Conservative Institute
Former President Donald Trump revealed during a podcast interview with Lex Fridman that he purposefully avoided imprisoning former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in order to unify the country.
Trump stated that it would have looked “so bad” to imprison Clinton after winning the 2016 presidential election despite Clinton’s crimes. Trump stated, “I thought it looked terrible to take the president’s wife and put her in prison. I want to bring the country together.”
Trump understood that no matter how guilty Clinton was, imprisoning her would only deepen already inflamed political divisions in the country.
Back before the 2016 election, it was discovered that Clinton had used a private email server to hide communications from the public. This in combination with her handling of several different situations had many calling for her imprisonment.
To add to those calls was the deep state’s protection of Clinton. The FBI notoriously declined to charge Clinton despite finding that she had broken the law multiple times. But Trump had higher goals in mind after he won the presidency in 2016.
Optically Dangerous
Trump was well aware of the optics of imprisoning Clinton after winning the election as the 2016 presidential election was truly monumental in terms of political polarization.
During the interview with Fridman, Trump was asked, “If you become leader again, you’ll have unprecedented power. Just on your own personal psychology, what does that power do to you? Is there any threat of it corrupting how you see the world?”
Trump responded by saying, “No, I don’t think so. Look, I’ve been there for four years. I could have done a big number on Hillary Clinton. I thought it looked terrible to take the president’s wife and put her in prison.”
Democrats have been screeching and fearmongering about Trump becoming a dictator and tearing down democracy while forgetting that Trump was already president for four years and did none of the things they said he would…
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