r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump Threatens Criminal Action Against Clinton, Obama, And Biden If Impeached Again

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/946521/trump-threatens-criminal-action-against-clinton-obama-and-biden-if-impeached-again
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u/FaceDeer 5d ago

And if nothing else, Benedict Arnold was a traitor for some particular cause. To the British he was a loyalist who risked a lot for their benefit.

Trump cares about nothing except his own personal benefit, and for that matter only his personal benefit in the immediate here-and-now short term. He wants what benefits Trump right here, right now, with no other care or interest beyond that.

I'd find him to be an implausible caricature if he were a fictional character.

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u/BlockObvious883 California 5d ago

The British didn't exactly repay that loyalty. Even they saw him as "if he could do it to them, he could do it to us."

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u/willaisacat 4d ago

It's the unbridled desire for gold.