As an American I'm both embarrassed and angry at what corruption has done to the US and the world in general. I work with people that come across as generally intelligent but can't see beyond the cult-like curtain that has been drawn in front of them. It's simply mind boggling. Never stop what you're doing...speak the truth regardless.
There's something really wrong with a justice system, when the facts are as plain as day, yet 4 years later, the perpetrator hasn't been appropriately dealt with and can't be dealt with now, as he's now in charge of the whole country. What a ridiculous country.
Merrick Garland, head of the DOJ, is largely responsible for not allowing federal investigations to go ahead earlier. The delays basically saved Trump from being prosecuted for the 6th Jan riots and the stealing of huge numbers of government documents, including national security information that he was caught dead to rights hiding in unsecured rooms in Mar a Lago.
America's constitution is not adequate for the 21st century and the criminals who live in it. Their justice system has been frozen in the headlights for 4 years, while Trump continues to see how far he can push his luck, delaying and appealing every court case and verdict brought against him. Its citizens have now decided they want another 4 years of the same corruption. There are some people you simply can't help.
The 187 minutes he refused to do anything as police were being beaten and Congress was threatened says it all. He should have been in prison on Jan 7. 2021.
I’d argue as well that it’s not just about education, I’m of that generation, don’t share their views but if you look at it from above, that generation has grown up in one of the most volatile parts of modern history. From 9/11 to multiple financial crashes to Covid. I can see why stability is appealing
@daviedocherty5894 There is plenty of video. Hours of video. Testimony of Capitol police who were beaten and bear sprayed, also on video. Check it out.
@@daviedocherty5894 We watched Forrest Trump incite his gullible, low information MAGA cult into storming the Capitol building and smashing their way in, in order to prevent Trump's own vice-president as part of his duties as the presiding officer and president of the Senate, from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.......But you know this anyway. Why was Trump even holding a rally on the same day at the same place, if not to stir up his own supporters to go on the attack?
We live in a time of information at your fingertips. The problem is misogyny and racism. Insecure men. The people who voted for trump and the rest of the world's magas are either immature, wilfully ignorant or just plain evil.
Merrick Garland has so much to answer for. He waited 2 years to bring charges against Trump and Trump used every method to slow-walk the proceeding, exhausting every appeals avenue. Any idiot could have predicted Trump would do that but Garland didn’t want to appear ‘political’.
It takes time and resources to launch an investigation against someone as powerful and influential as a former president of the US, especially someone as toxic as Trump. I don't understand why people keep harping on Garland's alleged failure.
Tik tok is part of the reason trump is president. There's been a dumbing down of America and it's reached it's endgame. To hear that there's a poll that says there's people out there that believes having a single ruler is preferred proves it.
Young Americans??? I know adults who are artists, musicians, and influencers who are having meltdown about this. I never joined Tic Toc, so I don't understand the fascination.
The younger generation has not witnessed dictatorships. The wall came down 89, everyone who has not experienced that consciously, cannot imagine what it is like to live in a dictatorship.
A lot of Americans don't own a passport and have never been outside The US. There's only a connection to the rest of the world via media and school. That's not helping either.
@@charisma-hornum-fries So, your two weeks in Spain tells you what about Spain? Despite living in one foreign country for 15 years, I'd hesitate to say that I understand what that country is all about.
@@charisma-hornum-fries That’s actually an urban myth. If that’s the case then why the United States of America has the highest number of noble laureates? You might say that most are from foreign extraction, but that’s not the truth. Those individuals would have never been able to reach such success if they didn’t move or found refuge in USA, or if they did not have the resources , the freedom and the opportunity they found in the United States of America.
Yes, voting in a conservative government after 7 years of austerity cuts, and then voting in two more Conservative governments for another 7 years of austerity cuts.
You saw it live and then you saw only what the democrat party wanted you to see .There is video that would not be released by the White House and some that was shown quite early on showing police attacking people , ending the lives of at least 3 civilians . That video also showed what the FBI call "assets" causing damage and encouraging people to be violent . There is also video of people passing out baseball bats from inside the Capitol building . The whole thing was a set up and you have been fooled .
4 years he was out of office. They had plenty of time to convicted him. Wheels of justice need to hurry up or people like this absolute melt get back in
The problem with the voters in the UK is that they think everything will change overnight when a new government is voted in, when in fact change takes time and the effects of the last government will bee felt for years to come.
@@StevenGoundry It depends what you are left with,like after WW2,took years to pay it back,but as a country we were united. We as apprentices in the 50's studied hard and worked long hours and went to night school 2 nights a week,day school once a week.took in the new technologies as they became more relevant.
@@milsub59 Speak for yourself. Although Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are very different, both have a sense of duty towards their respective countries. Are you aware that all eu countries without a single exception voted for MEPs and even top government officials who were convicted of crimes? I mean serious crimes, including terrorism? Boris Johnson was not found guilty of criminal conduct and Donald Trump charges were brought up nefariously by political enemies
think its interesting to think where standards are now compared to the not to distant past. Nixon was long thought of as someone who brought disgrace to the office of president. But when you think about what watergate actually was, if Trump did the same thing today it would be lucky if anybody was even talking about it by the weekend.
The voters essentially are supposed to be the last line of defence to avoid terrible leaders/governments, because they are the ones who will suffer the consequences and be least able to avoid them. What has been proven beyond doubt is how easily manipulated, how poorly informed and how lacking in self-awareness we are. We will willingly hand power to incompetents and malignant personalities and we will not learn the lessons from it.
Just like the book of Revalations predicted. The TRUMPet that will herald the arrival ofnthe Anti-Christ has been sounded. We just wait for his arrival.
@@Sat-Man-Alpha lost their mind? who Joe Biden Now perhaps you would like to suggest why Donald Trump would nt be a better President at least he can talk above the educational standard of a 3 year old
@@CaminoAirtechnically, the electoral college is supposed to be the last line of defense. The political parties also had power to deal with trump; but the GOP basically bowed down to his mob. The problem with the 50% of the voters who elected him; they’re either ideologically tied to the GOP through religious dogma, completely ignorant of the politics but still feel compelled to vote, are in the fringe of the political spectrum but have been given a seat at trumps table, or just plain bigoted towards women or people of color. The ignorance wouldn’t bother me if it weren’t for the extremists who now have political power.
Ill informed and ill educated being more interested in talentless celebrities than the state of politics in their country and being able to critically analyse a statement to differentiate a lie from truth. Also this particular matter was exacerbated by Garland being overly obsessed with perception of acting rather than just acting on the facts of the cases.
@@robotstonka7118 No, by multiple things. Religions are on the way out, slowly but surely, so cannot be the sole cause of whatever is pushing more people to not pause to think, or to balance consequences reasonably, or to simply unplug from politics entirely.
Americans get to see what it’s like to live in a corrupt country. Thanks Donny boy for your utter lack of shame and willingness to do whatever your tiny heart desires. I wonder how many people will wake up and realize what is truth. I can’t believe that my life now contains this darkness in our history. I lived in Germany in the 60s and I know how history has dark times and it usually leads to times of greatness. Hold on to hope.
Most of the people in the UK have never experienced life when their nation is involved in a World War, and have no idea what it would be like to live in a country where your freedom and everything you hold dear could be lost.
My grandad helped raise me and he only told one story, horrifying. The English betrayal by embracing fascism, brexit, hundreds of thousands left to needlessly expire, are things i can never forgive.
My uncle told me all about is time, his battle in WW2, the men we lost to sea fishing, we have parts of the country that have never progressed throughout time, mostly Labour held areas, so I beg to differ that ppl don't understand history! I mean privileged James definitely doesn't get it.
Many highly intelligent people predicted what would happen if capitalism, individualism and "the market" were allowed to let rip. Immense wealth funnelled to an ever-smaller group of people, who then use that wealth to convince the masses to vote for their own immiseration and indenturement.
The US doesnt have capitalism, they havent had it for many years. They failed to regulate it and keep it healthy, instead they let it mutate into a monster, that no longer meets the definition of capitalism. All through exreme shortsighted thinking, just like with climate change, where theyre STILL denying it, even as their country is being ravaged by the effects.
The American Constitution does NOT explicitly forbid the prosecution of a sitting President. Every decision to NOT prosecute has been based on a DOJ memo.
And a politically partisan Supreme Court, which the Republicans have spent 50 years of lazer focus to capture, openly stating their aim, while Democrats and all other voters except ultra partisan Republicans ignored it. They brought this on themselves.
Under the current US Supreme Court most laws do not apply to Trump or his new administration. President (dictator) for life also means he is immune from prosecution.
That is true , look at how many of his people Biden is looking to give a pardon to . Those are people who supposedly have done nothing wrong to be pardoned for .
The slightest bit of scrutiny should have told you that wasn't true before Trump. But certainly this is the most blatant situation I've ever seen. Trying to steal an election and inciting a riot that led to the deaths of at least 5 people. Zero punishment. That's without mentioning the classified documents and 34 convictions over the hush money payments.
@@bogstandardash3751 Agreed and it is absolutely ridiculous that a President has this kind of power. However I suspect that if he hadn't have been pardoned he wouldn't have been treated well/fairly under the Trump administration. Biden took the only option available to him which I suspect many of us would take in the same circumstances.
@@gcinizwidlamini406 You don't even realise what these comments tell us about you, do you? Especially the rows of emoji. You actually think it's brilliant.
@Steve-s8k who is paying for those tariffs your boys going on about? Believing a 'self proclaimed billionaire' felon and musk are going to put money in the working man's pocket is just deluded
@@listerofsmeg884 Exactly, that was my point. The last 14 years of the Tories has in no way been a conservative party, it has been a left progressive liberal party, which is why we are all poorer.
James, never stop speaking the truth. Your clarity is desperately needed in this very strange timeline. Thank you. Also, never stop calling out trump's pathological lying.
Why - oh WHY?! Did it take Soooo long for them to gather all the evidence - of which there was a Ton! - against him, and then prepare the case, charge him and bring him to trial? Why WAIT until he's back in and, it seems; untouchable?!!! It's mind boggling...
You can't have been paying attention. Almost all cases were constantly delayed by Trump's legal team aided by judicial officials (some appointed by Trump) as high as the Supreme Court. If prosecutors were able to bring those cases to court earlier they would have.
I think because most of his supporters don’t believe the charges against him were justified in the first place - so the fact that we learn now that he probably would have been convicted, means nothing to them. A great many people don’t believe that January 6th was as serious a threat as it was, or even further believe it was one of these false flag events people are always talking about. I really do believe we’ve gone beyond “truth” at this point, all that matters is who is shouting their “version” of reality loudest at any given point.
2nd grouper here 😂; how James just literally took the rampant, disorganised smattering of thoughts rattling around in my head and collated, alphabetised, ordered and eloquently verbalised them is why this man is an absolute legend.
No! The Constitution DOES NOT prevent a sitting US President to be prosecuted. That is merely Department of Justice policy. 🧐 It is only tradition and the lack of will that prevents it from happening to Trump. Oof. 🤦
The fact that his crimes were so blantant and public and he still got in amazes me. As a Canadian, we all have our backs up. We've always had their backs, we're doing more for America in California than the incoming regime.
Democracy is an illusion perpetuated by the political establishment . It is supposed to be implemented by those politicians we elect to represent us . Once a party is elected that goes out of the window , and they go into parliament and do what they are are told by their party for purely political reasons , not because it is the wish of their voters .
I’ve also thought about this a lot, in particular with friends, fathers, the list goes on. You’re absolutely right. The dumbing down of the public over the last 10 years and social medias ability to rapidly share nonsense content makes it almost impossible for regular folk to know what they’re seeing. (I speak as a graphic designer who’s frequently manipulating images, content, video etc etc)
Yup. Continually made bonkers rulings which were all overturned on appeal but ran down the clock. Then one of the republican supreme court justices passed her a note with an excuse she could dismiss the cases with. This would also likely have been over-ruled on appeal but by then it was too late as Trump got elected and could just instruct the DOJ to drop the cases. What Jack Smith is doing now is attempted to preserve the evidence for posterity before Trump can make it disappear forever.
It feels like people have stopped believing in the concept of evil or the inherent risks of centralized power. Anytime you mention socialism or communism, the response is, “Oh, that’s utopian,” as if striving for systemic change is naïve. But then those same people turn around and put blind faith in markets correcting themselves or in a “strong leader” cutting through bureaucracy. It’s maddening because it feels like logic has left the building. History has shown time and again that centralized power-whether in markets or dictatorships-doesn't just fail; it often becomes a breeding ground for corruption and abuse. What’s driving me crazy, is this alarming trend of younger people actively favoring authoritarianism over democracy. They see democracy’s flaws, and instead of working to fix them, they decide, “You know who should rule? The very arsonists who set the institutions on fire in the first place.” How does this logic even work? Why would anyone think that those who thrive on destruction have the tools-or even the desire-to build anything better? It’s like authoritarianism is the ultimate lunacy machine. It burns down systems, blames the wreckage on those systems’ supposed weaknesses, and then swoops in, claiming, “Only I can fix this.” And people buy it! They see the chaos, and instead of blaming the ones who started the fire, they hand them the keys to the kingdom. Every single time centralized power is unchecked, it ends in exploitation, suffering, and collapse. The idea that a market can self-correct or that a dictator will act in anyone’s best interest but their own is beyond naive-it’s delusional.
Love your analyses James. Struggling with the same questions. Big question is of course how to get out of this mess again? How to get reason back in? A immense crisis? 😢
After 5000 lawsuits he has learned to delay and then dimiss every accusation against him. Will he pay the 500milion owed to NY? The 100million to Ms Carroll?
I know im just one person but im british and born in 81 and that makes no sense to me. Maybe they all forgot what we were taught all through our school years about this exact thing.
Well, Franco's Spain ended reasonably well. The guy died of old age and Spain then became a democracy ! Mind you - they had to suffer Franco's dictatorship for 30 years.
Well, this is what you get if you care more about the price of eggs than democracy and the rule of law. Enjoy your omelette and ignore the internment camps.
Because the accusations are bogus. Come on, man. Go look yourself. If they had him hook line and sinker, he'd be away. Stop watching the news. They lie.
It’s more a reflection of the cowardice of the judiciary - not just in the US but here too. The amount of times a celebrity or public figure has done a crime & gotten of much lighter than if they were a pleb.
Greed and stupidity. The more "financially saturated" parts of society being quite happy to sell out to anybody promising them even just a little bit more of the same is a tale as old as time...
Thanks, James. I'm grappling with a sense of despair that's clouding my perspective and happiness. I now see politics as a sliding, linear scale, with the truly socially minded on one end and the completely selfish on the other. The sole 'vagary ' is the degree of ignorance, whether implicit or engineered, which impacts where people fall on this scale...
The US constitution does not explicitly forbid the prosecution of a sitting president. The Department of Justice cite a memo a past AG issued decades ago saying that sitting presidents shouldn't be indicted.
Under the current US Supreme Court most laws do not apply to Trump or his new administration. President (dictator) for life also means he is immune from prosecution.
@@drapedblack7517 Remember when you were a child and you were forced to stop fighting/arguing by a threat by someone in authority? The fighting/arguing stopped but nothing was resolved and the problem returned later, intensified by nursed grudges? Trump may stop the fighting but he won't bring peace.
United States another laughing stock the people that voted for him don't really understand that prices will be nearly double if not tripled. He's only getting millionaires and billionaires in his cabinet. Cuz I already started talking about his tax cuts for the rich. I want the people to depend on an affordable Care act or help with food which I bet 80% on the system now.v
Under the current US Supreme Court most laws do not apply to Trump or his new administration. President (dictator) for life also means he is immune from prosecution.
As an American I'm both embarrassed and angry at what corruption has done to the US and the world in general. I work with people that come across as generally intelligent but can't see beyond the cult-like curtain that has been drawn in front of them. It's simply mind boggling. Never stop what you're doing...speak the truth regardless.
That cult-like curtain is called “democracy”. Anything for the “democracy” they always chant.
What is this truth you speak of? Seems like a strange concept
I'll most certainly be keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers.
One sided truth isn't truth
He should have been convicted in the senate and barred from running again, but because the republicans are a cult that didn’t happen.
There's something really wrong with a justice system, when the facts are as plain as day, yet 4 years later, the perpetrator hasn't been appropriately dealt with and can't be dealt with now, as he's now in charge of the whole country. What a ridiculous country.
I totally agree!
Merrick Garland, head of the DOJ, is largely responsible for not allowing federal investigations to go ahead earlier. The delays basically saved Trump from being prosecuted for the 6th Jan riots and the stealing of huge numbers of government documents, including national security information that he was caught dead to rights hiding in unsecured rooms in Mar a Lago.
spot on
America's constitution is not adequate for the 21st century and the criminals who live in it. Their justice system has been frozen in the headlights for 4 years, while Trump continues to see how far he can push his luck, delaying and appealing every court case and verdict brought against him. Its citizens have now decided they want another 4 years of the same corruption. There are some people you simply can't help.
TRUE
The 187 minutes he refused to do anything as police were being beaten and Congress was threatened says it all. He should have been in prison on Jan 7. 2021.
Crazy times we live in..
True.
Most definitely.
I agree.
It was a set up by pelosi , been proven many times …….get over it
Now let’s sit back and let the fun begin,,,,,,,,,ha ha ha ha
The lack of empathy is the hallmark of the psychopath
And...is a sign of a very
Dangerous leader.
It has become the HOARMARK of American Society.
Generations born and raised in a time of diminished quaility of education confirm that stupidity is dangerous.😐
Amen!!
Maggie started that.
That's why Trump said, "I love the poorly educated."
Also they have grown up with social media, which basically thinks for people, rather than people thinking for themselves....
I’d argue as well that it’s not just about education, I’m of that generation, don’t share their views but if you look at it from above, that generation has grown up in one of the most volatile parts of modern history.
From 9/11 to multiple financial crashes to Covid.
I can see why stability is appealing
We all watched it on TV. With our own eyes. There is NO DOUBT what happened.
@@jamesallison9662 what did you watch tell us
@daviedocherty5894
There is plenty of video. Hours of video. Testimony of Capitol police who were beaten and bear sprayed, also on video. Check it out.
And that is only top of the ice berg
You only saw what msm wanted you to see.
@@daviedocherty5894 We watched Forrest Trump incite his gullible, low information MAGA cult into storming the Capitol building and smashing their way in, in order to prevent Trump's own vice-president as part of his duties as the presiding officer and president of the Senate, from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.......But you know this anyway.
Why was Trump even holding a rally on the same day at the same place, if not to stir up his own supporters to go on the attack?
“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
― Mark Twain
Exactly right
Very true of the Democrats.
@Steve-s8k😂
@@OilCanHarry2U yes the Democrats have been fooled for years
you meant "follow-the-leader" Republicans! 😂😂😂Ignorance is cheap!
The lack of education is central part of the problem. The inability to analyze facts, take a position on any subject.
Yeah that's definitely the case here in the UK.
No they are educated they just don't care.
I know too many educated people who choose not to inform themselves on this and a wide range of topics.
We live in a time of information at your fingertips. The problem is misogyny and racism. Insecure men. The people who voted for trump and the rest of the world's magas are either immature, wilfully ignorant or just plain evil.
What choice did people have Harris and Biden are grossly incompetent.
Merrick Garland has so much to answer for. He waited 2 years to bring charges against Trump and Trump used every method to slow-walk the proceeding, exhausting every appeals avenue.
Any idiot could have predicted Trump would do that but Garland didn’t want to appear ‘political’.
Garland does deserve criticism however the Supreme Court was never going to allow Trump to face justice.
It takes time and resources to launch an investigation against someone as powerful and influential as a former president of the US, especially someone as toxic as Trump. I don't understand why people keep harping on Garland's alleged failure.
@@Frog7151 because trump is innocent you fool thats why
@ has a jury of his peers ever said those words? They have said he is guilty, 34 times..
Mitch McConnell * James Comey * Merrick Garland * SCOTUS 😢 we are not gonna be ok
"This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause" - Senator Padme Amidalla of Naboo
If a kids sci fi show is how far you ignorantly delved inti the literary canon maybe don't proudly announce so on the internet
@@nihilistlivesmatter why not?
@@nihilistlivesmatter 9:53
@@HappyCodingZX It seems JoB know's his audience are not the most sophisticated.... does he use Harry Potter references too?
@ Are we moving away from metaphor into an objective true/false binary now?
Right now, young people in the USA are more devastated by the possibility of losing Tik-tok than Trump becoming the first convicted felon president. 😕
Yep
They're not too bright really
Yes they are sadly
Tik tok is part of the reason trump is president. There's been a dumbing down of America and it's reached it's endgame. To hear that there's a poll that says there's people out there that believes having a single ruler is preferred proves it.
Young Americans???
I know adults who are artists, musicians, and influencers who are having meltdown about this.
I never joined Tic Toc, so I don't understand the fascination.
The younger generation has not witnessed dictatorships. The wall came down 89, everyone who has not experienced that consciously, cannot imagine what it is like to live in a dictatorship.
They're to busy watching tick tock videos 😂
@chrisspellman8545 It is also where they get their news on politics and politicians.
A lot of Americans don't own a passport and have never been outside The US. There's only a connection to the rest of the world via media and school. That's not helping either.
@@charisma-hornum-fries
So, your two weeks in Spain tells you what about Spain?
Despite living in one foreign country for 15 years, I'd hesitate to say that I understand what that country is all about.
@@charisma-hornum-fries
That’s actually an urban myth. If that’s the case then why the United States of America has the highest number of noble laureates? You might say that most are from foreign extraction, but that’s not the truth. Those individuals would have never been able to reach such success if they didn’t move or found refuge in USA, or if they did not have the resources , the freedom and the opportunity they found in the United States of America.
Stupidity of the masses is at the core of all evil .
Hence, voting Labour in again after the Blair years.
Yes, voting in a conservative government after 7 years of austerity cuts, and then voting in two more Conservative governments for another 7 years of austerity cuts.
I'm guessing you're smarter than everyone else ay?
And when the Labour party realize their failings, it may get better.
Labour voters
Its so idiotic. We watched it unfold live. And he even calls those imprisoned, hostages.
Not that he will actually release them, of course.
You saw it live and then you saw only what the democrat party wanted you to see .There is video that would not be released by the White House and some that was shown quite early on showing police attacking people , ending the lives of at least 3 civilians . That video also showed what the FBI call "assets" causing damage and encouraging people to be violent . There is also video of people passing out baseball bats from inside the Capitol building . The whole thing was a set up and you have been fooled .
He plays a recording of the “hostages” singing the National Anthem (over the prison phone) before every rally.
4 years he was out of office. They had plenty of time to convicted him. Wheels of justice need to hurry up or people like this absolute melt get back in
James, you are the best person and best commentator on LBC. Please, never stop doing what you’re doing. Much ❤ from the USA
The problem with the voters in the UK is that they think everything will change overnight when a new government is voted in, when in fact change takes time and the effects of the last government will bee felt for years to come.
and the foreign owned media are banging the drum as hard as they can
People want instant gratification. Fame without talent and effort, for example.
People didn't expect it to get worse
Reeves had crashed the economy in 6 months
@@StevenGoundry It depends what you are left with,like after WW2,took years to pay it back,but as a country we were united.
We as apprentices in the 50's studied hard and worked long hours and went to night school 2 nights a week,day school once a week.took in the new technologies as they became more relevant.
Hey MAGA, Helen Keller once said, ''Being blind is bad, but having eyes, and not being able to see, is tragic.''
As an American, I am so disgusted. I apologize for how other Americans voted for Felon Trump.
Thank you for being a sane American.
I know how you feel.....Johnson.
@@milsub59
Speak for yourself.
Although Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are very different, both have a sense of duty towards their respective countries.
Are you aware that all eu countries without a single exception voted for MEPs and even top government officials who were convicted of crimes? I mean serious crimes, including terrorism?
Boris Johnson was not found guilty of criminal conduct and Donald Trump charges were brought up nefariously by political enemies
think its interesting to think where standards are now compared to the not to distant past. Nixon was long thought of as someone who brought disgrace to the office of president. But when you think about what watergate actually was, if Trump did the same thing today it would be lucky if anybody was even talking about it by the weekend.
@@polarboy5862
Very true. It’s however important to point out the obvious difference in time.
These people are effectively saying that they would have liked a Saddam Hussein or an Assad or even a Kim Jong Un!! Really?
Yeah because they know nothing about anything 😢
With all due respect, you may be wrongly assuming that they've heard of such individuals.
@NicJones-ss9bg fair enough
You say that but then find your leaders in bed with those despots. I think this is a reaction to discovering that it's all despots.
@Imbalanxd I have absolutely no idea what you mean by this
Trump only ran for presidency to avoid jail. The classified documents legal case was an absolute slam dunk for the prosecution.
Fact
@@kelvinbarber1765 I haven't seen one fact in any comments nothing but fake news brainwashing
Nonsense. He announced his bid for re-election in 2021.🤔
"He who must be delayed."
But the Supreme Court of Trump made sure that would never happen
It would be a joke if it wasnt so serious
People who would prefer a despot would only want one that is on their side. The brainless haven't thought of the other alternative
100% correct
No despot ever favored anyone but themselves. Others realise this too late.
Famously democracy never leads to bad leaders
@ryanwilkinson1513 what's that got to do with anything.
You're definitely right about the last 14 years of Tory rule
@ don’t act as if democracy isn’t despotism w extra steps
The world is going crazy, the people have lost their minds and no one is stopping this mess…..😢
The voters essentially are supposed to be the last line of defence to avoid terrible leaders/governments, because they are the ones who will suffer the consequences and be least able to avoid them. What has been proven beyond doubt is how easily manipulated, how poorly informed and how lacking in self-awareness we are. We will willingly hand power to incompetents and malignant personalities and we will not learn the lessons from it.
Just like the book of Revalations predicted. The TRUMPet that will herald the arrival ofnthe Anti-Christ has been sounded.
We just wait for his arrival.
@@Sat-Man-Alpha lost their mind? who Joe Biden
Now perhaps you would like to suggest why Donald Trump would nt be a better President at least he can talk above the educational standard of a 3 year old
@@CaminoAirtechnically, the electoral college is supposed to be the last line of defense.
The political parties also had power to deal with trump; but the GOP basically bowed down to his mob.
The problem with the 50% of the voters who elected him; they’re either ideologically tied to the GOP through religious dogma, completely ignorant of the politics but still feel compelled to vote, are in the fringe of the political spectrum but have been given a seat at trumps table, or just plain bigoted towards women or people of color. The ignorance wouldn’t bother me if it weren’t for the extremists who now have political power.
@@CaminoAirI’m not part of this we you mention. Am off as soon as can be sorted, back to Europe.
For many Americans, sadly the Earth is flat.
"Alternative facts"
Hillbilly Country, over 60 million in rural population
Please save us. Signed, American who is fed up and feels powerless
Ill informed and ill educated being more interested in talentless celebrities than the state of politics in their country and being able to critically analyse a statement to differentiate a lie from truth. Also this particular matter was exacerbated by Garland being overly obsessed with perception of acting rather than just acting on the facts of the cases.
Nailed it. Thank you!
I'll informed and I'll education and total lack of integrity
People don't care because we are an infantilised society,
...by religions, in my opinion.
@@robotstonka7118 No, by multiple things. Religions are on the way out, slowly but surely, so cannot be the sole cause of whatever is pushing more people to not pause to think, or to balance consequences reasonably, or to simply unplug from politics entirely.
It's all about manufactured consent.
...and the process continues, day by day, hour by hour.......
Agreed. Infantalisation laced with unchecked entitlement and obsession with consumerism will always be a civilisation ending cocktail.
Americans get to see what it’s like to live in a corrupt country. Thanks Donny boy for your utter lack of shame and willingness to do whatever your tiny heart desires. I wonder how many people will wake up and realize what is truth.
I can’t believe that my life now contains this darkness in our history. I lived in Germany in the 60s and I know how history has dark times and it usually leads to times of greatness. Hold on to hope.
We must NEVER STOP talking about the spectre of Fascism, which is no longer looming. Like an elephant 🐘, it's IN THE ROOM 😮.
Yes. And already dumping all over it.
So march against Labour then. The current Labour government is the very definition of fascism. Assuming you actually understand what the words mean.
@@kooringagnd "... the words mean." (plural?)
I'm calling...
"🎶🎵 Ummm... bot! 🎶🎵"!
What people don’t get, as is evident in history, that a popular despot will not protect the vast majority who backed that person for Office.
It doesn't occur to him, if he's a despot.
Most of the people in the UK have never experienced life when their nation is involved in a World War, and have no idea what it would be like to live in a country where your freedom and everything you hold dear could be lost.
Like free speech
My grandad helped raise me and he only told one story, horrifying. The English betrayal by embracing fascism, brexit, hundreds of thousands left to needlessly expire, are things i can never forgive.
We're getting a decent idea since last July.
@@Tizzy-s9g you don't need to experience war to feel that way.
My uncle told me all about is time, his battle in WW2, the men we lost to sea fishing, we have parts of the country that have never progressed throughout time, mostly Labour held areas, so I beg to differ that ppl don't understand history! I mean privileged James definitely doesn't get it.
That he wasn’t disqualified from running again amazes me .
One request. Do not quit your job. In a diminished media that can be trusted you are among our last hope
Many highly intelligent people predicted what would happen if capitalism, individualism and "the market" were allowed to let rip. Immense wealth funnelled to an ever-smaller group of people, who then use that wealth to convince the masses to vote for their own immiseration and indenturement.
The US doesnt have capitalism, they havent had it for many years. They failed to regulate it and keep it healthy, instead they let it mutate into a monster, that no longer meets the definition of capitalism.
All through exreme shortsighted thinking, just like with climate change, where theyre STILL denying it, even as their country is being ravaged by the effects.
Both communism and capitalism could have worked in their own way but both were corrupted by greed , maybe it’s time for a new way ?
So it's all the fault of Capitalism and democracy ?
Seriously
If America didn't convict him, then they deserve him.
Agreed, but does the rest of the world deserve him? Does Ukraine and Gaza and Canada and Mexico and Panama and Greenland deserve him?
@@johnosullivan675 This is severe enough to reconsider the special relationship, for sure.
, I would have nothing to do with them,I would deal with commonwealth countries and Europe 🇬🇧
@ hopefully, it will be the government’s poll-tax moment if they kowtow to America for the foreseeable.
They convicted him on any case that made it to trial. The others were all sabotaged and delayed until time ran out.
The American Constitution does NOT explicitly forbid the prosecution of a sitting President. Every decision to NOT prosecute has been based on a DOJ memo.
And a politically partisan Supreme Court, which the Republicans have spent 50 years of lazer focus to capture, openly stating their aim, while Democrats and all other voters except ultra partisan Republicans ignored it.
They brought this on themselves.
Cowards!!
That is absolutely correct. It is amazing (or maybe not?) that this fiction is continuously repeated on public media.
Under the current US Supreme Court most laws do not apply to Trump or his new administration. President (dictator) for life also means he is immune from prosecution.
No, the remedy for a sitting President is impeachment not indictment.
"Peter is real and he's allowed to use scissors" 🤣🤣
But not without supervision!
And there we were believing that no one is above the law, how naive we have been proven to be!
The recently pardoned hunter biden certainly is.
That is true , look at how many of his people Biden is looking to give a pardon to . Those are people who supposedly have done nothing wrong to be pardoned for .
some people still sing "this land is your land"
The slightest bit of scrutiny should have told you that wasn't true before Trump. But certainly this is the most blatant situation I've ever seen. Trying to steal an election and inciting a riot that led to the deaths of at least 5 people. Zero punishment. That's without mentioning the classified documents and 34 convictions over the hush money payments.
@@bogstandardash3751 Agreed and it is absolutely ridiculous that a President has this kind of power. However I suspect that if he hadn't have been pardoned he wouldn't have been treated well/fairly under the Trump administration. Biden took the only option available to him which I suspect many of us would take in the same circumstances.
Well said. I have already accepted that the next few years are going to be totally bad for everyone.
Not for everyone only the lefties which have TDS😂😂😂😂
@@gcinizwidlamini406 You don't even realise what these comments tell us about you, do you? Especially the rows of emoji. You actually think it's brilliant.
back on that unicorn you go
Not for the rich!
In what dimension have you been living in the last 4year
I’m poor and I’m still left progressive liberal. It’s about morals.
So why do you want to make us all poorer.
@Steve-s8k Do you believe conservatism makes everyone richer? No, you fool - it actively oppresses the many to enrich the few.
@Steve-s8k who is paying for those tariffs your boys going on about? Believing a 'self proclaimed billionaire' felon and musk are going to put money in the working man's pocket is just deluded
@Steve-s8k14 years of Tory austerity passed you by I guess? 🙄
@@listerofsmeg884 Exactly, that was my point. The last 14 years of the Tories has in no way been a conservative party, it has been a left progressive liberal party, which is why we are all poorer.
I’m a democrat that cannot believe Trump is President again
I guess u just got Lucky
Happy 2025 !!
James, never stop speaking the truth. Your clarity is desperately needed in this very strange timeline. Thank you. Also, never stop calling out trump's pathological lying.
Why - oh WHY?! Did it take Soooo long for them to gather all the evidence - of which there was a Ton! - against him, and then prepare the case, charge him and bring him to trial? Why WAIT until he's back in and, it seems; untouchable?!!! It's mind boggling...
You can't have been paying attention. Almost all cases were constantly delayed by Trump's legal team aided by judicial officials (some appointed by Trump) as high as the Supreme Court. If prosecutors were able to bring those cases to court earlier they would have.
NOBODY is "untouchable". Just sayin'...but check out some Roman history for great examples.
I think because most of his supporters don’t believe the charges against him were justified in the first place - so the fact that we learn now that he probably would have been convicted, means nothing to them. A great many people don’t believe that January 6th was as serious a threat as it was, or even further believe it was one of these false flag events people are always talking about. I really do believe we’ve gone beyond “truth” at this point, all that matters is who is shouting their “version” of reality loudest at any given point.
A strong leader in a democratic government is not afraid of elections.
You can't claim that while having a press that actually are complicit in lying and spreading lies continually. Alternative facts are lies.
Some people are so uninformed it is beyond belief.
They never had to face active despotism.
2nd grouper here 😂; how James just literally took the rampant, disorganised smattering of thoughts rattling around in my head and collated, alphabetised, ordered and eloquently verbalised them is why this man is an absolute legend.
No!
The Constitution DOES NOT prevent a sitting US President to be prosecuted. That is merely Department of Justice policy. 🧐
It is only tradition and the lack of will that prevents it from happening to Trump. Oof. 🤦
The fact that his crimes were so blantant and public and he still got in amazes me. As a Canadian, we all have our backs up. We've always had their backs, we're doing more for America in California than the incoming regime.
“Peter is real and is allowed to use scissors…” - is cold af 😂😭
as someone in gen z i believe democracy is the only way to run a country
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Let the people vote on wether the death penalty should be returned, after all you believe in a democracy 😮
Democracy is an illusion perpetuated by the political establishment . It is supposed to be implemented by those politicians we elect to represent us . Once a party is elected that goes out of the window , and they go into parliament and do what they are are told by their party for purely political reasons , not because it is the wish of their voters .
As generation X, I do too
@@Kk36276I wonder what is funny here?
We definitely use more people like you. James o'brien. Great analysis and a keen sharp sense of humor.
I’ve also thought about this a lot, in particular with friends, fathers, the list goes on. You’re absolutely right. The dumbing down of the public over the last 10 years and social medias ability to rapidly share nonsense content makes it almost impossible for regular folk to know what they’re seeing.
(I speak as a graphic designer who’s frequently manipulating images, content, video etc etc)
Judge cannon accounts for many delays Totally in trumps pocket
Agreed
Yup. Continually made bonkers rulings which were all overturned on appeal but ran down the clock. Then one of the republican supreme court justices passed her a note with an excuse she could dismiss the cases with. This would also likely have been over-ruled on appeal but by then it was too late as Trump got elected and could just instruct the DOJ to drop the cases. What Jack Smith is doing now is attempted to preserve the evidence for posterity before Trump can make it disappear forever.
Utterly corrupt. Farcical decisions purely to delay his inevitable conviction. But still not as bad as Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, etc...
And the corrupt supreme court
She was also deemed incompetent for the job , yet somehow has been appointed to other cases since.
It’s truly a mind boggling situation.
It feels like people have stopped believing in the concept of evil or the inherent risks of centralized power. Anytime you mention socialism or communism, the response is, “Oh, that’s utopian,” as if striving for systemic change is naïve. But then those same people turn around and put blind faith in markets correcting themselves or in a “strong leader” cutting through bureaucracy. It’s maddening because it feels like logic has left the building. History has shown time and again that centralized power-whether in markets or dictatorships-doesn't just fail; it often becomes a breeding ground for corruption and abuse.
What’s driving me crazy, is this alarming trend of younger people actively favoring authoritarianism over democracy. They see democracy’s flaws, and instead of working to fix them, they decide, “You know who should rule? The very arsonists who set the institutions on fire in the first place.” How does this logic even work? Why would anyone think that those who thrive on destruction have the tools-or even the desire-to build anything better?
It’s like authoritarianism is the ultimate lunacy machine. It burns down systems, blames the wreckage on those systems’ supposed weaknesses, and then swoops in, claiming, “Only I can fix this.” And people buy it! They see the chaos, and instead of blaming the ones who started the fire, they hand them the keys to the kingdom. Every single time centralized power is unchecked, it ends in exploitation, suffering, and collapse. The idea that a market can self-correct or that a dictator will act in anyone’s best interest but their own is beyond naive-it’s delusional.
You see, socialists we're disappointed that america wasn't actually a capitalist distopia under Joe Biden, so they helped let trump win.
It's not that at all, it's much, much worse.
They've stopped believing in their ability to do anything about it.
Love your analyses James. Struggling with the same questions. Big question is of course how to get out of this mess again? How to get reason back in? A immense crisis? 😢
The judge was so incredibly bias during this whole thing it's crazy.. they were a trump appointed judge and held water for him during the whole case
Merci ! ! 👍 "More terrifying than the sound of boots: the silence of slippers" (Max Frish) . Friendship from France. !
First time on your channel and i really like ehat i saw. I can honestly say that i am in shock at ehat is happening now.
After 5000 lawsuits he has learned to delay and then dimiss every accusation against him. Will he pay the 500milion owed to NY? The 100million to Ms Carroll?
It just shows how shallow a large portion of Americans are!
Not only Americans I'm afraid.....
Morally bankrupt.
Not really. Also, would you have voted for Vice President Kamala Harris?
@@jonathandnicholsonWithout reservation. What’s your point?
@ Not everyone votes positively for a candidate.
He (Trump) admitted at a rally that “I am in trouble if you don’t vote for me”
Total nonsense i hope o Brian gets a law suit for his blatant lies
He also said, "I don't care about you. I only want your vote."
He also said “I love the uneducated”
@@daviedocherty5894give us a blatant lie he’s said on air. Genuinely interested.
@@mrlebosh "They're eating the pets" is probably the funniest one, but the Washington post logged about 30,000 of trump's lies then stopped counting.
James, Thank you so much. I've been watching with horror the last 8 years of Trump and his ignorant, cowardly, dispicable, criminal actions. I care
It’s amazing how many people actually believe Alternative facts and how morally, intellectually and just plain ignorant
When people say 'Orwellian', I think they often mean 'Stalinist'. Trumpism and Stalinism are pretty much the same thing, expect Stalin dressed better.
Very true m8
@@centurionzen1005No, I think they mean Orwellian...
@@martynaustin8073 I was agreeing with andydee XD
Stalin could also grow a moustache. Trump grows orange peel.
It's very worrying that some people actually don't care. Keeps me awake.
Why was he not convicted? Was 4 years not enough time?
I know im just one person but im british and born in 81 and that makes no sense to me. Maybe they all forgot what we were taught all through our school years about this exact thing.
They just don't care. Sadly. This is the American way now.
Thank you for stating everything that I feel as well! You say it clearly and articulately and I so appreciate it!
A question for anyone, of any age; name one dictatorship which ended well
Well, they all ended Well. It's just the war it takes to reach that end that isn't great.
China isn't doing too bad 😅
@@dannynaylor5485Even Hong Kong?
Well, Franco's Spain ended reasonably well.
The guy died of old age and Spain then became a democracy !
Mind you - they had to suffer Franco's dictatorship for 30 years.
Same one socialist state that ended well
The U.S constitution does not say a sitting president cannot be convicted or imprisoned, thats a republican DOJ verbal discretion NOT a law!
Well, this is what you get if you care more about the price of eggs than democracy and the rule of law. Enjoy your omelette and ignore the internment camps.
It really is all so mindboggling 😓
Best description morally bankrupt
Yes the left is morally bankrupt but trump and farage will rectify
Why did it take 4 years to get this far? The wheels of justice were allowed to grind so slowly that the world will have to pay a grievous price!
Because the accusations are bogus. Come on, man. Go look yourself. If they had him hook line and sinker, he'd be away. Stop watching the news. They lie.
It’s more a reflection of the cowardice of the judiciary - not just in the US but here too. The amount of times a celebrity or public figure has done a crime & gotten of much lighter than if they were a pleb.
my fellow americans have lost everything they stood for.
I find it more disturbing that someone under investigation is allowed to stand for president in the US. But hey money talks.
People will start caring when the country falls into financial and social chaos.
It's all very 1930's, round and round in circles making the same mistakes.
The amount of mental gymnastics his supporters and his MAGA party do to sane wash and normalize his complete chaos and progressing dementia is amazing
Greed and stupidity. The more "financially saturated" parts of society being quite happy to sell out to anybody promising them even just a little bit more of the same is a tale as old as time...
...and "manufactured dissent", obv
Don’t you just love being poor, rather than the opportunity of being wealthy. Socialism leaves EVERYONE poor except those in power.
..... and many of the poor are happy to sell out for more racism, xenophobia and whipped up hatred of the middle class professions (ie the woke).
To paraphrase Londo Mollari, "greed and stupidity in one package, how efficient of you."
You see, socialists we're disappointed that america wasn't actually a capitalist distopia under Joe Biden, so they helped let trump win.
❤ frim Pennsylvania USA. Love the show. Fantastic journalism. If we had journalism like this here maybe we wouldn't be a laughing stock.
From. See America is last in education 😂
From. See our education is horrible 😂
@@pappywinston😂 You can edit your messages
No one who wants a despot has a clue about the reality and consequences of such a thing,
Impeach, impeach, impeach! There are 346,121,027 Americans to 1 D. Trump.
People who accept they are powerless and thus give up and just stop caring.
I Love your world view! Thanks dude!
Thanks, James. I'm grappling with a sense of despair that's clouding my perspective and happiness. I now see politics as a sliding, linear scale, with the truly socially minded on one end and the completely selfish on the other. The sole 'vagary ' is the degree of ignorance, whether implicit or engineered, which impacts where people fall on this scale...
Only weak people need strong leaders, and for 'strong' read 'violently cruel and oppressive to everybody but the weak people themselves'.
Land of the free…if you’re the president.
James, you are describing 1930s Germany to me. A lot of people just didn't care. It didn't affect them directly so what's the big deal?
But the people of the US, the World's policeman, have no trouble voting for him.
"The truth doesn't matter, only victory!" . A familiar quote in 1930s Germany!
People in U.S. Can't do arithmetic!
The US constitution does not explicitly forbid the prosecution of a sitting president. The Department of Justice cite a memo a past AG issued decades ago saying that sitting presidents shouldn't be indicted.
Under the current US Supreme Court most laws do not apply to Trump or his new administration. President (dictator) for life also means he is immune from prosecution.
Prison is calling for Trump and so many maga
Now he’s going to get away with it. Oh well.
It looks like Trump will be able achieve peace in both the Middle East and Ukraine, so it might be for the best 😄
@@drapedblack7517 Remember when you were a child and you were forced to stop fighting/arguing by a threat by someone in authority? The fighting/arguing stopped but nothing was resolved and the problem returned later, intensified by nursed grudges? Trump may stop the fighting but he won't bring peace.
@@drapedblack7517 What exactly are you basing that completely ridiculous assertion on?
Abraham accords@@megannehover
United States another laughing stock the people that voted for him don't really understand that prices will be nearly double if not tripled. He's only getting millionaires and billionaires in his cabinet. Cuz I already started talking about his tax cuts for the rich. I want the people to depend on an affordable Care act or help with food which I bet 80% on the system now.v
Why has the 14th amendment section 3 not been implemented to prevent Dump from running for the presidency ?
Under the current US Supreme Court most laws do not apply to Trump or his new administration. President (dictator) for life also means he is immune from prosecution.