As I watched the news readers on MSNBC and CNN last night, and then the talking heads on those shows, I realized that they were trying to hide the fearful reality that they know; Donald Trump is off his rocker and the world is in great danger. Only the filmmaker Roger Moore, interviewed by Ali Velshi on MSNBC, had the boldness to speak the truth about our present realities. It was sobering.
In a matter of days, Donald Trump has:
- come close to shutting down the government (we will know today what happens) because Congress would not put $5 billion in the budget to built his wall. (Trump at first appeared willing to sign the authorization that did not have the $5B, but then changed his mind after all of the right-wing TV/radio nut jobs took him to task.);
- announced on Twitter that he is pulling all US troops out of Syria (this took our allies by surprise, and has left the Kurdish fighters feeling abandoned by the US, thus playing solidly into the hands of Russia and Iran, and greatly pleasing the autocratic president of Turkey);
- lost his Secretary of Defense, Gen. Jim Mattis, who resigned in protest after the Trump tweet about Syria (read his letter of resignation - it is a chilling warning to all of us);
- been implicated in crimes committed by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and watched his former National Security Advisor, Gen. Michael Flynn, get chastised by a federal judge at his sentencing hearing for committing serious crimes (the judge even asked if Flynn's actions might be considered treason);
- lost his Chief of Staff, Gen. John Kelly, and had trouble finding someone willing to take on that job;
- had his appointed interim Attorney General refuse to recuse himself from the Mueller investigation after the DOJ attorneys recommended that he recuse himself (and the next Trump AG appointee is on record as being opposed to the Mueller investigation);
- (I have to add that at the recent UN Climate Conference in Poland, the US delegation held a session promoting the benefits of coal!!)
So here is the situation we are in:
- all of the "adults in the room" (and most of them were not very good people, anyway) have left the room;
- Trump's inner circle is now totally comprised of sycophants who promote mean, evil and un-American values, actions and lies;
- Trump's appointed agency directors are solidly in his industry/big money camp, and are actively deconstructing government to please the big money interests;
- Trump has thoroughly alienated American allies around the world, leaving a power vacuum that Russia and China are eagerly trying to fill;
- Trump's shady cons and apparent crimes are becoming more and more visible, and the Special Counsel investigation appears to be winding up with projected release of reports within 1-2 months.
The President of the United States is under siege, and is increasingly lashing out via Twitter at everyone. He is truly unbalanced and dangerous. He will become even more unhinged once the Democrats take over the House of Representatives next month, and will try everything he can, using Executive Orders and other means, to get his way.
This is truly a major crisis in America and the world. Donald Trump must be removed from office now; the world cannot wait until the 2020 election.
Every American should be very concerned right now. Every one of us should call every one of our representatives in Congress and urge them to get Donald Trump out of office, under the terms of our Constitution. It can, and must, be done now; it might already be too late.
Seriously.
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