I mean Trump's an extremely unpopular billionaire who had at least 2 people try to kill him in the last year, he may be an idiot but I think he understands that emboldening people to go after hated billionaires has a good chance of getting him got.
But if he was actually a cunning fascist instead of a bumbling distractable one, it could be a strategic move, be a nod to general populism and ordinary people's discontent, a sign to his followers they might be pardoned for their random targeted violence (more likely to be on progressives and minorities) and a thraat to national bourgeoisie to get behind him for protection.
It feels like something someone Putin would do. Pardon the guy. Film himself dressing down the executives and limiting them to only a 500% overcharge.
They won't let him. And he won't. But Trump pardoning Mangione would be wild.
I mean Trump's an extremely unpopular billionaire who had at least 2 people try to kill him in the last year, he may be an idiot but I think he understands that emboldening people to go after hated billionaires has a good chance of getting him got.
I don't think he would at all.
But if he was actually a cunning fascist instead of a bumbling distractable one, it could be a strategic move, be a nod to general populism and ordinary people's discontent, a sign to his followers they might be pardoned for their random targeted violence (more likely to be on progressives and minorities) and a thraat to national bourgeoisie to get behind him for protection.
It feels like something someone Putin would do. Pardon the guy. Film himself dressing down the executives and limiting them to only a 500% overcharge.