Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Is Trump REALLY Going to Jail? (w/ David Cay Johnston)" video.

THIS DIDN'T AGE WELL. Pomerantz resigned and Trump was never charged or indicted or anything else.
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This is NOT an American problem, this is now across the entire Western Democratic system. Remember the Panama Papers that showed how the rich used a Panamanian financial services company to do tax evasion on an industrial scale. NOBODY has even been charged let alone convicted of anything. That was followed by the Paradise Papers detailing a similar industrial system based in the Bahama's. Again NOBODY has even been charged let alone convicted of anything. That has been followed by the Pandora Papers detailing a system bigger and more widespread than either the Panama Papers or Paradise Papers detailed. So far NOBODY's been charged let alone convicted of anything. Can you see what's going on? The hyper-wealthy now have control of not only our governments but also our justices systems. Every society, tribe or nation that did that ended up in the flames of a peasant revolution.
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@charlesciminera5881 Yeah the only the super wealthy eve go to jail is when they rip off other super wealthy people - Theranos chick???? On America needing an actual leader the problem is that both the Dems & GOP are so tired to their big donors and doing what those donors want its impossible for a real leader to come from either. Its not like America doesn't have good leaders, its got plenty across various fields it just NONE of them are in politics. I was in America when Walter Payton was playing so I got to see true greatness. The fact he still inspires people to think about others less fortunate in society is incredible. So here's my hypothetical and sorry if its long: Imagine if Andrew Whitworth and Captain Brett Crozier ran on a ticket of "We will give the White House back to the American people. It does not belong to the Democrats or Republicans." If you go back before the great depression the President had very little to do with running the country. That was the job of congress lead by the speaker of the House. Newt Gingrich made a huge fuss that he was going to restore the power of the speaker. He went to great lengths to explain what the Presidents job was supposed to be and it wasn't running the country. So in Andrew Whitworth you have the latest WP Award winner and you saw his acceptance speech you'd want him leading a country. There's no doubt he's a guy who cares about the American people. In Brett Crozier you have a career military man who gave a massive chunk of his life to serving America and when the moment came he put his career on the line for the safety of the men and women he was entrusted to lead. Remember him leaving the ship and the crew cheering? Here's an image: Imagine Vladimir Putin (at 5'6") meeting Andrew Whitworth (at 6'7" and 330lbs) and the scene of Whitworths and wrapping around Putin's hand squeezing just enough to let Putin know. It would be worth voting for him for just that moment. Better that could run on a "We don't need policies, but 1. We will make congress do their job." They could just point out the issues and call out the committees to solve the problem. He could just do the Belichick "Do you job!" line. Plus Brett Crozier could have a ball calling out the waste in the military. Just spend 4 years cleaning the idiots and clowns out of the Pentagon. Its just an idea I thought up for: How can America do a reset without having to have a second revolution or second civil war? Because a second American revolution or civil war is monumentally bad for the entire Western World. For a lot of countries, Australia included, America is our most important trading and security partner. If you are wondering why people are so frightened of a second Trump presidency THAT'S WHY. The problem isn't just if he wins its also what happens if he loses again?
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@charlesciminera5881 Obama was close to being an independent but they manged to drag him into line pretty quickly. He promised a lot but actually got very little done, even when he had a super majority. That's how much of a failure he was, for the first 2 years he should have been able to pass almost anything and the only major thing he got past was a health care plan that was basically written by Republicans. Your assessment that the Dems & GOP act like criminal gangs is pretty damn close. I've never heard anybody describe them that way but its right on how they act. That's why I think a president who runs in a very unusual way might be a fix. Otherwise its civil war and that is as big of a problem as a nuclear exchange. It would be catastrophic to world trade and security. I'd put way more of the blame on Republicans for the divide in America but the Dems have been utterly hopeless at fixing it. I saw a recent graphic of the 25 worst offenders for insider training. The top 4 were GOP but there were MORE Dems on the list. They are just as bad as the GOP. We have similar issues here in Australia. We don't have the insider trading but we have a huge issue with people making decisions and then going to work for companies that were favoured by those decisions. There are rules in place to prevent it but they are never enforced. Then we have some raging maniacs including our own Donald Trump, a real POS named Clive Palmer. Right now he's using the EXACT same strategy Trump used in 2016. Our system also makes it possible for a very small party to get incredible power under certain circumstances. Its the same problem they have in places like Israel.
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@charlesciminera5881 If we are well informed about America its because the situation scares us so much. As I keep telling people America is the most important trading and security partner many countries have. Do you realise that the 74 million who voted for Trump in 2020 is more people than every country in Europe except for Germany and Russia. The 3rd and 4th places are Britain and France both at 67 million. American's don't seem to realise just how big their nation actually is in terms of population. Have you ever heard of Bretton Woods? It was an economic conference in Vermont a year before the end of World War 2. All of the Allied nations were there and they decided how the worlds economy would work after the war. Everyone else was smashed and flattened and America had more than half the worlds gold reserves so the greenback became the worlds de-facto means of foreign trade. Everybody did well from the trade but America made billions on top of billions via the currency exchanges. Prof Richard Wolff talked about that aspect of Bretton recently, because there are now other means to trade - The Euro and Yuan. Its why Putin has demanded all oil & gas contracts are now paid in Rubbles. Putin might be crazy, his generals might be clowns but apparently he's had some good economic advice.
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