I am sure that anyone with a functioning brain has seen the contempt that Donny has for the US Constitution…..he has side stepped it on so many occasions and SCOTUS has been a great help to him in his assault of the Constitution.
Bernie Sanders has written a piece that lays out this assault very well….
Donald Trump has, once again, shown his contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law. The President of the United States does NOT have the right to unilaterally take this country to war, even against a corrupt and brutal dictator like Maduro. The United States does NOT have the right, as Trump stated this morning, to “run” Venezuela. Congress must immediately pass a War Powers resolution to end this illegal military operation and reassert its constitutional responsibilities.
Trump’s attack on Venezuela will make the United States and the world less safe. This brazen violation of international law gives a green light to any nation on earth that may wish to attack another country to seize their resources or change their governments. This is the horrific logic of force that Putin used to justify his brutal attack on Ukraine.
Trump and his administration have often said they want to revive the Monroe Doctrine, claiming the United States has the right to dominate the affairs of the hemisphere. They have spoken openly about controlling Venezuela’s oil reserves, the largest in the world. This is rank imperialism. It recalls the darkest chapters of U.S. interventions in Latin America, which have left a terrible legacy. It will and should be condemned by the democratic world.
Trump campaigned for president on an “America First” platform. He claimed to be the “peace candidate.” At a time when 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, when our healthcare system is collapsing, when people cannot afford housing and when AI threatens millions of jobs, it is time for the president to focus on the crises facing this country and end this military adventurism abroad. Trump is failing in his job to “run” the United States. He should not be trying to “run” Venezuela.
I love Bernie I just wish there were more recall Progressives in the Congress….the ones we have can only do so much because corporate Dems fight the progress they seek.
Time to think about that if you are considering voting in November….be the change we need.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Bernie is one of the Great Ones that we most definitely need more of! His comment: Trump is failing in his job to “run” the United States. is a HUGE understatement, IMO.
Bernie is great….I think that AOC could be next….if she does not fall to the lobbyists…..chuq
I’m not all that impressed with AOC — maybe because she’s a bit “overboard” to suit me. But there’s no doubt she’s full-on Democrat and there’s no argument that we need that in these perilous times.
I have to say that Bernie is doing a great job of calling out Trump and his cronies on Twitter. He is posting there constantly, and nailing it every time. As for Trump, he thinks ‘Constitution’ is a brand of toilet paper to wipe his arse on.
Best wishes, Pete.
That is a great observation about TP……Bernie has always been a firebrand even when he was in New Hampshire….but we need more people like him in Congress less of the cowards we have now. chuq