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dajoki

(10,678 posts)
Sun May 31, 2020, 10:25 AM May 2020

He is no longer president. The sooner we stop treating him as if he were, the better

Fire, pestilence and a country at war with itself: the Trump presidency is over
Robert Reich
A pandemic unabated, an economy in meltdown, cities in chaos over police killings. All our supposed leader does is tweet
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/31/donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-george-floyd-minneapolis-tweets?

You’d be forgiven if you hadn’t noticed. His verbal bombshells are louder than ever, but Donald J Trump is no longer president of the United States.

By having no constructive response to any of the monumental crises now convulsing America, Trump has abdicated his office.

He is not governing. He’s golfing, watching cable TV and tweeting.

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His advisers aren’t truth-tellers. They’re toadies, lackeys, sycophants and relatives.

Since moving into the Oval Office in January 2017, Trump hasn’t shown an ounce of interest in governing. He obsesses only about himself.

But it has taken the present set of crises to reveal the depths of his self-absorbed abdication – his utter contempt for his job, his total repudiation of his office.

Trump’s nonfeasance goes far beyond an absence of leadership or inattention to traditional norms and roles. In a time of national trauma, he has relinquished the core duties and responsibilities of the presidency.

He is no longer president. The sooner we stop treating him as if he were, the better.

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He is no longer president. The sooner we stop treating him as if he were, the better (Original Post) dajoki May 2020 OP
Lots of people, especially on this board, refused to call him the president since he was elected Claustrum May 2020 #1
I am one of them... dajoki May 2020 #2

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
1. Lots of people, especially on this board, refused to call him the president since he was elected
Sun May 31, 2020, 10:32 AM
May 2020

That doesn't change the fact that he is the president and continue to damage our country day in and day out. The only way to get rid of him is to vote him out in November.

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