Pardon me.

Pictured below: the grifter-in-chief and his designated bagman.

Mr. President, please spare us the phony concern about Hunter Biden’s fragile sobriety. Your blanket pardon of your son had little to do with his welfare but, instead, served one overarching purpose: to eliminate any possibility that you, your brother Jim, let alone Hunter and other family members would go to prison for selling access to you to foreign adversaries.

The pardon’s timing could not have been worse for Democrats since many potential conflicts of interest with Trump family members deserve scrutiny. For instance, Donny, Jr., a board member of the “anti-woke” online marketplace PublicSquare, advises drone manufacturer Unusual Machines, which will undoubtedly seek government contract work in this age of “over-the-horizon” containment. The stock price of Trump’s uninspiring social media and streaming platform Truth Social rose dramatically with Trump’s prospects for election victory. Concerns remain that significant investments in Truth Social are a backdoor way to gain presidential access. Meanwhile, Trump’s World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency platform will benefit from the Trump Administration's bullish view of digital currencies. Trump’s sons Donald, Jr. and Eric will run it. And who knows what byzantine entanglements need unpacking between the world’s richest human, key Trump advisor, and putative co-administrator of the new Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk––CEO of The Boring Company, Nueralink, Space X, Tesla, X, xAI, et. alia––and the President-elect. Tesla’s stock price certainly has responded favorably to the South African American’s proximity to power.

As I noted in the podcast above, in-laws of Trump's offspring have been nominated for key positions in the Administration. Lebanese billionaire Dr. Massad Boulos, father-in-law to Tiffany Trump, has been nominated for White House senior adviser on Arab and Middle East affairs. His Boulos Enterprises is based in Ikeja, Nigeria. The last time a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire got involved in U.S. politics, there were tragic casualties. Democrats would want to get under the fingernails, Luca-Brasi-style, of this tie-up. Fellow real estate billionaire and convicted felon Charles Kushner––father-in-law to Trump family rock star Ivanka Trump––has been nominated to serve as Trump’s Ambassador to France.

But with Joe Biden’s pardon of his felonious son Hunter, the necessary questions about Trumpian nepotism and quid-pro-quo have lost some steam. Biden’s pals in the Democratic Party and Democratic media are angry and crestfallen as their leverage over Trump just got weaker. They now conclusively know what most fair and balanced observers have long known: while we thank him for his service, Joe Biden will be seen as one of the most corrupt, dishonest, and self-serving con artists in U.S. Presidential history.