There is no doubt that Donald Trump operates more like the head of a criminal syndicate…
  • Omega@discuss.onlineEnglish
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    9 minutes ago

    He is literally a criminal already, if he’s not in jail now he will never be unless democrats act or he is shunned from republican party

  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    1 hour ago

    I seriously, seriously doubt it. As much as the insiders all hate trump with an absolute vengeance, he is too goddamn useful for them to want to get rid of him.

    Trump is a symptom of a much, much larger systemic issue that has been on slow burn for decades, but the thing that Trump does that no one else can do is have such a massive fanatical fanbase. They do not have any other person who can rile people up while also being an absolute moron who insults them at every turn and treats them worse than whatever shit he has them lick off his shoes.

    If the bullet fired at him last year had hit him between the eyes and killed him before he hit the ground, it would not solve the problem, but it would have abso-fucking-lutely had a massive effect on everything. It would have hindered their ability to go forward with a lot of shit since his fanbase would have been heavily divided. Trump’s attribute is that he is the glue that keeps their movement together, but not the actual mover of that movement. Trump doesn’t have beliefs. He does not give a fuck about anything other than himself. He does not care about his children, grandchildren, wife, ex-wives/mistresses, his country, his friends (whom he does not have). He does not care at all about anything other than self-aggrandizement, enriching himself, and staying out of prison/legal punishment for his countless misdeeds.

  • Scotty_Trees@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    6 hours ago

    Can I downvote this any harder? We’ve been hearing “prison time” for years, just dangling a carrot. I’m not even going to bother reading this.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Which “legal experts” are claiming Trump could be facing prison? If they actually have JDs, they should be disbarred for incompetence.

    SCOTUS has already ruled on this; the president has very, very broad immunity from any criminal prosecution. The case was dropped in Florida because his stealing highly classified documents was an “official action”; if that can be handwaved away, then so can defrauding the country with a shitcoin pump-and-dump.

    • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dkEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      There was a moment when Trump wrote that Walmart must “eat tariffs” that I thought "oh we’re getting close now. Of course I don’t want the actual reign of terror that followed the French revolution, but I also wouldn’t feel bad if a few examples were made.