Why does Trump pardon one of the biggest drug lords in history, if he is so concerned about drugs?

That man got double life plus 40 in prison, far more than child rapists.
Second degree murder is 10–50 years.
Im definately not approving what Ulbrecht did but to me it was excessive.

I hadn’t really heard about the Ulbricht case and had to do some investigation. Setting up a marketplace for drugs on the dark webs seems awfully bold, not to mention foolish. But I think Double Life Sentence plus 40 years was excessive. However I’d have to say that 10 years might be a little light. But that’s me.

There is much that I don’t know about this case or this pardon. Could it be that he was offered a pardon in exchange for help targeting things on the dark web? I don’t know, but that might be worthy of a pardon.

@seawulf575 I think the Libertarians who loved him saw Trumps pre-election promise to free him, and helped him win.
Not something I generally agree with, but as you said im not overly familiar with this case.

Trump likes felons and dictators . . . !

Wow. And so blatant about using the power of the Presidency for a quid pro quo. But I can’t say I’m surprised. To him the “White House”, is a reality show with ratings.
Good or bad, it doesn’t matter to him. He only cares about making headlines, AKA, ratings for people tunning in.