Retirement has bestowed a lot of idle time on my hands, and my mind. Thus, I am able to spend a good bit of it pondering things that don’t usually concern most folks, such as those who are still working for a living.

For instance, I have begun pondering what kind of former president Donald John Trump will become once he vacates the White House for the final time.

Hey, I don’t think I am getting ahead of myself. His time is coming. It might be after one term; it might be sooner than that. Or it might be after — God help us! — a second term as president.

He’s been hands-down the most unconventional president in anyone’s memory. My creaky old bones tell me he’ll be an unconventional former president, too.

Do not expect to see Donald Trump devote his time to worthy causes. He didn’t have time prior to becoming president to devote a moment of effort other than to fattening his bank account. Self-enrichment and self-aggrandizement is this guy’s game.

He won’t build houses for poor folks around the world, as President Carter has done. He isn’t likely to establish a foundation aimed at furthering a whole host of causes worldwide, as President Clinton has done. Do not expect him to lend emotional support to our wounded veterans, as President George W. Bush has done. And don’t expect him to advance the cause of youthful empowerment, as President Obama is doing.

The late President Bush 41 vowed to remain quiet politically once he left office. He remained faithful to his pledge. President Nixon resigned in disgrace, but then emerged as a sort of elder statesman toward the end of his life while he sought to rebuild his shattered image after Watergate.

I suppose Donald Trump will continue to do whatever it is he did before he became president. He’ll wheel and deal for commercial property. He’ll play lots of golf at any of his posh resorts.

And oh yes . . . he’ll exercise his Twitter account.

I also am fairly confident in proclaiming that should Donald Trump lose his re-election effort in 2020 that he won’t go quietly into the night. Do you remember when Bill Clinton turned the White House over to George W. Bush and members of the 42nd president’s staff removed the “W” from keyboards inside the White House? The Bushkins were aghast. There well could be something of a scorched-Earth departure from the White House if Donald Trump happens to get beat next year.

Whenever his departure occurs, I do not expect this individual to slide gracefully into post-presidential retirement.

Ugghhh!