Mr Trump also said he
had "complete power" to pardon, amid reports he was considering
presidential pardons for family members, aides and even himself in response to
the Russian investigation.
This is fascinating and disturbing stuff. It seems that – as
earlier postulated – America
now has a dictator at the helm.
I don’t suppose Donald has even heard of the English Civil
War, much less have any knowledge of its causes and eventual outcome. But maybe
he should look into it because Charles I also believed in the Divine Right of
Kings, and seven years after it was put to the test he became the only monarch in
English history to be judicially executed.
Will Trump still be there in seven years time? Will it take
the military to remove him? Will he use his wealth to bribe the top brass? Or
will he play fair and merely contrive to re-arrange the system so as to win the
next election by foul means if fair ones won’t do.
Fanciful? Probably. But who knows the real nature of Donald
Trump? At times he seems to be a very dangerous man who will stop at nothing to
get what he wants. On the other hand, some of his weak tweets and avoidance
tactics suggest that he might just be a paper tiger. Wouldn’t it be interesting
to have a crystal ball and look four years into the future?
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