Congress did some weird stuff yesterday. Paul Ryan humanitarian, lame duck Speaker of the House and future presidential candidate decided it would be OK by him if the Saudis keep bombing starving civilians in Yemen, because I guess no one really cares www.theguardian.com/....
They had more urgent business. A bipartisan move for sentencing reform in the Justice System www.nytimes.com/.... Don’t get me wrong. I think this is long overdue, but a teeny tiny part of me wonders about the timing and who will benefit.
Since Trump never does anything that does not directly benefit Trump in some seen or unseen way. Forgive me for this, but I make the leap of faith that this move is self interested, self serving and self dealing. Perhaps he hopes that those who benefit will see in him a kindred spirit and will vote for him in 2020, in a show of gratitude. Honor among thieves. His kind of gratitude.
We have not heard from Mueller lately, but friends of Trump, or children of Trump, and even Trump himself will likely be indicted, convicted, and then sentenced someday, soon hopefully, for a range of crimes including tax evasion, money laundering, campaign finance law violations. He can’t pardon them all (can he?), so why not, just to be safe, reduce their potential jail time. A Get Out of Jail Free card for Christmas, how thoughtful. Just what friends need.
Trump is a portrait of Kindness and Compassion in the interest of…… Self.
He should give himself a medal for this.