U.S. Supreme Court Gives Donald Trump Carte Blanche

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Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia.

Sad breaking news. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution. It is just a technicality. He has won. This gives him carte blanche to do anything he wants, even cancel the November 2024 election. If someone objects, he goes to the Supreme Court.

Donald Trump can and will cancel the 2024 election, if there are obstacles in his way. That’s ludicrous. How can one man cancel the pillar of American democracy? He can, because he is ambidextrous. How?

1. Donald Trump does not belong to the Republican Party. He does his own thing. He conducted his own town hall campaigning while the other presidential candidates argued in TV debates. He also thinks he is the ‘president-in-waiting’. That’s why he’s dictating Texas border policy.

2. Donald Trump goes back home to the Republican Party when it suits him. The prodigal son is welcomed with open arms. That’s why he  bagged Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Michigan.

But it is still a far-fetched scenario. He cannot cancel the 2024 election. He can. It is evident in court. He believes prosecutors are doing him a great disservice for trying a U.S. president (himself) who will be the Republican Party nominee, and go on to win the election in November. If he doesn’t respect the legal system and dictates to them that they should cancel his cases, what can stop him from cancelling the election?

Donald Trump has staying power in terms of money and the Supreme Court. The money is for lawyers, who don’t deal with the facts of the case, but tell the court that it’s a political ploy, to prevent him from campaigning. Secondly, he has the Supreme Court. Donald Trump will try and use it to rubber stamp his attempt to cancel the election.

That’s impossible. It has never been done before. There’s always a first time, or Trump time. He orchestrated the attack on the Capitol on 6 January 2021.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.

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