One of the aspects of Trump's presidencies is the scattershot nature of them. There are a few policies that create the appearance of a throughline, but because there were still adults in the room, his first administration was incoherent. The second one, sadly, is far more coherent.
Still, who exactly is the constituency for pardoning George Santos?
The constituency for going to war with Venezuela is Florida Republicans - Cuban and Venezuelan - who hate communism and Maduro. It's a bad idea and we shouldn't do it, but I can at least see the point from an ideological and political point of view.
But Santos? As Josh Marshall has noted, the peace deal - whatever it's actually worth in the long run - was possible, because Trump is the same sort of corrupt oligarch as the Gulf monarchies. They just occupy the same wave length.
I guess the reason to pardon Santos is to let all Republicans know that their corruption and lawlessness will be pardoned. Do whatever you like, Trump will pardon you, as long as you're loyal to him.
That's the overriding point of Trump 2.0. The policy cohesiveness from tariffs to Gaza to selective prosecutions is loyalty to Hair Furor.
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