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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust a question I still can't get an answer to...why did Trump commute the sentences of those two?
Just to spite Obama?
To shore up his far-right wing nutjob base?
Because Trump is simply a total asshole?
JI7
(89,269 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)Which two?
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)They started the whole take over of the wildlife refuge the the Bundy ranchers supported.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Yonnie3
(17,485 posts)Also because it is one of the few things he can do on his own authority and gain instant gratification.
It makes him feel big.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)lapfog_1
(29,226 posts)any more questions?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Right now Trump is trying to retroactively pardon Timothy McVeigh and James Earl Ray
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,856 posts)Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)SamKnause
(13,110 posts)Trump has been trying to start a race war since he rode down the escalator.
He needs white supremacists to back him up when the shit hits the fan.
He needs white anti government people to back him up when the shit hits the fan.
He needs heavily armed white people to back him up when the shit hits the fan.
He is sending his base a message.
They understand what that message is.
Good people on both sides in Charlottesville was a coded message.
TeamPooka
(24,255 posts)magicarpet
(14,173 posts).... to use the power of the pardon and there is damn little anyone can do to stop him. That will excite and make his base all foaming at the mouth Nazis.
Maybe hopes someone turns it into a court case so his Supreme Court can rule in his favor for a shit nothing pardon - then go in for the pardon of his entire criminal Fascist Oligarchic Administration.
Then down the road go hog wild against Mueller to abuse the pardon for his Fascist cronies, Fascist family, and maybe even his Fascist self.
Once trDump gets his Fascist Supreme Court in place then trDump can go all dictator on America - there will be little to nothing to stop him. He is just normalizing his powers of overreach and hoping to make Fascism ordinary, common, and the look of being very presi-Dunce-ial.
His rabid base will go wild with delight.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)...and he never misses an opportunity to divide people.