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Cyrano

(15,071 posts)
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 03:13 PM Nov 2020

There's Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, and

so many others who Trump didn't get a chance to pardon. Hell, does anyone really doubt that, given the chance, he would have pardoned Jack the Ripper?

You can name your own list of serial killers. But the most famous serial murderer of this century is Donald Trump. He told Bob Woodward how deadly the Covid-19 virus was back in February. And then he did nothing. Zip, zero, nada, absolutely nothing at all.

Over a quarter of a million are now dead because of this horrible beast. Yet, we have no way to hold him responsible for his crimes against humanity.

And as if that wasn't enough, he kidnapped countless children at the border, put them in cages, and most of them may never again see their parents.

There's no punishment harsh enough to fit his crimes. Yet, he will no longer be president on January 20, and even if he pardons himself, no civilized society can let this creature just walk away, free and unpunished.

If there is any karma in the universe, somehow, someway, someday, this grotesque individual must be held answerable. If not, then why don't we all start treating the concept of justice as a myth.

Perhaps the only justice that exists for him is that he doesn't have a friend in the world. And I seriously doubt if any of his children love him -- they tolerate him. He lives in his own self-love and it must be a very lonely, miserable place.

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There's Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, and (Original Post) Cyrano Nov 2020 OP
he's too busy executing some of them Hamlette Nov 2020 #1
He wants to bring back the firing squad and electrocutions too! nt leftieNanner Nov 2020 #3
Why not the guillotine. nt doc03 Nov 2020 #8
I would like The Hague to charge him leftieNanner Nov 2020 #2
It's a toss up ... does he go to a mental institution or a jail. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2020 #4
Pardoning himself won't shield him from the Hague RainCaster Nov 2020 #5
The Hague has no jurisdiction over the U.S. Cyrano Nov 2020 #7
Well, in essence, Trump is a serial killer in a big way! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2020 #6
For him the punishment is losing treestar Nov 2020 #9

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)
1. he's too busy executing some of them
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 03:16 PM
Nov 2020

there have only been 10 federal executions in the last 50 years, 7 of them under Trump. He wants to execute 3 more before he leaves office. Barbarian.

leftieNanner

(15,179 posts)
2. I would like The Hague to charge him
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 03:18 PM
Nov 2020

Take it out of the US Judiciary and indict him for Crimes against Humanity.

Put him on a plane to The Netherlands and be done with it.

I'd also like his assets to be seized (legally, of course).

Make him live in one of Jared's slum buildings. Oh, wait. Jared needs to be poor too.

We have a lot of work to do.

RainCaster

(10,929 posts)
5. Pardoning himself won't shield him from the Hague
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 03:34 PM
Nov 2020

That's where he needs to go. It's the perfect venue for his crimes related to the pandemic. He told his friends how to make money off of this awful event. That needs to be said.

Cyrano

(15,071 posts)
7. The Hague has no jurisdiction over the U.S.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 03:44 PM
Nov 2020

Last edited Thu Nov 26, 2020, 06:32 PM - Edit history (1)

We never signed or agreed to be part of the International Criminal Court (The Hague). No American citizen can be sent there.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
9. For him the punishment is losing
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 05:04 PM
Nov 2020

He can't stand to lose. Normal people can deal with it, so they don't appreciate the amount of punishment in that for Dump.

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