Here’s what Trump has told advisors about his sprawling pardon plans: book author

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 7, 2026 · 4m

The Pardon Is the MessagePower, Not ConfusionDonald Trump is not described here as drifting into lawlessness by accident. The source says he plans to pardon advisers who helped him in allegedly criminal activity, and that he has told senior aides he will pardon anyone who got close enough to the Oval Office. That is not a lapse in discipline. It is the construction of a protection racket at the top of the state.The relevant fact is simple: Trump holds the institutional power to pardon, and he is reportedly signaling that this power will be used not as mercy, but as insulation for loyalists…