It’s not often that I praise Donald Trump, but recent circumstances force me to do just that, so . . .
But don’t kid yourself into thinking Trump released Blago out of compassion for the Blagojevich family. C’mon, people, you’re too smart for that. As we all know, compassion is not a Trump thing.
Three: Trump wants to legalize extortion—at least the extortion he apparently commits all the time.
I mean, the guy’s as fit as a fiddle. You’d have thought he spent the last eight years at a Canyon Ranch as opposed to federal prison. He reminds me of Steve McQueen’s character in The Great Escape—no matter how many times the Nazis throw him into the cooler, he comes out looking fresh as a daisy. Doesn’t even have to shave.
So, Trump will try to pick up a few Black votes (he only needs a few) for “reforming” criminal justice, while satisfying his white base with endless talk about Jussie Smollett and Kim Foxx and throwing more Black people in jail.
To read a Tribune editorial or a John Kass column on this subject, you’d think Trump played no role in releasing Blago. As though Blago sprung himself from prison.
