The Conundrum

There are 91 counts filed against Donald John Trump former President of The United States and he's facing these counts in four different trials.  His detractors are filled with glee, anticipating "Orange Man in an orange jumpsuit" for the rest of his life.  His defenders dream of him wining the Presidency, pardoning himself and then spending four glorious years as President.  As this unfolds, members of the Mass Hysteria, The Talking Heads and The Cognoscenti Of The Known World, will be having a field day screaming, pontificating and telling us this is the end of democracy, no matter what the outcome is, in each trial.

Also the elected and the unelected politicians of all parties and all political affiliations, the political class in total, will be apoplectic on any given day or everyday.  They will also intone, this is the end of democracy no matter what the outcome is, in each trial.

But if there are any sane people among the members of the Mass Hysteria or the political class, there may be no desire to see an ex-President rot away in prison.  There may be no desire among a whole lot of the sane people in the United States, who are not in the Mass Hysteria or the political class, to watch an ex-President rotting away in prison.  It might look bad for the country.  Other countries might see us as a Banana Republic.  So there is the conundrum.  Can anyone beat 91 counts in 4 different cases?  Probably not.  Can anyone simply wipe away all the convictions?  Probably not.

Now we don't simply tell you that the world is a dark place, be afraid, be very afraid.  And oh yeah, send us your money so we can keep screaming about it.  No, we light candles and there is a solution to this conundrum.  It is old.  It goes back to antiquity but surprisingly it is still in use in the modern day world and that solution is...  Exile.

Yup just like we said it goes back to antiquity and the first guy who was exiled was Psisitratus The Tyrant of Athens in 561 B.C.  He got sent to Rhaecelus, a small island in the Aegean Sea.  And, you might be remembering Napoleon now, which was two centuries ago but Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran got exiled here to the U S of A in 1979.  Of course, that set off 44 years of grief for the U.S. and Iran.  Exile, often isn't pretty.  But it worked for the Shah, as he died in bed instead of at the end of a rope.  Then there was Jean Baptiste Duvalier aka Baby Doc, who got exiled to France in 1986, where he at least spoke the language.  And, Jair Bolsonaro former President of Brazil, sitting right here in the USA.  Exiled here, just last year.  You might pass him on the street.

So, it's a tried and true method that is still very much in use.  We're thinking of some place like United Arab Emirates or Abu Dhabi or Saudi Arabia.  Some place where a guy with a few billion would be treated like a King or a Prince or an Emir.  He could even have his own Podcast where he could hold forth on anything or everything.  He could call it 'The President In Exile'.  Of course his detractors could call it "I'm Fired".  

Now if there are any sane members of the Mass Hysteria or the Political class and they come up with this idea, just remember, that you heard it here first.

Maybe we really are the cutting edge, the tip of the spear in this journalism thing.  Maybe we should change our motto to 'Ad extremum hastae' (the tip of the spear in Latin).  Nah.  We'll stick with 'Telling it like it is.  For the Public Good'.

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