John Bolton is a horrible self-serving bottom feeder. He was giving opinions on CNN yesterday. He hinted at his own role in fomenting (or trying to) coups in South America. But he said Trump was a one-off. We need to have due process, but not knee-jerk. We should not over-react, to the level where it’s counter productive politically. And while I despise the man, I later thought maybe he has a point.
You can see how the pro-Democracy players have wised up already; for example in the way they handle the hearings. They have made a powerful case for DJT as an agent of sedition. The possibility of a successful prosecution looms larger (though what would the Supreme Court do??).
The question then arises; what should happen to Trump? If he was arrested today, images of that would be frozen forever. He and his cronies would cry foul. It would grow support for extremist and conspiracy hawkers. It would split America.
Right now, he’s on the defensive. The ex president being prosecuted inevitably mixes politics and legislation, questions arise of outcomes; questions of justice but also of security and political stability. That’s their game, to shake the tree. Don’t then, make a martyr of a clown.
Wiser perhaps, in the long run, to keep Trump on the defensive; ignore his stupid social media platform. Keep whittling away at his minions. Get Stone in shackles. DJT’s greatest come-uppance would be irrelevance, not prison. Lawfare have a blog somewhere saying don’t jail Trump even if he is convicted, fine him, block him from office. Let the stain fade away.
