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They know the music will stop eventually

I didn't think that pardon covers treason or espionage? Russia is an enemy and they are aiding the enemy in an unjust war and genocide. They also are providing enemies with state secrets and intelligence.

I wonder how many of them even *want* power forever at this point. They’re bad at even pretending to do the job, it’s way harder than they thought, everyone hates them, they all hate each other, and they’ve extracted & destroyed what they need to be very wealthy & immune (ugh) in the private sector.

Hmm. I'll sleep better on that point as soon as Dems start calling their bluff on the dogshit plans previously and currently executed.

It really is a sudden, unexpected sign of weakness.

These past two years have made the whole system of checks and balances a laughable joke that needs to be torn down and restructured itself

I still don't see what's in it for him. And if there's nothing in it for him, he ain't gonna do it.

Not behavior of people completely *confident* such a plan is a slam dunk, but it *is* the behavior of people who want to *try* and need the backstop to tip key people. Coups boil down to a con: if there‘s sufficient eye candy to convince guys with guns you’re in power, you’re in power.

Rats on a well-functioning ship don't worry about it sinking

people called their bullshit bluff of holding onto power indefinitely so now they’re trying to get ahead of the inevitable consequences

The official president of North Korea is Kim Il Sung. Who's been dead for three decades.

I take the point, but it's also the behavior of "we plan to stay in power forever, but just in case you don't believe us, here's your 'keep on crimin' card that lets you do what we tell you to without personal consequence"