Yes, the end is near for Mr. Trump and he faces the final curtain, the last days of his sordid presidency. And, yes, he did it his way and now he is going to have to pay the price for putting himself and his own objectives ahead of those of the country he was supposed to lead into the future.
The
past two years or more have been like an ongoing nightmare for
Americans
as this unfit
president
has done everything in his power to take this country in the wrong
direction, one that
has created nothing but chaos.
But, sometimes, miracles do happen and that’s what seems is going
on right
before our eyes, as
his
path out of office lies before him.
Before
we get into the issue of Trump’s quite obvious commission
of
obstruction of justice let’s discuss that part of the Mueller
report which is
of paramount importance to the safety and security of this country;
but which has, for some odd reason, not been given anywhere
near the
proper
attention
it should have.
Trump and members of his administration were aware from continuous U.S. intelligence briefings that Russia was trying to hack into and interfere with the U.S. election system. And they did nothing. Then, later, the Russians succeeded. Trump and company should have sounded the alarms, mobilizing the FBI and the CIA into swift action.
That
didn’t happen and, to this day, they have not put forth any plan to
make certain this invasion into our democracy is never allowed to
happen again. And,
as bad as that is, here’s something more that really smells.
Republicans in Congress have
been
well aware that Trump has no intention of doing anything to prevent
such future attacks by Russians. But
they will continue to remain silent and subservient to him.
Now,
relative to the matter of obstruction, the
evidence could not be more clear that
Trump did, in fact, obstruct justice time
and time again. Where
is the proof? All one has to do is to look at the great many videos
and tweets, and listen to endless audios in which Trump referred to
Mueller’s investigation as a witch hunt, a hoax, and nothing more
than an attempt to bring him down. That
is obstruction.
There
is plenty of debate taking
place
about what Democrats should do now that they have the redacted
Mueller report. Some
say they should keep
impeachment on the table while continuing to gather more evidence.
The
Judiciary Committee has
already demanded a fully
underacted report.
The
key individuals who should be the first ones to be interviewed
are
Mueller, Barr, the
president’s former lawyer Don McGahn, and
any number of key
individuals
named
in the report. And then Democrats
should
see what they have in total before
deciding
whether
to
impeach or not.
It
they come up with concrete, irrefutable evidence that leaves no doubt
whatsoever that Trump committed obstruction then what next? They have
to consider the very likely outcome in which they launch the
impeachment process and then it would totally fail in the Senate.
That would happen as every Republican, regardless of the facts or
positive proof, would refuse to accept it and “stand by their man”
until the end. Could they take such a chance?
So
the question of impeachment or not is a huge dilemma that will
require some really deep thought on the part of Democrats. It may be
an impossible option because those “mind-conditioned”, robotic
type members of the GOP who have seen trump committing one case of
obstruction after another, will not adhere to their Constitutional
responsibilities.
The
Democratic
candidates
for president in the 2020 elections should not
fall
into the trap of concentrating
on trying to denigrate Trump but, rather, stay
with the
key
issues that are of the greatest concern to the American people.
If
House
Democrats go about this in the
right way it will be a slam dunk for America and its people. But if
they somehow manage to foul up the effort and snatch defeat from the
jaws of victory it will be a win-win for Trump and
could propel him to victory in 2020. That cannot, that
must not,
be allowed to happen.
It
will be very interesting to hear Don McGahn’s testimony about how
Trump put immense pressure on him to try to force Deputy Attorney
General Rod Rosenstein to fire Mueller. McGahn indicated that he
would resign rather than follow that order. When McGahn appears
before Congress what he says could be the deciding factor in the
investigation of this rogue, unlawful president.
Suddenly
something new has recently entered this scenario. Trump has come
up with yet
another tactic
to try to impede what Congress is about to do when
certain
individuals are
scheduled to
appear
before House committees. He has, as his
fear and frustration has
significantly
increased, decided to
start
a war
against Democrats by
instructing
all potential witnesses to refuse to respond to subpoenas sent to
them.
How
ignorant can he be? He just started a war that he can’t possibly
win. All he is doing is creating new evidence of obstruction of
justice. What should Democrats do relative to this threat to block
the testimony of witnesses coming from Trump? They should call his
bluff since he may, when thus challenged, just back off; and it’s
highly likely that his lawyers will tell him that this would be
another case of obstruction.
And let me add one more thing that technically is not related to impeachment but in my view it should be. I just saw this on T.V. Trump, in a tweet after Joe Biden had announced he was a candidate for the presidency in 2020, said this: “It will be nasty – you will be dealing with people who truly have some sick and demented ideas.”
Sick
and demented? And this is coming from someone who has continually
shown signs of deep emotional problems, who often has been described
by the media as being mentally unstable. Is this the pot calling the
kettle black or what? Well, it’s even more evidence that America
badly needs a president who can keep his head on straight.
For
those who have been closely observing what has been going on and Mr.
Trump’s continuous efforts to bend, twist, and dismiss the rule of
law in America, they are aware that he has definite designs to
establish an autocratic government in this country with himself as
its head.
While he will, in every way possible, continue to attempt to make that very dark objective, his dream, still come true, in his heart he knows that the end is very near and he must now face his final curtain.
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