TRUMP: HOW MANY LAWS WILL WE LET HIM BREAK?
I
hardly need to blog about Trump any more; the Los Angeles Times is doing all
the
work for me . . . and for everyone else
who feels that our president is an unmitigated disaster. The Times’ five editorials, so far, are so
strongly-worded they tend to ring in your head.
For hours.
Yet one question remains
unanswered: How about all those laws
Trump is breaking—and when will the American public demand he be held
accountable?
Among them:
1.) The law against presidential
despotism, enacted after Jack Kennedy made his brother, Robert, Attorney
General. So far, both daughter, Ivanka, and son-in law Jared, are acting as
semi-official Secretaries of State. They may not receive salaries, but both
have been given top security clearances, and Ivanka, at least, has a White
House office--plus other benefits of high office. If this isn’t nepotism, what
is?
2.) The Supreme Court provision about a president
accepting “Foreign Emoluments." Heads of State from foreign countries seem prone to stay at various Trump Towers, thereby offering foreign monies to enrich our president.
3.) Rules against Conflicts of
Interest. Since the president has never
divested himself of his business interests (perhaps not required by law), his
Trump Enterprises continues to grow during the president’s reign—with new
“deals” constantly being arranged in various American and major foreign cities
. . . a direct nod to the power of our highest office. How can this continuing behavior not be seen
as a Conflict of Interest?
4.) Rules governing Charitable
Foundations: It’s already been proven that the Trump Foundation gave $25,000 as
a “gift” to a Florida Attorney General--which
resulted in her dismissal of a Floridian suit against Trump University--plus
the public has seen photos of the life-size portrait of himself, purchased by
Trump with Foundation funds.
These two acts suggest that here not
one, but two rules have been broken--a rule against bribery, and another
against self-enrichment with Foundation funds.
A few judges have declared, “Even the
president is not above the law.”
Yet so far our various law enforcement
agencies have noted these transgressions but taken no action. Who is responsible, anyway, for getting him into
court? When will the American public rise up and demand that even King Trump
must follow the rules?
Once again, I can’t help pointing out:
When we elected a man with no character to the country’s highest office, we can
expect an administration with no morality . . . operating in flagrant disregard
of accepted laws.
