Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

[LinekersLegs]

Informative thread

 

[gonetomorrow]

Gee whizz Mr President yew are gonna git yurr sawry ass whupped by the lawd gawd when yew git tuh thum purley gates.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Lying about the size
Very on brand for Magats

There must be about 350 million in that crowd.

 

[SteveSC]

If this is true and it does happen my local food bank and certain charities will get ours just as before. We have been lucky enough to be earning all through the pandemic. There are those who are more in need.

 

[Amw79]

I know the US constitution is viewed by many as a sacred, even religious document, but the presidential pardon clause is absolutely bonkers.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

If this is true and it does happen my local food bank and certain charities will get ours just as before. We have been lucky enough to be earning all through the pandemic. There are those who are more in need.

Wait, you mean you won't be buying a new fridge?

 

[LostLegend]

 

[DanEFC92]

Any reasoning given for those horrendous pardons?

 

[Prevenger17]

Any reasoning given for those horrendous pardons?

He's a tremendous balloon of a man

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[DanEFC92]

He's a tremendous balloon of a man

You've put it very kindly.

 

[tsubaki]

it’s deliberately monarchical, isn’t it?

 

[tsubaki]

You've put it very kindly.

not for balloons

 

[TN Toffee]

 

[LinekersLegs]

it’s deliberately monarchical, isn’t it?

That was my understanding as well, that it was seen as one of the good features of a traditional monarch.

And I somewhat agree. There is usually a strong bias towards incarceration and vengeance, plus miscarriages of justice are not uncommon, so tilting the scales of justice a bit the other way isn’t in principle a bad idea. Clinton’s pardoning of his brother and Marc Rich were clearly dodgy but most of the other 450 seem like good clemency so overall I’d prefer to take the bad with the good rather than have had none of the 450.

However Trump hasn’t even made much attempt to do any of the good, almost all have had transactional benefit to POTUS himself