Oh, goodness, I hope we don't reach the point where Trump becomes the benchmark by which all other presidential decisions are measured. Or are you suggesting that Biden was looking forward in fear that his son Hunter would be a target of the next administration? Honestly, I think the calculation here was pretty evident and understandable: The president was following a father's instinct. But he did go back on his word not to do exactly what he did, and in his claim that the prosecution -- by his own Justice Department -- was unfair, he bolstered Trump's claims about politicization and weaponization. And the breadth of the pardon was practically without precedent. Unsurprisingly, his decision has not gone over well with the public. Only two in 10 Americans approve.

Short answer: He won't. But there no doubt will be a lot of arrests and deportations, and this reporting from NBC is chilling: The incoming Trump administration intends to rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting undocumented people at or near so-called sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals or events such as funerals, weddings and public demonstrations without approval from supervisors, according to three sources familiar with the plan.