Biden Document Scandal Proves Justice Is ‘Worthless’ in U.S. Politics
by John Hayward
China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday jumped into President Joe Biden’s classified document scandal by pointing to the difference in how Biden and former President Donald Trump were treated as proof that “justice, fairness, and the rule of law are worthless in U.S. politics.”
The Global Times took a moment to chide Republicans for “pouncing” on the Biden scandal, but then said they were right to hammer Biden for hypocrisy in criticizing Trump for allegedly mishandling classified material – and then called pox on both Democrat and Republican houses, dismissing them all as hypocrites and opportunists who are merely seeking momentary advantage in the savage battlefield of American democracy:
However, when it was exposed that Trump and Biden retained classified documents, what the US media and politicians focus on is not why the two presidents had hidden documents, how they were discovered, what loopholes the US political system and laws have, or how it impacts the US’ national security and the public’s interests. Instead, they have exploited it as an instrument to retaliate against political opponents. Justice, fairness, and the rule of law are worthless in US politics, but political interests are above everything else.