Many voted Trump not because he is ideal but because he is a republican (on paper at least) or because he seemed to be somehow better than Hillary. And it will happen again. Here on HN many are upvoting not because of party affiliation (many of us are from outside US) but because of mans works. If Trump wants to pardon Assange on condition - to get material to fight against democrats - and not on principle, then you may get a picture of what kind of a person he is! He is (just) a trader, not a man of principle... (unless this principle is called trading)