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Once again the man in the White House has proven his complete lack of respect of and understanding for how our government is supposed to work. Even though he campaigned with a promise to 'Put America First' including solving the housing problem that plagues so many hard-working people, including in his own base, he cancelled the signing ceremony scheduled for a rare, bipartisan bill that is a giant step forward on making that promise a reality! This after scuttling the reauthorization of a surveillance tool and almost sinking GOP efforts to increase immigration enforcement spending.
His illegal 24-hour unprovoked war on Iran in the middle of peace talks (now in its fifth month) has further damaged our standing, trustworthiness, and believability in the world. And this from the man who ran on the promise he would be a peacemaker and NOT entangle us in foreign wars and would put America first.
Why? Because what he wants more than to keep his promises and make sure basic needs are achievable for the average citizen, including his suffering base, is to enrich his own portfolio, and force passage of the SAVE America act, so he can stack the deck, complicate the voter registration process, and disenfranchise American voters who don't fit his personal criteria.
Our president is supposed to be a leader, not a divider, bully, autocrat, or extortionist. When a bill comes to his desk, he has two choices; sign it, or veto it. If he vetoes it, congress has the opportunity to override the veto. He chooses, instead, to hold the bill hostage, making his signature a weapon, insisting his minions in congress pass his bill first, even though they don't have the votes because even they know in their hearts the SAVE America act ultimately destroys citizens' most important power, through their vote, to have a voice in their government.
Now, in spite of the fact that America consumers are the ones paying for them, he is once again 'enacting' punitive tariffs to 'settle' personal scores. Example: the 50% tariff on Canadian products because they are burning their forests and sending us the smoke....as if they have more control over their consequences of climate change than we do of ours. Has he paid Mexico for the damage our forest fires have caused our southern neighbor?
He has become more and more chaotic and irrational as he is willing to cut off his nose to spite his face, once again showing his complete lack of respect for the Constitution he swore to uphold, the government he continues to illegally dismantle, his fellow Republicans who continue to sell their souls to the devil to stay on his 'good side.', and the citizens who, are, in fact, his employers.
NANCY McCARTY
Williamsport
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