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Trump is here. He brought his filth to Scotland, made some inappropriate remarks about how "windmills are ruining the country," told some lies about "deals" he's making with the European Union, then settled into the real business of the trip: touring his golf courses, opening a new one, all for personal economic gain.
My neighbours to the north detest Trump. They've had decades to learn to hate him. Familiarity breeds its standard contempt, and Scots have had many years to make the acquaintance of this fatuous pile of excrement. Scottish newspaper The National headlined with: "Convicted US Felon to Arrive in Scotland."
Trump's private trip to transact these personal financial deals comes compliments of the taxpayers of the United States. Trump took Air Force One to get here. He's using taxpayer money to pay for everything. Meanwhile the taxpayers are groaning under inflation Trump promised to fix, gas prices Trump promised to lower, and fear of the coming recession caused by Trump's idiotic tariffs.
If Barack Obama or Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton had done anything like this, it would headline Fox "News" for the next decade. They would be investigated, impeached and thrown in prison. For Trump it's just another bland story that will attract little comment for the loathsome vulgarian and Pedophile-in-Chief.
Meanwhile Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal criminal lawyer and now deputy Attorney General, cut a deal with Ghislaine Maxwell. She received temporary immunity from prosecution. She was free to say anything she wanted to about the Epstein case, without fear of prosecution. But her immunity came with a caveat. She can be prosecuted for perjury if she contradicts her immunity testimony any time in the future.
In other words Maxwell, who is no dummy, understood that her testimony then is cemented forever. She also understood that her testimony would heavily impact any future pardon Trump will give her. So you can bet that whatever she told Blanche was favourable to Trump. And that testimony will remain favourable -- forever.
This brief representative slice of the Trump disaster is brought to you by the privilege of the elite. A thing is only a scandal as long as the privileged people in power say it is. With this power they can insist that a child-raping convicted criminal, bigot and liar is a great president, and they can sue or deport or even murder anyone who says otherwise.