"I, The Donald," our so-called President, has sought to insulate himself from any blame should terrorists attack the country.
You might think this strange since he is, after all, the Commander in Chief, but then the first notable military action during his regime was a complete fiasco. The raid in Yemen killed many women and children, resulted in the death of a veteran U.S. special forces combatant and the loss of a $70 million U.S. helicopter. Our forces retreated without achieving their objective.
Not a great start.
So perhaps it is not surprising that "I, The Donald" has decided that if terrorists attack the U.S., the country's judiciary is to blame.
Commenting on the federal judge who put a temporary hold on his sloppily conceived immigration ban, Trump said the judge's ruling "put our country in such peril. If something happens, blame him [the judge] and the court system."
Subsequently, Trump said the ongoing appeals court deliberations on whether the judge's decision was correct or not were "disgraceful" and more about politics than the law. Even "a bad student in high school" would understand that the White House position on the power of the president was correct, he said.
In response, his own nominee for the currently vacant Supreme Court seat, Neil Gorsuch, said Trump's comments were "demoralizing" and "disheartening."
Why? Because Trump has been repeatedly signaling he has no time for a judiciary that doesn't go along with whatever he wants, and that attitude will almost surely go for the Supreme Court as well. If Trump has his way, Gorsuch would take a seat on what could be a rubber stamp for the administration, or worse, a kangaroo court.
This is a step to undermine the U.S. Constitution with its elaborate system of checks and balances in favor of an imperial presidency.
What will "I, The Donald" do next? I'm sure we won't have to wait long to find out.
Once again, I apologize to readers that this post is NOT about fiction.
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