Each day, a new peek at Trump’s traitorous thinking
On Jan. 6, 2021, I turned on our TV like millions of Americans and witnessed former President Donald Trump harangue a rebellious crowd that he had invited to Washington, urging them to go to the Capitol and take back their stolen election. In that moment he committed an act of treasonous insurrection. It is still argued and debated whether or not he had committed an act of treason, but most knew no one, especially a former president, had ever fomented an insurrection. I seriously doubt that Donald Trump either knew or had considered the depth of his actions. He sent his riotous mob to the Capitol to stop the counting of the electoral vote, another traitorous act, never done before. And the actions of the mob actually stopped the count temporarily. The vice president who was in charge of the counting stopped the count so that members of Congress could escape the mob with their lives. Yes, Trump’s mob endangered those gathered according to our Constitution to verify who had won the election. The Congress was later called into session, and the vote was completed. But it didn’t stop there. It got worse.
Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments to decide if Article 3 of Amendment 14 to the Constitution includes the former president as an officer of the government, making him ineligible to appear on the ballot for president in this coming November’s general election. I heard and saw professors and attorneys, experts on the Constitution, reveal the former president had succeeded in tying our government in knots: If he’s allowed on the ballot, those against Trump will sue every voting district to remove him; if Trump is not allowed on the ballot, those for him will stage a massive write-in initiative and will likewise sue every voting district to have him placed on the ballot. Total chaos will follow. Some would call this Potomac fever run amok when a person believes the government cannot operate without him. I simply label it foolish and traitorous.
All of this folderol for one man I never thought fit for public office at the lowest level, much less the presidency. But this was no small matter. Broadcasters reported that someone needed to urge the former president to stop the riot. Instead, sat and watched it unfold while sitting in his private White House dining room.
No system is foolproof; someone will always find a way around rules and procedures, yet those with common sense will understand the folly of doing something just because you can.
Everyday we’re given yet another peek behind the orangeman’s foolish thinking. For example, he now suggests he will rid the country of millions of illegal aliens by sending red state national guard troops into blue states to round up illegal aliens and expel them from the country. That would be vaguely similar to a war fought in the mid-19th century. It would be nonsensical, but it gets free press regardless.