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This so much. The US in general has a problem of having people who are ostensibly above the law.
The police have qualified immunity. SCOTUS has no real check on their conduct. And now the president is immune from prosecution.
Internationally the US has no regard for International law. They have refused to be bound by several crucial international treaties.
I had the same experience with Arthur C. Clarke.
He moved to Sri Lanka to dodge all the accusations of pedophilia. It was all hushed up. As was the custom at the time.