Cuba vs Trump

[Syt]

Yeah, checks and balances only work if people want to check and balance. If the key actors in the system decide to collectively abdicate their responsibilities then what is there to do?

I believe the Midterms will be the ultimate test how far this will go and how much they can get away with. Yes, in terms of votes, but also in terms of trying to affect the outcome. If they are able to use the results in a way that empowers them and there is still no meaningful pushback from key actors then I'm not sure anything short of violence can break through this.

[crazy canuck]

The USA would never extradite its own officials carrying out long-standing national policy.  Thus we wouldn't have extradited Kissinger for Vietnam because that would have implicated multiple presidents and Congressional leaders.  For the same reason, we would never extradite anyone over Cuba.

But if hearings resulted in Hegseth being directly implicated for the Caribbean murders or other similar acts he may carry out?  That only impacts him and Trump and it contradicts existing national policy. If hypothetically Trump gave him a last minute pardon in 29 to immunize him from prosecution in the US, could I see a hypothetical post-Trump president clearing an extradition?  Yes that would present circumstances we've never seen before and I think that is within the realm of possible outcomes.  And it doesn't require making any assumptions about the state of the domestic legal system at all.  Just what will may exist to impose consequences after 3 more years of Trump and the past experience of the Merrick Garland fiasco.

Wishful thinking at best

This isn't the first time the United States has carried out atrocities.  And this won't be the first time the United States doesn't protect its own.