I think he might totally do this.  The base no longer cares how successful a businessman he is.  Assuming they ever did.  They literally think he was sent by god to purify America.

Supreme Court Opens the Door to Potential Chaos
March 5, 2024 at 6:27 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 95 Comments

Rick Hasen: "The Supreme Court's unsigned majority opinion in Trump v. Anderson, ending Colorado's attempt to disqualify Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot as an insurrectionist, is a remarkable self-own. It simultaneously turned what could have been a short, sweet (if weakly reasoned) unanimous holding about states not having the individual power to disqualify presidential candidates from their ballots into a bitter 5-4 dispute over the scope of
 Congress' power to disqualify candidates."

"And if the majority felt that it needed to take the heat from the court's liberals and from Justice Amy Coney Barrett because it wanted to provide clarity that Congress cannot try to disqualify Trump if he appears to be reelected when Congress counts Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2025, it made a mess."

"Leading scholars and lawyers reading the opinion already disagree over what Congress can do and how, keeping the door open to potential chaos. It's a rare miss by a usually strategic and savvy Chief Justice John Roberts."

The vast majority of cases filed in the Supreme Court are disposed of summarily by unsigned orders. Such an order will, for example, deny a petition for certiorari without comment. Regularly scheduled lists of orders are issued on each Monday that the Court sits, but "miscellaneous" orders may be issued in individual cases at any time. Scheduled order lists are posted on this Website on the day of their issuance, while miscellaneous orders are posted on the day of issuance or the next day

Which is clearly political. I think it's cowardice but I think it's not the apocalypse some are suggesting.  

The timing is just too curious--almost two weeks to decide to take the case and another two months to hold hearings.  Arguments have been made by both sides twice--at the District court and appellate courts. And, the DC appellate court panel's opinion has been widely viewed as masterful.

It seems the high court , having  granted cert, could  have  scheduled hearings for next week with an opinion handed down two weeks later.  It is hard, for me, not  to think that this slow walk is not a  nice nod to the criminal defendant.  And, a nice nod to each other, say if some of the Republican-appointed justices want to retire, but only if they can do so during the term of a Republican president.

The  seemingly needless delay is a disservice to the nation, The electorate has a right to know if  the defendant is guilty or not of charges related to overthrowing the government.  A not too great expectation since the criminal defendant is , once again,  a candidate for president.