That said, Trump failed his supporters by not issuing pre-emptive pardons for them in 2021.

On January 8, 2021, the Justice Department announced charges against 13 suspects. Three days later, the FBI and the DoJ were granted warrants and began their first sweep of over 150 suspects. By January 13, over 50 public sector employees and elected officials and over a dozen Capitol police officers were being investigated.

Nobody was being spared. It was a full-force, all-out political persecution, a show of force by the incoming occupation regime. Trump could see the direction this was heading and had all the power to stop it cold in its tracks. He didn't. Once again, he feared mUh OpTicS.

I sincerely hope he's over that now and will continue to do what needs to be done, regardless of the headlines.