What many people still don't get is that there's a chasm between what Trump says and what he's capable of doing. Does Tim Parlatore really believe that the reason Trump didn't try to get DOJ to prosecute Hillary Clinton was "because we shouldn’t be abusing the criminal justice system to lock up political opponents"? If he didn't at least…
What many people still don't get is that there's a chasm between what Trump says and what he's capable of doing. Does Tim Parlatore really believe that the reason Trump didn't try to get DOJ to prosecute Hillary Clinton was "because we shouldn’t be abusing the criminal justice system to lock up political opponents"? If he didn't at least float the idea before Sessions or Barr, it has nothing to do with his (non-existent) respect for the judicial system. It has everything to do with the roars of approval that greeted "Lock her up!" every time he yelled it at a rally. His White House staff never roared like that.
Infuriating as Trump is, I'm more afraid of (1) his unhinged and well-armed followers, and (2) Project 2025. Project 2025 is terrifying, but it's not going anywhere unless Trump gets elected. The Project 2025 guys probably think they can keep Trump on a short leash while they go about transforming the U.S. into a white Christian nationalist/capitalist utopia, but I'm not sure about that, or about what they'll do if it doesn't work according to plan.
Apparently this new fleet of hangers-on failed to learn the lessons in 45's dumping, stiffing, and shunning of Pillow Guy, Guiliani, Powell, Pence, et. al. Why do they think they too won't become expendable? These plotters and schemers are playing with the kind of fire that seems to result in self-immolation.
And I totally agree that there's no decent bone in Trump's head that would have led him to conclude that it's not nice to abuse the justice system.
What many people still don't get is that there's a chasm between what Trump says and what he's capable of doing. Does Tim Parlatore really believe that the reason Trump didn't try to get DOJ to prosecute Hillary Clinton was "because we shouldn’t be abusing the criminal justice system to lock up political opponents"? If he didn't at least float the idea before Sessions or Barr, it has nothing to do with his (non-existent) respect for the judicial system. It has everything to do with the roars of approval that greeted "Lock her up!" every time he yelled it at a rally. His White House staff never roared like that.
Infuriating as Trump is, I'm more afraid of (1) his unhinged and well-armed followers, and (2) Project 2025. Project 2025 is terrifying, but it's not going anywhere unless Trump gets elected. The Project 2025 guys probably think they can keep Trump on a short leash while they go about transforming the U.S. into a white Christian nationalist/capitalist utopia, but I'm not sure about that, or about what they'll do if it doesn't work according to plan.
Apparently this new fleet of hangers-on failed to learn the lessons in 45's dumping, stiffing, and shunning of Pillow Guy, Guiliani, Powell, Pence, et. al. Why do they think they too won't become expendable? These plotters and schemers are playing with the kind of fire that seems to result in self-immolation.
And I totally agree that there's no decent bone in Trump's head that would have led him to conclude that it's not nice to abuse the justice system.