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So after he's not reelected and if he resigns and Pence pardons him, can he still be tried in states where he has committed crimes?

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I am sure that when Trump was briefed and he understood how bad the virus is, he asked what could be done. And when he was told, one thought crossed his evil little mind: "Oh no, if I do that I won't be able to hold my rally's!

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The thing I found interesting about the Woodward article -- and this resonates with Dan Mikulec's claim below -- is that Trump had the option to 'act decisively' in a way that would have earned him credit for leadership....

Curiously, despite his regal pretensions, he retreated to instincts honed over the course of multiple corporate bankruptcies: don't 'do' anything, just try to jawbone the problem away.

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*"claim" is the wrong word -- 'observation' is more apt.

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Deliberate premeditated mass murder. The "wartime president" should be tried for war crimes and genocide.

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What if he resigns after not being reelected and Pence pardons him?

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The Claim: I didn't want to start a panic

The Reality: Trump has no qualms inducing panic, on a daily basis over such topics as MS-13, Mexican rapists, brown "illegals" streaming over our southern border, BLM, Antifa and suburban unrest.

And the Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell stood by and watched it happen.

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