{"id":34671,"date":"2019-01-06T00:29:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T00:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34671"},"modified":"2019-01-06T00:31:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T00:31:43","slug":"trump-demonstrates-his-unfitness-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34671","title":{"rendered":"Trump demonstrates his unfitness yet again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As if we needed more examples from Donald Trump that illustrate his complete unfitness for the job he occupies . . . he offers up two more sparkling examples.<\/p>\n

First, he declares that he might declare a “national emergency” to start construction on The Wall he wants to run along our southern border.<\/p>\n

How does that work? The president signs an executive order and then re-distributes money intended for the Pentagon to build The Wall. The notion of declaring a national emergency based on “security” grounds raises the issue of its very legality.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the authority to appropriate money. It allocates money to specific agencies for specific uses. A president who declares a national emergency appears to circumvent the Constitution. It well could be an illegal act.<\/p>\n

Second, the president sat in that meeting room with Cabinet officials and defended the Soviet Union’s act of outright and naked aggression in 1979 when it invaded Afghanistan. His basis? Trump echoed the Kremlin pretext at the time that “terrorists” allegedly were attacking Soviet citizens across the border.<\/p>\n

That is a blatant and disgraceful rewriting of history. The USSR invaded Afghanistan for the purpose of installing a friendly government in Kabul. It killed millions of Afghan citizens, forced millions more to flee, while suffering tens of thousands of battlefield casualties on its own.<\/p>\n

For this president to say these things in the span of just a couple of days provided a breathtaking and astounding display of ignorance, arrogance and delusion.<\/p>\n

I repeat what I’ve said all along: This individual is unfit at any level to occupy the office to which he was elected.<\/p>\n

My fellow Americans, those of you who voted for this individual . . . you have made a terrible mistake.<\/p>\n\n

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