Crossfire: System Failure or Does the World Need Another Hero?
The only reason why any voter might sense that there is now going to be a “problem” in the 2024 presidential election is simply that Donald Trump kicked the bucket in hopes that he wouldn’t have to face the consequences of his own problems within the remainder of his life. Trump and legal problems are nothing new, but one must also realize that Trump is so used to getting away with things that, for once, he is finally caught. Whether he will own up to his counts of business fraud remains to be seen, but given his personality, he likely never will. The Trump campaign had a noteworthy increase in donations after the indictment was announced, which also isn’t surprising for someone who Bill Maher says is portrayed as a “warrior” to his supporters.
“God Emperor Trump,” as some of his disciples call him, is being brought back to reality through the power of his own mistakes. Trump is the victim of a simple thing in which when one gradually gets used to getting their way, carelessness can filter in on occasion, which is precisely where Stormy Daniels comes in. As a result, some consider the entire case of the indictment absolutely meaningless because of who’s involved, but that doesn’t change one thing: crime being a crime. One might already recognize that the gateway to this development was actually set by SCOTUS in 2020’s Trump v. Vance (Bragg’s predecessor) case, which argued that Trump could be subpoenaed for a criminal investigation and no extra standards were required to deal with a sitting president. Now that Trump remains out of office, the case only continues to remain fair game.
In the corruption world, which people are keen to jump into, American history is clear that no aspect of government is ever entirely free of corruption at any level of federalism. However, New York State (or City) is not opportunist, but rather practicing the law as it’s meant to be. If anything, an indictment is a reinforcement of Trump’s (and any citizen’s) Constitutional rights to being judged by his peers and continuing his opportunity for due process. While charges are still filed against Trump, there is more value in them coming from a grand jury than just the prosecutor himself. Recent 2024 entry Asa Hutchinson explained the sentiment best in his ABC interview with Jonathan Karl when he said, “I don’t like the idea of the charges from what I’ve seen coming out of New York… but the process has got to work, and we’ve got to have respect for the criminal justice system, but also for the office of the presidency.” In the same interview, Hutchinson noted that while Trump should drop out of the race, being the character he is denies that possibility.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is continuing where Cy Vance left off and given what has already happened with the Trump Organization in the legal system, it is about time things circle
back to Trump himself. One might recall that Trump offered a deposition last summer to the State Attorney, liberally exercising the use of the Fifth Amendment. New York State’s recent history with its governors is not substance for the indictment, while also not in their control either. New York was simply Trump’s home turf for the longest time and where most of his dealings went down, including his infamous show Celebrity Apprentice, and Trump University, amongst others. No matter how much Trump might claim that people are “out to get him,” the only thing that wants to is his past, which seems to have finally caught up with him.
The National Review this weekend inspired me to address another issue, Democrats and their notion of “no one is above the law,” while having Bill Clinton as president. Yes, it’s true that Clinton lied about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, but there is no level of equality when one considers that Trump both would and has lied about virtually anything. Consensual sexual relations versus a double-digit count of fraud doesn’t have equals either. Then, of course, come those that argue that Trump in prison or facing charges in general, threatens the stability of the nation. Clinton did not nearly come on the same plane for that dilemma, and it also influenced Al Gore’s fate in 2000. And the relationship between Trump and Pence is out of the question. Americans can’t let Trump hold them hostage, as he is ultimately a test of whether Americans believe he is worth sacrificing the American experiment on a political list of affairs he induced.