He has made a lot of changes in judicial and police posts to people he likes or follow his commands. And he is the fucking president, so what is someone realistically going to do to stop him.

He could modify the files, release them and get a massive popularity boost for being honest.

He could destroy the files and continue saying they never existed. This option seems a little too far fetched but still a possibility considering his overconfidence.

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[–] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

He probably isn't able to. I imagine those files are very valuable to a lot of people as blackmail and it is not unlikely they are in the hands of people willing to use them should they need to. It is worth noting that Trump isn't all powerful here. Should he act against the interests of the portion of the ruling class that supports him, he can be done away with. Though not without the possibility of great cost to the fascist movement he figureheads.

Never forget that nazis tried to assassinate Hitler multiple times

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