Of course I’m joking.  This a massive “gift” to Trump (not the US, mind you, as he will be able to continue to use it after he leaves office) that raises a not insubstantial number of questions pertaining to everything from National Security to quid pro quo to your basic grift.  In other words, just a normal Monday.  

Can we PLEASE just stop with this phrase officially now? Those more cynical among us (including myself) never really bought into that, with plenty of instances to support our cynicism, but I think the past couple of years have proven this is decidedly BS. CLEARLY, the laws to not apply the same to everyone, and to continue to push that notion after all that has happened is ridiculous.

I flat-out not only do NOT believe it, it's proven to be a lie. So, that phrase is (and really always has been) untruthful.

Edit to add: It's like the fairytales we were taught, even for my generation, that all police are our friends, that men of the cloth are above doing corrupt and evil things, and that George Washington never told a lie and so on and so forth.

I always called myself an "optimistic cynic," and still try to remain optimistic, but I also know what the reality is and tire of being gaslighted into believing otherwise (not by you, btw, I mean by society at large).

When Trump was elected the first time, I was still hanging onto what little belief I had in our system of checks and balances. I still thought that if he truly turned into a mad king sort, the Congress, courts, etc., would put him in check, even those in his own party. That first term of his proved that was all a sham, and this time around that has only been reinforced.

Trump will never pay for his crimes. He IS above the law and he rubs our faces in it everyday. Now he is taking planes from foreign governments, against the Constitution. A new day, another law he breaks... and will he get away with it.

Yeah... the law is not the same for everyone. I would LOVE to be proven wrong about that, but it ain't gonna happen.