from NBC News, Todd joined senior Washington correspondent for Telemundo Cristina Londoño Rooney, former Mike Pence chief of staff Marc Short, and MSNBC host and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki for the panel discussion with host Kristen Welker, covering Tuesday’s election.

As the group was discussing the outcome, Todd suggested that “neither party” will be accepting of the election results. But his greatest fear is that, if Trump were to win, it would doom both American politics and perhaps government, or least the Republican party, for “a generation.”

“You know, my greatest fear about this election is if Trump wins I think it, for a generation, is what they believe this is how you conduct yourself in politics and that this will cement this for a generation,” he said. “I fear the transactional nature of him could actually turn the party into a kleptocracy if we’re not careful.”

“I do think that that is, that is what I think is on the ballot about our politics going forward for another, for another half generation,” Todd said.

Well, look, I, I – the fascinating aspect of this is neither party is going to be satis — they are not going to accept defeat. The question is, “Do you accept defeat because you don’t like the vote count,” or, “Do you not accept defeat because you don’t like how the party did it,” right?

I – you know, my greatest fear about this election is if Trump wins I think it, for a generation, is what they believe this is how you conduct yourself in politics and that this will cement this for a generation. I fear the transactional nature of him could actually turn the party into a kleptocracy if we’re not careful.

And one thing about political parties when they lose, they end up trying to emulate the party that wins. Not necessarily.

And while Democrats have been trying to be the anti-version of this, losing two out of three, there’s going to be its own reckoning inside the left that could have some saying, “Hey, if you can’t beat them, join them,” you know, whether it’s lying or exaggerating, whatever you want to — I do think that that is, that is what I think is on the ballot about our politics going forward for another, for another half generation.

Watch the clip above via Meet the Press on NBC News.