Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

There are concerns being voiced that violence will be the consequence of any legal action against Trump that produces a guilty verdict and a jail sentence. If that is the case then we are living with domestic terrorism and we need to put a stop to it.
If the results of the Jan 6 effort are any indication of where this will get you, nearly 1000 people so far have been found guilty of felony charges and are serving time in jail. One man’s ego is surely not worth that many people’s freedom. It is hard to believe that a person of such limited public notoriety has made this big of an impression on so many.
We know from history that some of the most well known characters were in fact some of the least noteworthy people. These individuals were the ones that dragged their countries into unnecessary wars and caused pain and suffering among the citizens of the nations they represented. We all know the names like Hitler and Mussolini just to name two of them. They ranted and raved about conditions that existed after WWI and ultimately caused WWII.
Hopefully we are not headed into either Civil War or WWIII because Mr. Trump is being prosecuted for the crimes he has been getting away with for most of his life. Committing fraud, assaulting women, trying to steal classified documents and overturning and election are not the most common of crimes and the perpetrators of such crimes should not have public approval. Yet it seems, this is the case where the Robin Hood syndrome seems to have taken over, take from the rich to give to the poor even though this case is rob from the poor to give the rich more.
There have been suggestions that he be pardoned and that seems like a slap in the face to every person in the country that obeys the laws and tries to be a decent citizen. On the other hand a pardon with conditions might just put the idiot brigade out of business. If the pardon required that he removes himself from politics, ceases his hourly incitement to insurrection and retires to some faraway place where he can live as he pleases, say Saudi Arabia. His attitudes and moral codes fit very well with the royalty of that nation. His value system would indicate that even if he were pardoned and allowed to stay in this country he would not honor any deal he made, because he is above the law. Isn’t that what he is trying to claim to get out of responsibility on current charges.P