It was bound to happen sooner or later. The trumpster finally tweeted something that I happen to agree with, stating that he has the “Absolute Right” to divulge any information he is privy to to whomever he chooses.
That is true, any President DOES have that right, as well as many others. The Constitution grants the holder of that office with incredibly wide latitude to conduct the affairs of state in any way he sees fit.
Which is, of course, precisely why it is so crucially important that the holder of that office has the maturity, judgement, and discipline to wield those awesome powers responsibly.
Since January 20, the entire planet has had a front row seat to the endless series of (mostly self-inflicted) crises and debacles emanating directly from the Oval Office. The astounding levels of ignorance, arrogance, and ineptitude have caused tremors of genuine, well-founded, fear among concerned citizens and well-meaning allies around the World.
This particular firestorm centered around the bloviator-in-chief’s willingness to divulge highly classified information, provided to the U.S. under the good graces of a genuine ally who shared that information with our own intelligence services with the clear understanding and entirely reasonable expectation that it would not be divulged to other parties.
There are two possible explanations for what happened next:
#1.) Desperately eager to please his Russian handlers, our fearless leader felt compelled to impress them with the top secret intelligence to which he now has full access not realizing that by doing so he would be divulging sensitive information to an avowed hostile power who is actively working against U.S. interests throughout the World.
#2) He knew full well what he was doing and the damage it would cause to the security of our country, but for reasons currently known only to trump himself and Vladimir Putin, chose to divulge that information anyway.
On January 20, 2017, trump stood before a middling sized crowd and the eyes of the World and swore to:
“. . . preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
This unfortunate incident COULD simply be the result of willful ignorance and profound stupidity. It could also very well be out of deliberate and self-serving malice. Whatever the root cause, with this single action trump has conclusively demonstrated that he is unfit to fulfill his pledge and unable to responsibly discharge the duties of the office.
If the former cause turns out to be the case, removal under Article 25 of that Constitution is probably the appropriate course of action. If it is the latter, (as I personally suspect it will be), Impeachment and (long) imprisonment for treason is the best outcome trump can hope for.
Whatever the final outcome, I can only hope that it comes to pass before this ultimate loser has the opportunity to inflict any more permanent damage on our country.
Bridges-Not-Walls 