Im with you and had this ^ ^ ^ ^ as my first thought.
Genius move, he martyrs himself. Optics, a President being arrested. Precedent, President getting arrested. Gains MORE support from normal people due to injustice.
Plays out, long game, he later is exonnerated.
No civil war like they wanted. Just a great precedent.
That's what this is all about, the precedent of arresting a president.
It strikes me that if Trump is legally currently president for whatever reason then they can't arrest him. They could pretend to though.
Im with you and had this ^ ^ ^ ^ as my first thought.
Genius move, he martyrs himself. Optics, a President being arrested. Precedent, President getting arrested. Gains MORE support from normal people due to injustice.
Plays out, long game, he later is exonnerated.
No civil war like they wanted. Just a great precedent.
Now open season for Biden and Obama.
Don’t forget Clinton!
Don't forget Bush