People have this intuitive sense that there's some kind of authority of truth or justice, an available recourse that we could've and should've used.
But that sense is incorrect.
What we actually have the political and justice systems that Trump and his adherent have, so far, quite successfully subverted.
In other words we might have killed Osama Bin Laden, but he won. The U.S truly is a "shadow of it's former self."
I saw non-rioters open doors for them, the calm and polite lines of rioters walking out, a person asking where they should be giving their speech, and a few people doing funny pictures like they were in their elementary school classroom on a weekend.
I also saw two BBC leaders resigning because they purposefully doctored footage to fit their narrative. I saw how selective the footage shown was, and how specific the phrasing was to incite rage and/or fear. If there wasn't so much manipulation and so many lies around it, I wouldn't have to question the integrity of the people pushing the narrative.
It's interesting to see that nothing happens despite this. Now he started another war to distract from his involvement in the huge Epstein network. Also, by the way, quite interesting to see how many people were involved here; there is no way Ghislaine could solo-organise all of that yet she is the only one in prison. That makes objectively no sense.
e: Americans seem to be surprised to learn that their democracy is indeed classified as a flawed democracy for more than a decade by The Economist due to decades of backsliding (the more rapid regression lately is not yet accounted for, but I wouldn't be surprised if the outcome of the 2026 elections results in a hybrid regime assessment in 2027).
They were going to do him for conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, re. the 2020 stuff before he got reelected.