I have always thought that Pete was a POS. He's teflon Don for various reasons...

Of course. Just like the train running through the tunnel suffocating everyone except the engineers in the front car. Everyone along the chain of decisions ignoring responsibility and passing off to someone else. Finally the slimy steaming turd lands in Butt-gag's lap and he passes the turd to White Racism. While people are getting cancer and losing their home community to poison. He says essentially, Well you rotten White people it's your turn to suffer.