{"id":39529,"date":"2023-12-02T10:49:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T16:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=39529"},"modified":"2023-12-02T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T16:49:54","slug":"dont-confuse-goals-with-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/12\/02\/dont-confuse-goals-with-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Confuse Goals With Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"

In “Trump not immune from being sued for Jan. 6 riot, judges rule<\/em>,” a WaPo<\/strong><\/em> article<\/a>, there’s a sly logic problem that a Trump attorney attempts to get by the judges:<\/p>\n

Trump attorney Jesse Binnall said at oral argument that it didn\u2019t matter that Trump\u2019s purpose was political. \u201cYou cannot separate the governance from reelection,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the president wants reelection, it\u2019s so he can continue to govern.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Governing is what a political executive does, but it’s not necessarily why a politician seeks election or reelection. It might be, but it can, and more often is, a satisfaction of the ego needs of the politician, or a stepping stone to higher office, or a goal peculiar to the emotional or professional requirements of the politician. In Trump’s case, protection from prosecution seems obvious, while less obvious is to derive pecuniary benefit beyond the pale from his position.<\/p>\n

Although speculating on the drives of a man who seems to be driven by equal parts religious mania<\/a> and pathological narcissism is probably a mug’s game.<\/p>\n

Through this assertion, Trump’s attorney hopes to immunize Trump from further investigation into his motives. It won’t work, I trust, as the judiciary is full of smart eggs who should see through this ploy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In “Trump not immune from being sued for Jan. 6 riot, judges rule,” a WaPo article, there’s a sly logic problem that a Trump attorney attempts to get by the judges: Trump attorney Jesse Binnall said at oral argument that it didn\u2019t matter that Trump\u2019s purpose was political. \u201cYou cannot \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39530,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39529\/revisions\/39530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}