Quote:robkelk wrote:From a political perspective, the POTUS mouthing off like a petulant child is dammed embarrassing. Note that members of this forum who has sung paeans is his praise have gone silent. 47 days into his administration, and he still acts likes he's candidate Trump and not POTUS. If he's the role model for children, expect a lot of surly bullies in the future.Quote:ordnance11 wrote:"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Trump declares massive political scandal and no one believes him
Why isn't his staff taking away his twitter account?
As long as the First Amendment is in force, it also applies to the POTUS.
Right now I see 2 things happening:
1. The next natural disaster to happen in the U.S. will be a disaster for the Trump administration. It will be like Katrina all over again. Why? Well for one the post of Administrator and Deputy Administrator had not been filled in. And no one in the current administration has the vaguest idea of emergency response. Expect a lot of fumbling.
2. Trump is going to kick off another war with somebody. He needs the public's support and the nation always initially supports to president to "support the troops". Just like Iraq in 2001. With even flimsier evidence.
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Trump calls for a probe on Obama White House politically motivated investigation on 2016 campaign
He's ratcheting up the push back. Now I have to wonder what is he hiding if he really wants the Russian affair to go away. This is starting to look like event trajectory of Watergate. If he or his staff were smart, he should appointed an independent commission to determine what happened. Instead, his campaign and later staff has issued blanket denials and they just keep digging deeper into a hole. This administration is getting more dysfunctional by the week.
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