February 22, 2019

A Trump-Made Emergency

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/opinion/trump-national-emergency-border-wall.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR1dGK-6R91RhEcJ4IXv9mmDnnIYqxXb3YL8TQAzkP5cJTOv5mAMniGz12E
"The poison cherry atop this sundae is that Mr. Trump is subverting American democracy for a cause opposed by a majority of the public. Polls show that most Americans do not want a wall at the southern border. And most definitely do not approve of Mr. Trump’s faking a national emergency to make an end run around Congress. Two recent polls showed that two-thirds of Americans opposed it. Not that any of this seems of interest to the president. “I have the absolute right to do national emergency if I want,” he insisted to reporters last month, sounding more like a huffy kindergartner than a world leader. This administration is forever coming up with creative new ways to disturb and dismay the nation. Mr. Trump’s eagerness to undermine the Constitution to serve his short-term political gain remains among the most outrageous."