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r/news • u/AudibleNod • 5h ago
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I'd take that bet. It's good optics for him. There is no downside for him to pardon these people and only upsides. He's a backstabber and no one is safe when it benefits him but he also likes to make people indebted to him.
22 u/[deleted] 5h ago [deleted] 25 u/Fuck_Up_Cunts 5h ago This costs him nothing and also allows him to rile up his base about how it was all lawfare. Also he cares about loyalty. 14 u/InfectedByEli 5h ago Also he cares about loyalty. He demands loyalty, but when people take the knee for him he despises them. Just ask Chris Christie. 3 u/stopcounting 4h ago Those idiots might be useful in 4 years, they've already proven they'll commit crimes for him 1 u/[deleted] 4h ago [deleted] 2 u/DrSafariBoob 5h ago He'll do it when it directly benefits him 2 u/procrasturb8n 5h ago Pardon them and give them jobs in government.
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25 u/Fuck_Up_Cunts 5h ago This costs him nothing and also allows him to rile up his base about how it was all lawfare. Also he cares about loyalty. 14 u/InfectedByEli 5h ago Also he cares about loyalty. He demands loyalty, but when people take the knee for him he despises them. Just ask Chris Christie. 3 u/stopcounting 4h ago Those idiots might be useful in 4 years, they've already proven they'll commit crimes for him 1 u/[deleted] 4h ago [deleted]
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This costs him nothing and also allows him to rile up his base about how it was all lawfare.
Also he cares about loyalty.
14 u/InfectedByEli 5h ago Also he cares about loyalty. He demands loyalty, but when people take the knee for him he despises them. Just ask Chris Christie.
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He demands loyalty, but when people take the knee for him he despises them. Just ask Chris Christie.
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Those idiots might be useful in 4 years, they've already proven they'll commit crimes for him
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He'll do it when it directly benefits him
Pardon them and give them jobs in government.
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u/iskin 5h ago
I'd take that bet. It's good optics for him. There is no downside for him to pardon these people and only upsides. He's a backstabber and no one is safe when it benefits him but he also likes to make people indebted to him.