On New Year’s Day, Donald Trump spent the holiday the way he tends to honor most special occasions: The former president published a series of hysterical tirades to his social media platform. On Jan. 1, his preoccupation was with his dubious “absolute immunity” claims. The Republican wrote:
“REMEMBER, if I don’t have Presidential Immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t have it either, and he would certainly be Prosecuted for his many ACTUAL CRIMES, including illegally receiving massive amounts of money from foreign countries, including China, Ukraine, and Russia, paying off Ukraine to fire an unfriendly prosecutor, allowing millions of people to illegally Enter and Destroy our Country, SURRENDERING in Afghanistan, with Hundreds Dead, many Americans Left Behind, and handing over Billions of Dollars Worth of the Best Military Equipment anywhere on Earth, the Decimation of American Wealth through the Green New Scam, and so much more.”
On Monday afternoon, when he published this weird missive, it didn’t cause much of a stir. Given the frequency with which Trump has online meltdowns, most observers saw the tirade, rolled their eyes, and moved on.
But given the latest revelations from Democratic investigators in Congress, it’s worth revisiting the former president’s online rant.
Right off the bat, Trump’s core argument — if he can be prosecuted for his alleged crimes, others might also be prosecuted for their alleged crimes — isn’t nearly as persuasive as he seems to think. Indeed, in a country that takes the rule of law seriously, this is how the system is supposed to work.
What’s more, his case against President Joe Biden is gibberish. Whether one agrees with the Democratic incumbent or not, several of the policy decisions Trump included in his harangue were politically contentious, but not illegal. Relatedly, the idea that Biden “paid off Ukraine to fire an unfriendly prosecutor” is discredited nonsense, as even Trump ought to know.
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