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Would the orange shithead be running for PotUS if he wasn't facing legal troubles? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Trump sorta faded from the limelight in 2021. He's everywhere now. How much of that is because of his multiple prosecutions?

Don't get me wrong, I think he should be imprisoned for treason. But if there hadn't been these cases against him, how likely would it be that he just fucked off into the sunset and didn't run for a second term? He might have run otherwise, but now he's kinda forced to (as though he wasn't a narcissist who craved attention – I'm not debating that).

Obviously, we can only speculate. But I'm curious what others think about this?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

DT will never be successfully tried for any of his major crimes in his lifetime because it would be too embarrassing for the US.

For all the talk about being "leaders of the free world" and "the biggest superpower", if the US govt truly acknowledged what one of their presidents did (some that is known about, some that is only suspected) the US would lose a lot of prestige and power on the world stage. Sweeping political reform would be necessary, and no-one in power actually wants that.

In about 50 years' time it will all come out as previously secret papers are released long, long after he's dead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, pretty much exactly right. From our interference in Haiti to everything else, we've been complete meddling in everyone's shit for a long time. One of the most corrupt countries in the 20th century. Only had shine because we rocketed with our economy post-WWII.