What I am saying is Machiavelli would have advised crushing the coup 3 years ago and punishing the conspirators. That did not happen even though Trump’s initial gut reaction was probably to do so. My deduction is there are no Machiavellians in the WH advising the President. Bannon was the closest to that but he is gone.
Trump should have followed his gut. Anything less than total prosecution of coup participants, including Obama, left this country without a rule of law. We’re seeing the results yet again with this phony impeachment mess.