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It's interesting that even in the Roman Republic the immunity ended after the end of your term, and you could be prosecuted for official acts taken during it. And even let to Caesar fighting to keep himself in office at all times to avoid inevitable prosecution. https://theconversation.com/from-caesar-to-trump-immunity-is...

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This is what has Netanyahu fighting for his political life at the moment.

It's not the man who's immune, but the office that he holds... if you intend the office to survive.

> And even let to Caesar fighting to keep himself in office at all times to avoid inevitable prosecution

That's exactly what Silvio Berlusconi did in Italy.

The prosecution of Trump was likely a big reason he's running again, for similar reasons. I'm not sure the prosecutors are even smart enough to realize they're the reason we're at where we're at.

Trump's running again because his first pass in office was wildly profitable, and he thinks he could get another shot at it. And that's just considering the stuff we know about (emoluments violations, government loans/grants to family members, "investments" from Saudis). Who knows what he got for access to those documents stored at Mar-a-Lago or things we don't know anything about.

Prosecutions*. And you say that as if their goal is to prevent Trump from becoming president again, instead of just... doing their job and prosecuting (alleged) criminals.

Awfully bold of you to assume we are better governed than Rome - back when ther was still such a thing as honor.

Stabbing your political rivals, marching armies at one’s own capital, etc are definitely considered less honourable in these fallen times.

It's not bold at all. The last century of the Roman Republic is famous for how unstable it was, which is why it is known as the crisis of the roman republic. In the empire that followed, around 40 emperors were either murdered or executed.

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