Contribute to the Restore American Democracy Fund -- Support Engaged Writers
BACKGROUND
Having followed Donald Trump closely for nearly 10 years and published two books based on my columns during those years, I have concluded the following:
Trump is a malevolent political actor who is carrying out a coup d’ état, at the moment by issuing and seeking to enforce so-called “executive decrees” that are blatantly unconstitutional.
Trump will use all of the powers of the presidency, including the president’s emergency powers (as he interprets them) to remain in power after 2028. He already attempted to seize power once, in January 2021.
Trump will not change or abandon his goals, or his evil efforts to dismantle federal agencies and programs, and to destroy the system of international agreements and alliances based on the United Nations Charter which has limited major wars and avoided a nuclear war for 80 years.
We must all stand up for America in rejecting Trump’s ongoing seizure of power, his evil destruction of U.S. government agencies and programs, and his efforts to undermine the United Nations Charter, the world trading system based on international law including the rules of GATT and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and numerous other international conventions and treaties such as the Paris Climate Treaty, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Treaty and agreements.
Each of us must contribute what we can to stopping Trump and revmoving hin from office. We are not mere spectators, but rather we are warriors actively engaged in a struggle to save our democracy and the domestic and international rule of law.
Sadly, President Trump is a malevolent president, an evil president who takes delight in destroying what others have constructed and value, while constructing nothing of value himself.
The Constitution is not a suicide pact. The drafters anticipated the possibility of the voters choosing a bad president, They provided a powerful remedy: Impeachment by the House of Representatives, and Conviction and Removal by the Senate.
We urge you to contribute to the “Restore American Democracy Fund—Support