The War on Outsiders
Outsiders Are Not Forgiven
American history shows a clear pattern: outsiders who threaten entrenched power are not debated—they are targeted.
When Theodore Roosevelt turned on the robber barons of his own class, he shattered an unspoken agreement. He was not supposed to challenge monopolies, confront party bosses, or expose the financial elite. The punishment was swift and surgical. He was isolated, undermined, and ultimately blocked by the political machinery he once led. Roosevelt survived, and history later carved him into Mount Rushmore—not for obedience, but for confronting power when others would not. The message in his time was unmistakable: defy the system and it will close ranks against you.
A century later, Donald Trump triggered the same immune response—only this time, the weapons were far more dangerous.
What followed was not oversight or accountability. It was lawfare. Intelligence agencies were weaponized through knowingly false narratives. Federal law was selectively enforced. Prosecutorial standards were rewritten in real time. Attorney-client privilege, executive privilege, and due process—cornerstones of the republic—were stripped away to secure a predetermined outcome.
These were not mistakes. They were acts. Coordinated. Escalating. Political.
The crimes committed against Trump were not merely personal attacks; they were assaults on the rule of law itself. If a former president can be targeted this way for challenging permanent power, no citizen is beyond reach.
This work peels back the layers—Roosevelt to Trump—to expose how the system protects itself.
