"I" will institute taxes on goods coming into the country. "I will allow General Matis to override me"" on torture. Not to mention his blatant threat to "take the oil" from Iran.
Trump is atributing unilateral power to himself. I question if he realizes what the roles of the various branches of government are. And that best decisions are made in consultation. Especially this torture thing - just what could Trump, personally, possibly know about the value or not of torture! Just another sign of the megalomania that the world is facing.
He was actually prepared to send the National Guard into Chicago. Again, unilaterally. No discussion with the Governor of Illinois nor the Mayor of Chicago. He thinks he can just do this!
Gorbachev just wrote an op ed indicating that he sees the world moving toward war. He is right. Trump is questioning the UN and NATO, picking a needless fight with our neighbor, Mexico.
Maybe even worse, if that's possible, is that all of this bullying is based on his view that the USA, richest, most successful nation in the world, is being pushed around economically by other nations! Now that sounds like pre-World War II Germany. At least Germany had a complaint based in reality, ie., the harsh terms of the Versailles Treaty. Trump is concocting a down trodden, beat upon image of the USA that is a lie. This bizarre leadership can translate into a fascist power grab. Perhaps his only reason for this endless criticism is that he can later try to say he rescued the USA. Except tht he will actually bring back the "Ugly American", ruin our goodwill around the world and very possibly initiate yet another war.
And this is only Week One.
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