By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

Donald Trump’s post-presidential existence cannot possibly end well.

I say that without any knowledge of whether he will be indicted by two states that are pursuing criminal charges against him. Even if no indictments will be part of Trump’s future, my gut tells me he is likely to be scarred forever by the pursuit of the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney and the Manhattan DA up yonder in New York City.

The Fulton County DA is pursuing whether Trump violated state law by pressuring the Georgia secretary of state to “find” enough votes to swing the state’s 2020 presidential election result from favoring President Biden to favoring Trump. This investigation appears to be fairly straightforward and reasonably uncomplicated.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis is an experienced prosecutor and she has vowed to spare no effort in following the evidence that she will present to a grand jury which will decide whether to indict Trump.

The Manhattan case, led by Cyrus Vance Jr., is a whole lot more complicated. As I understand it, Vance is examining whether Trump violated campaign finance laws in paying off a porn star to keep quiet about a sexual liaison she and Trump allegedly had in 2006. Oh, and Trump denies it happened — but he paid her 130 grand anyway! Go figure. He’s even hired a prosecutor experienced in racketeering cases to help him make the case.

I cannot possibly know whether either prosecutorial team is going to bring formal charges against Trump.

However, my sense of understanding of how history looks back on political figures tells me that historians are going to judge Trump’s time since leaving office harshly. That prosecutors even are considering whether to file charges suggests to me that Trump will be scarred for life.