Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht after urging death penalty for drug dealers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Trump is expected to issue other pardons in the coming days.
36% : " The decision fulfills a promise Trump made to Libertarian supporters during his campaign but appears to contradict Trump's earlier advocacy for the death penalty for drug dealers.
36% : Ulbricht, known by the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts," operated Silk Road between 2011 and 2013, facilitating more than $200 million in transactions for illegal drugs, hacking services, and counterfeit documents.
36% : In November 2022, while announcing his candidacy for the 2024 presidential race, Trump called for the execution of drug dealers.
25% : "The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me," Trump wrote on a post on Truth Social on Tuesday.
24% : Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, he said that drug dealers were executed in China, Singapore and other countries, and it was the only option to tackle the drugs issue in the U.S. In announcing a pardon, President Trump attacked those who had imprisoned Ulbricht.
22% : As recently as 2018, Trump endorsed capital punishment for drug dealers, stating: "If we don't get tough on the drug dealers, we're wasting our time.

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