Donald Trump pardoned Henry Cuellar and his wife on Dec. 3, claiming their prosecution was a political hit job by Biden. But the real political play was Trump’s. He thought freeing Cuellar would buy loyalty and maybe even a party switch. Instead, Cuellar walked out of the courthouse and right back to the Democrats.
After ranting about how Biden weaponized the DoJ in the Dec. 3 post, Trump signed off his message to Cuellar with, “Your nightmare is finally over!” His post read like a note of kindness, shocking everyone that he’d suddenly grown a heart for a Democrat. But Trump being Trump, people didn’t have to wonder too long why he was being kind.
