“IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!”
Trump’s World of Mobster Law Is His “Secret Sauce”
We can all see this happening; Trump’s successes all center on using his massive wealth (and political contributions) to field an army of lawyers. They in turn enable him to engage in intimidation and retaliation against civil, criminal, state or Federal prosecution.
Attack, Intimidate and Reward
Each time Trump escapes justice his bond of “mass-psychosis*” becomes stronger with the minions of his base. To a large degree this bond is fueled by mutual feelings of schadenfreude as Trump repeatedly proves he can legally “shoot someone in Times Square.” In terms of what he has actually gotten away with, Trump’s metaphorical shooting should be more accurately stated as a mass shooting in Times Square like the one in Las Vegas.
Not only does Trump swat away legal actions, he launches new exploits to pursue his expansion of gangster capitalism, fascism, theocracy and ultimately the return of neo-Feudalism in a stateless cloud metaverse.
We mere internet peasants can barely keep up with the barrage of gangster moves by Trump. WAPO just released a story on March 16, 2024 , Trump granted clemency to Medicare fraudsters before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse By Amy B Wang and Azi Paybarah. We are not talking about fixing traffic tickets. These criminals “collectively filed nearly $1.6 billion in fraudulent claims through Medicare or Medicaid.” (WAPO, 2024)
Running Out the Clock: Delay, Delay and Delay.
The erudite, and prolific pundit David Feldman has consistently pointed out that Trump must run for and hold office as President by delaying trials, This will ensure he can get to the election and ideally win. Then supported by a Supreme Court that seems to feel Trump can kill anyone, they will also find a way to determine he can pardon himself, thus ending all the prosecutions (save Georgia) and escape imprisonment.
Feldman is correct, and as a bonus it also sets up Trump as dictator forever. It also allows him to fulfill his vengeance agenda. In short he becomes another Putin.
That we “snowflakes” stand by impotently watching Trump foiling charges and trial proceedings with seeming ease must be a delight to the base.
*Yes, this is a thing. Courageous psychiatrists like Bandi X. Lee’s work sheds light on the intersection of politics, psychology, and societal control, highlighting the profound impact of authoritarianism on individual and collective mental health.
He’s nuts. Apologies to nuts.