Trump's promise to commute Ross Ulbricht's sentence is completely empty for me.
He had a four-year tenure as president. This was ample opportunity to intervene in Ulbricht's case (not to mention Snowden and Assange who were also failed to help) - yet he did nothing. Why would we trust the empty words of a politician who has already failed to live by them?
In the realm of politics especially, promises are cheap, abundant, and expedient. They are tools to garner favour and nothing more. Promises made in the absence of action are ephemeral. They fade quickly. Their value is zero.
Trump already had the ability to commute sentences during his presidency. He chose to do nothing. Now, out of office, his promises carry even less weight.
“Don’t trust, verify”. This applies to politics as much as anything else.
We should always judge individuals not by their words, but by their actions. It is through actions that character is revealed and intentions are laid bare.
Ross Ulbricht is still in jail. He could have been enjoying 8 years of freedom if Trump had had been a man of action. Instead he’s still in jail in one of the greatest ongoing injustices in American history. Let’s not forget that.
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