The latest scandal of the Trump Presidency is the announcement today that they won’t be implementing the sanctions mandated by Congress. The best single sentence response I’ve seen so far comes from Nicholas Burns, former US Ambassador to NATO for President G. W. Bush, and now at Harvard:
Trump’s weakness is appalling.
Perhaps more than anything else, weakness is the word that summarizes Trump as President. From his flip-flopping on China, his refusal to lead on climate change, his flip-flopping on TPP, his flip-flopping on immigration, his being led around by the nose by Fox News, and his consistent failure to recognize Russia as an ongoing threat, he has been a President of no great vision, no obduracy, no leadership.
A strong President would have no need to attack the national security agencies, the free press, and all of his other attacks on our institutions. Those, in fact, would be part of his strengths.
In fact, his only strong attribute is his mouth.
And now the GOP, which controls Congress, has a challenge in front of it. Both chambers voted overwhelmingly for these sanctions; if Trump had vetoed the legislation, an override would have not required negotiations. Will the GOP step up and tell him to do his job? Or are they still a bunch of wet-wipes for the President to use as needed?
If you’re a Trump supporter, you have some strong questions to ask yourself, starting with why you’re supporting the weakest, most vacillating President since, well, way before my lifetime. It’s time to disregard his penchant for speaking to your fears, and start evaluating his behavior.
And if you don’t think he’s weak, hey, tell me why. There’s a mail link up on the right side.
