Is Our Lying Divider in Chief Fit for Office?

By Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News

23 August 17

The 25th Amendment:

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

never thought Donald Trump was capable of discharging the powers and functions of the office of President of the United States. The man is either a pathological liar or even worse: he knows he is lying and knows that his target audience will understand why he is lying.

I have always said that the most outrageous things he has done were calculated to get exactly the reaction he got from the groups he was targeting. His leadership in the birther movement was calculated to build a base of support among racists who were having trouble accepting a black man as President.

When Trump called Mexicans rapists, he was reaching out to groups that were blaming immigrants for their economic struggles. In incident after incident, he continues to solidify his support among groups of people who want to take our country backward. They do not want to admit it, but Make America Great Again means make America white again.

Donald Trump knows what he is doing; he is dividing our country.

As I watched the President of our nation spew lie after lie and deliver hate-filled rhetoric in coded messages that would be understood by his target audiences, I was embarrassed to be an American.

When the Commander in Chief signals that he plans to pardon a bigoted racist like Joe Arpaio he is telling bigots throughout America that he has their back.

When he blames both sides for the violence in Charlottesville, he is saying to the alt-right, the neo-Nazis, and the KKK that he has their back.

Many are wondering if the President is mentally stable. I think he knows what he is doing.

The President’s rant against the media last night was dangerous. I have been very critical of every President since I started working in the political media. George W. Bush had many critics in the press; he didn’t attack them as liars as Donald Trump did.

Real leaders take responsibility for their mistakes. Harry Truman had a slogan on his desk, “The buck stops here.” With Donald Trump, the buck stops everywhere but on his desk.

Has Donald Trump ever admitted he was wrong about anything? Someone else is always to blame. Those are the actions of a divider, not a President trying to unify a country.

Donald Trump is a racist bigot who knows how to speak in code to other racists and bigots. He is an embarrassment to our nation and should be removed from office because he is not fit for the Presidency.

Donald Trump was being Donald Trump last night, and the problem is he has no credibility. Our nation faces a crisis of credibility because our President lacks legitimacy. It is time for Congress to put the country ahead of their political party and invoke the 25th Amendment.

Scott Galindez attended Syracuse University, where he first became politically active. The writings of El Salvador's slain archbishop Oscar Romero and the on-campus South Africa divestment movement converted him from a Reagan supporter to an activist for Peace and Justice. Over the years he has been influenced by the likes of Philip Berrigan, William Thomas, Mitch Snyder, Don White, Lisa Fithian, and Paul Wellstone. Scott met Marc Ash while organizing counterinaugural events after George W. Bush's first stolen election. Scott moved to Des Moines in 2015 to cover the Iowa Caucus.

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