Born in China, he moved to Canada, worked at a McDonald’s. Calling himself CZ, he returned to Shanghai, started his own cryptocurrency business. Became a billionaire.

He opened Binance U.S., landed in a courtroom – terrorists like Hamas laundered money on his crypto exchange. He paid over $4.3 billion in fines, spent four months in prison.

Now living in the United Arab Emirates he’s worth $89 billion.

Trump’s family, joining arms with Abu Dhabi emirs, using CZ’s crypto exchange, got into the cryptocurrency business. Money rolled in. Trump pardoned CZ.

Putting Trump on the spot CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked about the pardon – seething, Trump growled ‘you know nothing about nothing. You’re fake news.’

Back in the old days pardons were a way to fix mistakes. Or offer mercy. These days they’re a product to sell.