Typically I would applaud such an action, but how does this square with Trump calling for harsher penalties for drug dealers? He even called for the death penalty.
It’s the right thing to do but trump is doing it for the wrong reasons. He’s just making the pardon an everyday thing and then when he tries to use it for witness tampering he will point to all these pardons and say it’s just the normal thing he does. It’s really transparent.
He’s not pardoning them to be nice or fair. He and his team are setting up the normalization of pardoning so he can pardon in the future for witness tampering. It’s all about what is good for trump.
trump is doing all this pardoning because it gives him a feeling of power. It’s about the only thing he can do without anyone’s approval and it’s easy. If it was difficult, he wouldn’t be doing it.
I’ve been saying Fox should have a reality show where relatives of convicts should plead their case. Then each week Trump could announce the “winner” on Fox and Friends.
Think of the ratings that would get. Which other celebrities would put their grievances aside regarding Trump and who would they advocate for?
I think it’s more than that. I think he’s setting the stage - making pardons an everyday thing - then when he is accused of pardoning to obstruct justice or tamper with witnesses he will claim he’s just pardon happy.