{"id":592836,"date":"2023-10-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-doubtful-convictions-of-donald-j-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:00:00","slug":"the-doubtful-convictions-of-donald-j-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-doubtful-convictions-of-donald-j-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"#The doubtful convictions of Donald J. Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/TrumpDonald_Michigan.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Indicted four times on a total of 91 criminal charges, former President Donald Trump has not yet gone to trial. And so, at present, Trump is, in more ways than one, a man with no convictions \u2014 other than those that serve his own personal and political interests.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion is the most recent example, but by no means the only one. In 1999, Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/trump-in-1999-i-am-very-pro-choice-480297539914\">declared<\/a> that he was \u201cvery pro-choice.\u201d By 2011, as he contemplated running for president, Trump referred to himself as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/elections\/2023\/09\/20\/trump-abortion-republicans-presidential\/\">pro-life<\/a>.\u201d In 2016, he said women who get abortions should receive \u201csome form of punishment.\u201d The next day, he claimed doctors \u201cshould be held legally responsible, not the women.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>With considerable justification, Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/trump-abortion-republicans-2022-despite-backlash\">takes credit<\/a> for the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, voted for by three justices he <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed: \u201cI got the job done. I got it done.\u201d In 2022, however, Trump insisted the post-Roe abortion issue was responsible for the GOP\u2019s disappointing performance in the midterm elections. More recently, Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/donald-trump-hits-ron-desantis-over-terrible-abortion-ban-in-florida\">denounced<\/a> the six-week abortion ban signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as \u201ca terrible thing and a terrible mistake.\u201d Asked whether he supports anti-abortion legislation by each state or the federal government, he replied, \u201cFrankly, I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has declined to say whether he would sign a 15-week federal abortion ban. Without exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother, he now <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/elections\/2023\/09\/20\/trump-abortion-republicans-presidential\/\">emphasizes<\/a>, Republicans \u201cwould probably lose the majorities in 2024 \u2026 and perhaps the presidency itself.\u201d Mindful, no doubt, that anti-abortion activists insist \u201cit\u2019s never \u2018a terrible thing\u2019 to protect innocent life,\u201d Trump has also tried to square the circle he has drawn: \u201cbut you have to follow your heart \u2014 can\u2019t do it just for the election \u2026 same time we have to win elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/trump-promises-make-infrastructure-major-focus\">promised<\/a> in 2016 to make America\u2019s decaying infrastructure \u201csecond to none\u201d and put millions of people to work rebuilding it. But the Democrats turned down his offer to work with them if they stopped investigating <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/why-biden-succeeded-infrastructure-trump-didn-t-n1283457\">him<\/a>. Trump never submitted a bill to Congress, and his administration\u2019s recurring announcements of \u201cInfrastructure Week\u201d became a running joke. In 2021, Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/29\/business\/economy\/biden-infrastructure-deal.html\">warned<\/a> Republicans in the Senate to oppose a bipartisan infrastructure bill because it would be \u201ca big and beautiful win\u201d for Biden, which \u201cwill be heavily used in the 2022 election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, when Barack Obama was president, Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/07\/19\/politics\/donald-trump-debt-ceiling-negotiation-facts-first\/index.html\">pressed<\/a> Republicans to \u201cuse the debt ceiling as leverage to make a great deal.\u201d They \u201conce again hold all the cards with the debt ceiling. They can get everything they want,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/284735836258451456\">tweeted<\/a>. In 2019, President Trump declared, \u201cI can\u2019t imagine anybody ever even thinking of using the debt ceiling as a negotiating wedge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, he urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to \u201cuse the debt ceiling\u201d to \u201ckill\u201d President Biden\u2019s economic <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-debt-ceiling-mcconnell-government-default-biden-agenda-economic-risk-2021-11\">agenda<\/a>. \u201cIf they don\u2019t give you massive cuts\u201d in the national debt \u2014 $7.8 trillion of which piled up on his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/national-debt-trump#:~:text=A%20Closer%20Look-,Donald%20Trump%20Built%20a%20National%20Debt%20So%20Big%20(Even%20Before,deficit%20increase%20of%20any%20president.\">watch<\/a> \u2014 Trump told Republicans, \u201cyou\u2019re going to have to do a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2023-05-10\/trump-pushes-gop-to-default-on-debt-if-dems-dont-cave\">default<\/a>.\u201d Asked why he no longer opposed using the debt ceiling as political leverage, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/donald-trump-default\/\">Trump said<\/a>, \u201cBecause now I\u2019m not president.\u201d In September, Trump identified another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-demands-republicans-shut-government-defund-criminal-prosecutions-rcna111365\">reason<\/a>: Shutting down the government is the \u201clast chance to defund those political prosecutions against me and other Patriots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, Trump praised Vladimir Putin and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/26\/politics\/trump-putin-ukraine\/index.html\">predicted<\/a> \u201cthe rest of Ukraine will fall \u2026 fairly quickly.\u201d In 2019, President Trump threatened to withhold $400 million in military aid until Volodymyr Zelensky announced a corruption investigation of Hunter Biden and the Biden family\u2019s business dealings. In May 2023, the former president refused to say whether Russia or Ukraine should <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/05\/10\/politics\/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-town-hall\/index.html\">prevail<\/a> or whether he\u2019d send more military assistance to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In July, he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-describes-how-he-could-solve-russia-ukraine-conflict-24-hours\">declared<\/a> that as president he would end the war \u201cin one day. One day.\u201d He would \u201ctell Zelensky, no more. You got to make a deal. I would tell Putin, if you don\u2019t make a deal, we\u2019re going to give him a lot.\u201d Less than two weeks later, Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/07\/29\/trump-ukraine-congress-hunter-biden\/\">advised<\/a> congressional Republicans to \u201crefuse to authorize a single additional shipment of our depleted stockpiles \u2026 to Ukraine until the FBI, DOJ, and IRS hand over every scrap of evidence they have on the Biden Crime Family\u2019s corrupt business dealings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People often have two reasons for their <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2014\/03\/26\/two-reasons\/#:~:text=This%20adage%20has%20been%20attributed,reason%20to%20explore%20this%20saying.&amp;text=Pierpont%20Morgan%20once%20said%3A%20%E2%80%9CA,%2C%20and%20the%20real%20one.%E2%80%9D\">actions<\/a>: a good reason (aimed at others) and the real reason. Trump\u2019s \u201cgood reason\u201d is his promise to millions of people who feel marginalized to make them and America \u201cGreat Again.\u201d His real reason, however, is staying out of jail, returning to power and exacting revenge against everyone who has criticized, opposed, wronged or betrayed him. Trump claims he has no choice, because American politics has become \u201ccheap and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/trump-threatens-retaliatory-scheme-already-tried-implement-rcna103385\">dirty<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cthey\u2019re doing it to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Americans do have a choice. Casting our votes wisely and well requires determining whether a candidate\u2019s claims are principled or self-serving.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><em>Glenn C. Altschuler is the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University. 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And so, at present, Trump is, in more ways than one, a man with no convictions \u2014 other than those that serve his own personal and political interests. 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