"CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM!"
In another forum, one naive contributor asked why, given the high-value assets Donald Trump was prepared to put up as collateral, not one among thirty insurance companies he approached was willing to give him a loan to help him meet the ridiculously excessive, Constitution-violating $475 million judgment (now reduced by an appellate judge to a manageable $175 million) levied against him by a kangaroo court in New York:
"I don’t understand why, since golf courses are such valuable assets."
In response, another more perceptive forum participant asked rhetorically:
"What are the odds that no insurance company wants to have the NY Attorney General investigate them for coming to Trump’s rescue?”
An obvious point.
Trump is a leprosy-like political contagion - "Unclean! Unclean!" - a pox that from the Trump-hating leftist point of view contaminates anyone who, in word or deed, associates with the man in any sort of positive way. All rational, even-handed interpretations of the law, any sense of justice or simple fairness, are out the window. Populist/nationalist, America-First, Make-America-Great-Again Trump - one of the most successful presidents in American history during his first term - in the view of his globalist enemies, is such an abomination, such an existential threat to their interests and power structure - their interests and power structure, not yours - that he must be eliminated no matter what it takes. The end justifies whatever means may be necessary.
Loan Trump money, help him get a bond that might delay the destruction of his business empire at the hands of a weaponized legal system, and you, too, will become cursed. You, too, will inexorably incur the wrath of the Trump-haters and find yourself on the receiving end of all the slanderous invective, vitriol and calumny now routinely directed at DJT - and perhaps also suffer at the hands of a weaponized legal system.
Who needs that?
Definitely not good for business.
Better to stay on the sidelines and let things shake out...
Many observers have noted the devastating impact NY's ridiculous lawfare attack on Trump is having and will continue to have on companies doing business in that state. Many companies are fleeing. Today Trump and his business empire are the hapless victims of a weaponized NY legal system. Tomorrow… who’s next? Why wait around to see?
I am reminded of the rabble outside Pontius Pilate's front door, put up to their rioting by the chief priests who saw Jesus as a threat to their power: "Crucify him! Crucify him!", they demanded. "Why?", Pilate responded. "What wrong has he done?" Offering no counter argument, the mob shouted all the louder, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
Trump is no Jesus, but he has this in common with the Son of God - he is innocent of the crimes he is charged with - every decent, fair-minded person in this country knows it - and is the victim of a lawless mob who have manipulated the powers of government, as Pilate was manipulated, in an effort to destroy what they see as an existential threat to their own power and privilege.
The times and the men are different, but the lawless, vicious, unregenerate spirit that nailed Jesus to the cross is the same (see Mosiah 3:19).
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose... Nothing new under the sun...
Right vs. wrong, truth vs. lies, reality vs. fantasy, order vs. chaos, law vs. lawlessness, patriots vs. traitors, liberty vs. tyranny, light vs. darkness, good vs. evil, God vs. the Godless…
Which box will you check?
If you can be fooled, you will be…
These are the times that try men’s souls…
Torquemada
Torq
The times are different, but the lawless, vicious spirit that nailed Jesus to the cross is the same.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose... Nothing new under the sun...
Torq