Trump’s Situation – It’s Actually a Win-Win for Him

July 20th, 2020 / Leave Feedback / nezuppal

One of the most bizarre and corrupt aspects of the US political system is often ignored or forgotten – and that is the Presidential Pardon. A Presidential Pardon allows the President of the United States to completely exonerate ANY USA citizen without any excuse or explanation.

The authority to take such action is granted to the president by Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The president’s pardon power is technically limited to federal offenses because the Constitution only grants the President the power to pardon offenses against the United States.

But a lot of confusion surrounds the Presidential Pardon. Can they pardon themselves? Can they use it to halt or alter impeachment proceedings? It really is up to the decision of the President at the time. It is used regularly – after Nixon was impeached and nearly convicted (resigning the day before the judgement – classy move) Ford used the Presidential Pardon to exonerate Nixon of any of his past crimes. His justification? The country had to move on. But it is more likely that this was a political decision to avoid added damage to the Republican Party.

The Presidential Pardon is most commonly used on a President’s last day in office. It’s their last chance to use the power and they won’t have to face a backlash because the people they exonerated will be free and the President does not have to answer for it.

On Bill Clinton’s last day as President, he used his power under the U.S. Constitution to grant pardons and clemency to 456 people, thus commuting the sentences of those already convicted of a crime and obviating a trial for those not yet convicted. On January 20, 2001, he pardoned 140 people in the final hours of his presidency. Why? We will never know the full answer. But most of the people Clinton pardoned in the last few days were tax dodgers, frauds, people involved in conspiracies to defraud the government and making false statements to Federal Agents. And people wonder why Trump was able to beat Hilary Clinton. The Clinton’s are synonymous with corruption and I would never trust either of them – political robots.

But this brings me on to Trump’s situation. He’s already escaped being convicted after being impeached so he does not need to worry about himself – unless new evidence comes to light which is certainly a possibility. But either way you look at Trump’s current situation it is a win-win for him.

I don’t really believe he ever wanted to be President. What started out as a publicity stunt soon became a vision of a political outsider which soon took control of the Republican Party and went on to become President. Does he want another four years as President? Who can say?

But this is where he emerges as the winner, an example of how unfair life is. He will win. Because if he loses this election he will be able to pardon anyone connected to his crimes, which we all know he has committed. Epstein, Prince Andrew, Ghislaine Maxwell … the list goes on. He could completely pardon them on his last day in office. Leaving himself to live the rest of his life knowing that he and his evil gang would be free forever. He’d remain the first person to become President of the USA without ever holding any sort of political office before. That’s a win.

If he gets re-elected (and if you’re smart you would not rule this out as a possibility) then he gets to stay in power as the most powerful man in the world. A man who assaults women, says prisoners of war are really to blame for their own capture, advised people to drink bleach to fight Coronavirus and struggles to count backwards from 100. He’d then be able to claim that he served as President for as long as he could and he would still retain the power to pardon any of his chums whenever he wishes. That’s definitely a win.

People seem to think that if he loses the November election it’ll be a huge victory for the common man. Do you think Donald Trump cares? When people on the internet make memes about his hair or orange tan, do you think he cares? Do you think he even notices? He’s spent his entire life as a millionaire. He has proved that he can do what he wants, say what he wants, spend time with whoever he wants and still rise to the highest office in the world.

If all that isn’t winning at life then I’m not sure what is.