On Wednesday, November 9th<\/sup>, 2016: America changed. That morning we woke up to the reality of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Whether that result filled you with joy or horror, it definitely marked a sea change in American life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Americans knew little about Russian interference, Stormy Daniels, or social media manipulation on that morning.\u00a0\u00a0And we didn’t know what influence the more \u201cmainstream\u201d Republicans would have on President Elect Trump.\u00a0\u00a0It did seem that the Trump Campaign was almost as surprised by the victory as the rest of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We watched Barack Obama follow the best traditions of the United States. He welcomed the new leader and his wife to the White House,\u00a0 following the example of John Adams.\u00a0\u00a0 The second President and his Federalist Party lost control of the national government in the election of 1800. He peacefully turned over the \u201ckeys\u201d to Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans, and took a carriage back to Boston.\u00a0\u00a0It was a triumph of nation over ideology.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adams, of course, did his best to keep the Federalists relevant, packing the Federal Courts with his judges. President Trump and Mitch McConnell are following that tradition, doing everything they can to fill the judiciary with \u201ctheir\u201d appointees.\u00a0\u00a0Whatever else happens, America will have that legacy of the Trump Administration for the next thirty years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are now almost three years later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We discovered that Donald Trump works and lives in a chaotic environment. He rotates advisors in and out of the White House at a whim and compulsively speaks to the nation through 280 characters on Twitter.\u00a0\u00a0 He allows an extremist view to hold sway in his Administration, led first by campaign advisor Steve Bannon, then continued by another advisor with little experience, Stephen Miller.\u00a0\u00a0America has abandoned much of its world leadership under Trump, turning its back and becoming coldly dispassionate under the guise of \u201cAmerica First.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n President Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry from the House of Representatives.\u00a0\u00a0It seems likely that in the next few months, he will be impeached, and the charges sent to the US Senate for judgment.\u00a0\u00a0Trump\u2019s stalwart ally, Majority Leader McConnell, already has determined that the Constitution demands a Senate trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And with that, the absolute craziness began.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s what we\u2019ve seen in just this past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This week the furor will only grow louder, with further evidence likely to leak from the White House, and further testimony in the House Intelligence Committee. How serious is this? The \u201cwhistleblower\u201d is now under Federal protection, a $50,000 \u201cbounty\u201d on his\/her head from the President\u2019s supporters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And should the whistleblower testify to the committee, who believes that Devin Nunes, ranking minority member, will keep the identity secret from the President?\u00a0\u00a0Congressman Nunes has proven in the past his willingness to do whatever is necessary to aid Mr. Trump, it\u2019s hard to imagine he will keep this secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile Wayne LaPierre, the Executive Director of the National Rifle Association, quietly went to the White House to get his own \u201cquid pro quo\u201d.\u00a0He offered the President millions of NRA dollars to fight impeachment, in return for Trump\u2019s support to stop any new gun legislation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chaos will be the Trump strategy, a chaos that he will then blame on the Democrats. It seems clear that the President of the United States will be impeached. While conviction and removal still seems unlikely, even acquittal in the Senate won\u2019t end the craziness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It will simply fold into the election of 2020. Buckle-up, we\u2019ve got a long way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump World<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Just This Week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Buckle Up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n