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White House weighs ‘250 pardons for 250 years’ to mark America’s birthday: report
(www.the-independent.com)
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All of his pardons so far have been political, that is to loyalists or those who were willing to pay him ~~a bribe~~ campaign contributions. If he were to make pardons of mercy, the public would suspect they were political merely based on the precedent he's already set.
However, I can't even imagine Trump willing to make mercy pardons at all. Trump really is that stuck in a transactional mindset, and cannot do a positive thing even as a publicity stunt. Every step he takes has to enrich him.