Who Knows Where This Goes?

If you doubt that we live in a world unlike anything we have seen before in the United States consider this headline.

Prosecutors want Trump on trial fast because they fear he might be reelected and thwart their cases?

Step back for a moment and consider the import of this.

The basic principle underlying our legal system is that guilt or innocence is determined by a jury of your peers.

What better jury pool is there than a vote of the people of the United States?

If Donald Trump is truly guilty of the crimes that he has been charged with why would prosecutors not trust the ultimate jury?

If he is guilty as charged why would there even be a question about the possibility he could be reelected?

Doesn't this say a lot about what these prosecutions are all about?

Are these criminal or political prosecutions?

I don't say this as a Trump apologist.

I am not in favor of Trump being the Republican nominee in 2024.

I believe the Republicans would be better served with a younger candidate and someone who doesn't carry all the baggage Trump does.

This is especially true if Joe Biden is not on the ballot in November, 2024 which I believe is more likely than not. In that case, we are likely to see a much younger Democrat candidate than Trump.

As I see it right now, even if Trump wins the general election, I believe he will have an enormously difficult job in governing.

How is he going to serve the American people if he has to deal with all of these distractions?

Who is going to be willing to serve in his cabinet and in his administration?

Even with Trump's force of personality, we saw the last time how hard it is to change things in D.C, considering how strongly entrenched the bureaucracy and establishment is.

All that being said, it is hard to argue with the the impact and success that Trump had as President.

There was no President in my lifetime who was as consistent in following through with his campaign promises when he became President as Trump.

There was no bait and switch.

Trump governed exactly as he said he would.

He also did all these things as he was constantly under attack with the fake Russian collusion story and with Republicans in Congress who were not exactly jumping up and down to support him.

He said he would destroy ISIS.

He did.

He said he would stem the flood of illegal immigrants into the country.

He did.

He said he would take the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord.

He did.

He said he would push the other NATO countries pay their fair share in defense expenditures.

He did.

He said he would make the United States energy independent.

He did.

H said we would renegotiate NAFTA.

He did.

He said he would implement a tariff on goods from China.

He did.

He said he would revive the U.S. economy.

He did.

He said he would move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

He did.

For good measure he negotiated peace accords between several Middle Eastern countries and Israel and opened up a dialogue with North Korea.

However, there was one promise that he did fail to deliver on.

He said he was going to appoint a special prosecutor to look into potential crimes by Hillary Clinton.

He said he was going to "lock her up".

He did not.

Trump thought he was being the bigger man. He saw it as a gesture of unity and healing not to put Hillary under an investigative microscope after he won.

Unfortunately, Trump has come to learn that the other side does not play by the same rules.

The latest ad that the Never Back Down PAC (that supports Ron DeSantis) has produced chronicles the history of Trump and Hillary on this issue..

I am sure that Trump would like to forget that he ever said to forget about looking into Hillary's crimes.

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The first consequential event on whether Donald Trump will be the GOP 2024 nominee for President occurs tonight with the initial debate among the major Republican contenders.

Trump will not be there.

His 50 point lead in the latest polls suggests to him and his advisers that there is nothing to gain by appearing at the event.

He has chosen to do a counter-event on X (Twitter) with Tucker Carlson.

I understand the political calculus that Trump is relying on in skipping the debate.

 However, I don't think it will serve him well in the long run.

I will be watching the debate on the Fox News Channel.  I have no interest in seeing Trump. I will learn nothing from watching him again.

I believe I will learn much more about whether any of Trump's challengers are worthy of the challenge to be faced in 2024 by watching the debate.

My belief is that Trump will regret his decision to not participate in the debates.

I predict that at some point we will see him on the stage.

Trump's personality makes it hard to stay away.

In addition, if you are ultimately going to run against someone who will try to avoid debating at all costs (Biden), how do you maintain the high moral ground if you are unwilling to get in the arena as well?

We are at the beginning of some very interesting months.

The headline above provides a hint at just how interesting it may get.

Are we ready for a couple of trials going on at the same time that people are voting on Super Tuesday?

Who knows where this goes?

We will find out together.