When the GOP members of the Senate vote to acquit Trump, they will effectively crown him king of the United States. King Donald Trump. He will be able to do whatever he wants without negative consequence. Of all the ridiculous arguments the Trump lawyers offered this week, “Leave it to the voters to decide” is the most ridiculous. We can…
GOP Senators Can’t Risk New Evidence
The GOP Senators voted against allowing witnesses and new evidence at Trump’s impeachment trial because, their leader McConnell said, they have seen and heard enough evidence, which was collected during the House investigation. The problem is that much of the evidence and testimony that the House could have collected was blocked by Trump and his lawyers. Trump was clear about…
Trump And Iran And Ukraine
It is not a coincidence that Trump, Iran and Ukraine came together recently. Iran shot down a Ukrainian plane in Iraqi airspace earlier this week. Specifically, Iran shot Russian-made missiles at a Ukrainian International Airlines plane and killed 176 people. Dozens of passenger planes were in the Iraqi airspace at that time. Why did Iran shoot down a Ukraine International…
James Comey Portrays Himself As A Trump Victim
James Comey has spoken up again about Donald Trump. Comey wrote an article in The Washington Post in which he discusses what it’s like to be the object of Trump attacks. He has done this kind of thing before — he writes or publicly says things that that make him the story. Is he a megalomaniac? Maybe. Is he trying…
The Question: Is Trump Insensitive Or Evil?
Some Trump supporters have accused Democrats of calling Donald Trump insensitive or evil. Let’s consider the facts. Trump is grossly insensitive and mean. No one can look at how Trump insulted and mocked a disabled journalist in 2015 — and Rep. John and Rep. Debbie Dingell this week — and call that behavior presidential without his or her nose growing like that…
Trump Impeachment Is Clinton Impeachment?
Many people have been comparing the Trump impeachment and the Clinton impeachment. I allude to the quote from Gertrude Stein very deliberately and ironically. Please let’s remember the important difference that the House and Senate impeached President William Jefferson Clinton because he lied about blowjobs with Monica Lewinsky — consensual sexual behavior between two adults. The House impeached President Donald…
Trump Re-Election Likely In 2020
Some people think that impeachment will strengthen chances for Trump re-election. However, I think it’s not so simple a calculation. The likelihood of impeachment increasing odds of a Trump re-election depends on the type of impeachment he might experience. According to a Politico-Morning Consult poll, only 40 percent of registered voters approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing in office,…
A Problem With President Donald Trump
United States President Donald Trump surprised many people in early October by ordering an abrupt removal of US troops from Syria. Those US troops had been working with Kurds to protect Syrian land from ISIS and Turkish aggression — in general, to keep the area stable. There has been conflict between Kurds and Turks for a long time. Trump did…
Trump’s Emoluments Are Breach Of Law
Emoluments. To make a point about Trump and his emoluments, let me start with a hypothetical: Let’s say Donald Trump were the United States President and he owned a privately held company called The Trump Organization, a company that made missiles. Further, let’s say the United States Department of Defense, using dollars from American taxpayers, paid The Trump Organization $6…
Inspector General Horowitz Criticizes Comey
According to Benjamin Wittes in lawfareblog on Aug. 29, 2019, “Inspector General Horowitz of the Justice Department has determined that it is misconduct for a law enforcement officer to publicly disclose an effort to shut down his investigation.” Think about that for a minute. That an Obama-appointed Inspector General has got on board with Attorney General Barr is both appalling…