Why would he do this? The republicans fucked him over, what's the motivation behind this? Simply to win Georgia?

Also how will the dems react?

  • redfromouterspace [he/him]
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    vor 4 Jahren

    Like 2 hours after pardoning the four Blackwater ghouls charged with uh, war crimes.

    Incredible.

      • TheOldRazzleDazzle [he/him]
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        vor 4 Jahren

        Nah you are giving...everyone? too much credit. Biden don't care, Pelosi don't care, McConnell nods the folds of his terrapin neck with approval, and only 1% of the public, at best, vaguely knows that Blackwater isn't a body of water in the middle east.

    • MojoDr [none/use name]
      3·
      vor 4 Jahren

      It goes together: Solidfy populist support + Pardons for murderers who are on your side = next stage of the power grab

      • TelestialBeing [he/him]
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        vor 4 Jahren

        stop doing the shit of thinking trump has a strategy. He just does things because he feels like it.

        • MojoDr [none/use name]
          1·
          vor 4 Jahren

          I think Trump is an idiot criminal with a survival instinct who just happens to have a huge alt right following at his disposal, so maybe he'll feel like using them while he has the power and immunity that he doesn't want to give up, at this point why wouldn't he just go for it?

          • TelestialBeing [he/him]
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            vor 4 Jahren

            He might be doing it off some vague instinct that it will let him stay president, but that instinct is dumb and wrong and not anything to worry about.

            • MojoDr [none/use name]
              2·
              vor 4 Jahren

              My question is if he faces certain prosecution after leaving office for crimes we may not even know of yet, failing a military coup attempt would just give him the same punishment, except he has a chance to succeed by doing so and really has nothing to lose by trying... I'm not worried, but thats my gut feeling of what seems to be happening considering he's a textbook narcissist trying to survive, and honestly I wouldn't even mind if he tries it and takes down the system in the process, although it would be horrible for all of us it at least allows small hope for a better future of which now we have none

              • TelestialBeing [he/him]
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                vor 4 Jahren

                if he faces certain prosecution after leaving office for crimes we may not even know of yet

                Highly unlikely. The dems won't do this for the same reason that mob bosses don't just call hits on each other. It would invite Republicans to prosecute them for their own corruption.

                • MojoDr [none/use name]
                  2·
                  vor 4 Jahren

                  Normally I'd agree, but its likely Trump has done treasonous things we are not even aware of yet that may have to be prosecuted once discovered. At the end of the day though, you are right that he will do whatever he feels like in his position of absurd immunity and power

                  • TelestialBeing [he/him]
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                    vor 4 Jahren

                    They simply "don't" get discovered, then. I would put like 20:1 odds of Trump getting charged with anything significant.