{"id":43668,"date":"2026-01-23T16:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=43668"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:54:22","slug":"self-preservations-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/01\/23\/self-preservations-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Preservation&#8217;s Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The left is feeling a bit antsy because President Trump, the Mendacity Machine, is making threatening noises.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mcwxrqivxq2m\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifu3gz77i4s2qzxcz6e52d7q6srplgrpzece27o4m45knr4az57qu\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Trump: &#34;It was a rigged election. Everyone knows that, they found out. People will soon be prosecuted for what they did. It&#39;s probably breaking news, but it should be. It was a rigged election.&#34;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh?ref_src=embed\">The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh\/post\/3mcwxrqivxq2m?ref_src=embed\">2026-01-21T15:18:23.612Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In case the above disappears:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Trump: &#8220;It was a rigged election. Everyone knows that, they found out. People will soon be prosecuted for what they did. It&#8217;s probably breaking news, but it should be. It was a rigged election.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20210511_002810891.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43672 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20210511_002810891.jpg?resize=246%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20210511_002810891.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20210511_002810891.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20210511_002810891.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20210511_002810891.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20210511_002810891.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s the thing about prosecutors: if they are caught abusing their office, they are well-aware that they could do a stretch in prison and maybe even lose their law license. Hence the reference to self-preservation, above.<\/p>\n<p>So if &amp; when President Trump tries to pressure Federal prosecutors to go after those he considers his enemies, he may run into difficulties because the prosecutors, along with often having a sense of honor, or at least discretion for future business, also don&#8217;t want to risk going to prison just to bring false charges against the President&#8217;s enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind how Trump has already seen a veritable flood of quality prosecutors abruptly resign rather than take that risk, along with the more honorable reasons as well &#8211; I actually suspect most or all have reasons in the <em>honorable<\/em> category, rather than the <em>risk<\/em> category. Trump was reduced to nominating Lindsey Halligan, whose previous experience was in insurance, was rejected by a collection of judges as U.S. Attorney and, on January 20th, left her untenable position. If he orders more abuses by prosecutors he may see Bondi&#8217;s DoJ empty into a shell. It&#8217;ll be Bondi and Washington, DC U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and a lot of empty desks. Would Pirro do Trump&#8217;s bidding? Hard to say, she&#8217;s had many failures atypical for her office since she began her service, and she may decide <strong><em>No more!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I suspect the threats, above, are another smoke screen to conceal the President&#8217;s consistent and long string of failures, this time in Davos, Switzerland, concerning Greenland and <em><strong>NATO<\/strong><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/01\/22\/some-more-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as I mentioned here<\/a>. He&#8217;s trying to put critics on their back foot with all the smoke, but continuing to expose his duplicity is the way forward.<\/p>\n<p>The smoke is getting thick, let&#8217;s try not to stumble off a cliff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The left is feeling a bit antsy because President Trump, the Mendacity Machine, is making threatening noises. Trump: &#34;It was a rigged election. Everyone knows that, they found out. People will soon be prosecuted for what they did. It&#39;s probably breaking news, but it should be. 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