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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn warfare, what is a feigned retreat?
I think what we might be seeing now is a political version of a feigned retreat. Trump's supporters are crowing about the end of the Mueller probe. But, in reality, Mueller now has prosecutors working on the investigation in two different Federal districts in New York, one in D.C., one in VA, and maybe even others.
And then there are the state Attorney Generals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_(military)
Feigned retreat
The act of feigning a withdrawal or rout in order to lure an enemy away from a defended position or into a prepared ambush is an ancient tactic, and has been used throughout the history of warfare.
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)All warfare is based on deception, but the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Celerity
(43,589 posts)I was wasting time looking for a cool pic, lolol
Qutzupalotl
(14,337 posts)feint
noun
a mock attack or movement used in warfare, made in order to distract or deceive an enemy.
Socal31
(2,484 posts)Mueller is an exemplary American, who ethically investigated his antithesis
pnwmom
(109,009 posts)And that would be Mueller's inclination since his Vietnam days.
Quixote1818
(28,992 posts)Where the enemy thinks they are winning but walking into a trap. They end up flanked and then enveloped with no way to retreat and no place to go. They eventually just wait for hours for their demise.
pnwmom
(109,009 posts)rampartc
(5,439 posts)and somehow i like the idea of comparing trump to custer.
roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)Love that example, very apt
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)is a collaborator with the enemy general?
At least in New York with its double jeopardy law, you are going to run afoul of any preemptive pardon when trying to prosecute on state charges. If I was Trump I would pardon everyone I cared about when I was a lame duck (when the Senate impeachment vote was about to happen, when I lost the 2020 election, or when I was leaving in 2025). This would include pardons for myself and Pence. I then would resign just before the inauguration and have Pence pardon me.
The only thing that might impact this plan is if he strokes out. There again the pardons might already be sitting in a safe someplace.