I still find it amazing that the spoof website c3f created this gem way back in 2000: http://c3f.com/nty/nty1129.html
What will become of the former POTUS after his latest indictment? Well, I have to say that much to the chagrin of many people that I know, I had hoped for Trump to beat Hillary for two reasons.
1) (K)illary had already contributed to the rise of the Syrian "opposition" that ended up as various factions of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, thereby helping to turn both Syria and Iraq into failed states to the delight of her buddies in Saudi Arabia (https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/18/clinton.donations/index.html, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/podesta-leaks-show-clinton-email-linking-saudi-arabia-qatar-to-isis), the toppling of Gaddafi and the contribution to Libya as a failed state to the delight of Total, et al and former NFSL bigwigs Magarief and Zeidan (who somehow came to run the country despite Magarief's party having three seats and Zeidan sitting as an independent), and the toppling of Zelaya in Honduras paving the way for American business-friendly criminals like Juan Orlando Hernandez from taking over. In contrast, Trump's largely war-free policy meant that America got the President that they voted for and the rest of the world didn't get another war criminal that they didn't vote for.
2) It was clear that Trump was going to be an unknown quantity in US politics and likely a total shitshow, which would only exacerbate tensions in the US and go some way to combatting political apathy towards a two-party kleptocratic state of imperialist arms dealers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG09qjWYwuk, but I recommend you read the book). The more the US is troubled by its own problems, the less likely a leader is to bomb other countries that didn't vote for him.
In the end, however, I am happy that Georgia saved us from four more years of Donald Trump despite there being substantial damage already done (the new Supreme Court Justices being a particular failure, but again this is US policy voted in by Americans that it's up to the US to fix... the war drums have been strangely quiet, including them having lost substantial interest in Venezuela).
(One thing that's interesting I suppose. When I had my first manic Dostoevsky episode, I snapped out of it by asking the question "Is Donald Trump the President of the United States?" because I was sure that this was the most absurd aspect of reality that I could challenge, and when I had my second manic Dostoevsky episode, one of the four images in my mind (aside from Nietzsche, Tanzania, and and another image that I won't get into) was Donald Trump going to prison.)
So, will he or won't he go to prison? I've read a few articles on BBC that have tracked how Trump supporters—and even opponents for the Republican in 2024—have maintained that it's all politically unfair. Personally, now that he's completed his reign of chaos at the head of the most powerful nation in the world, I hope he'll be indicted eventually and rot in prison. But you still have to really wonder about the United States when a guy like that not only wins four years but almost gets another four after that. Anyway, enough rambling.
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