Goodbye, Joe Biden, and thanks for nothing. History’s verdict will not be kind. His one-term presidency failed almost immediately with the chaotic retreat from Afghanistan and has culminated in a blanket pardon for his criminal son, Hunter. This blatant act of favouritism will have opened the door for Donald Trump to behave like a despot in his second term of office, without having to suffer the stench of hypocrisy enveloping his predecessor.
The January 6 rioters are celebrating in their cells after Trump pointedly asked whether Biden’s pardon included those who had been imprisoned for years. “Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!” Trump exclaimed on Truth Social. Doubtless he feels personally exonerated. Biden’s indulgence towards Hunter has made a mockery of all the wasted years of lawfare against Trump for relatively minor offences such as falsifying business records or retaining classified documents (when Biden stored his own in a garage).
