

Because authoritarians convinced the American people that military interventions prevent terrorist attacks to distract them from the reality which is that terrorist attacks are caused by American interventions.
It’s only possible to convince Americans of that because they are shockingly ignorant of history and they believe whatever the warmongers tell them.
Clearly he deserves it, look at all the civilian deaths he’s responsible for and he started a war with Iran! Seems like the kind of guy that Trump would pardon.