Echo opinion call for Donald Trump's resignation
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/476118-trump-must-be-removed-for-more-than-reasons-offered-in-impeachment
"You don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, and you don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House,' George Conway wrote this quote in The Atlantic.
Trump must be removed — for more than reasons offered in impeachment- echo opinion published in The Hill by Neil Baron
If Congress doesn’t remove Donald Trump from office, foreign nations will worry long after his presidency that America’s legislative branch is incapable of removing a president whose party controls the Senate no matter how lawless and destructive he or she might be.
Removing Trump would prove that Congress won’t tolerate a president who betrays and imperils America’s allies. In pulling out of Syria, Trump exposed the Kurds, America’s longtime allies, to annihilation, which has been Turkish President Erdoğan's goal.
Turkey is a NATO member whose military might has deterred Russian aggression.
Echo opinions by Neil Baron and quote by George Conway:
"Donald Trump's tax cuts have not created enough economic growth to cover revenue losses.....ballooned federal deficit..."
If Congress doesn’t remove Donald Trump from office, foreign nations will worry long after his presidency that America’s legislative branch is incapable of removing a president whose party controls the Senate no matter how lawless and destructive he or she might be.
Removing Trump would prove that Congress won’t tolerate a president who betrays and imperils America’s allies. In pulling out of Syria, Trump exposed the Kurds, America’s longtime allies, to annihilation, which has been Turkish President Erdoğan's goal.
Turkey is a NATO member whose military might has deterred Russian aggression.
The U.S. withdrawal abetted Vladimir Putin’s dream of weakening NATO by luring Turkey closer to Russia. So did the sanctions Trump imposed on Turkey for an invasion Trump himself triggered.
In leaving the Iran nuclear deal, Trump rejected national security officials' urging to stay in the agreement because it was in America’s best interests.
Trump launched steel and aluminum tariffs when he became “unglued” over other matters (such as Hope Hicks’s testimony on Russian interference). He acted on impulse and didn’t inform our trading partners, Congress, or the Treasury, State or Defense departments before making his announcement.
From Marie Yovanovitch to Jennifer Williams, Trump has disrespected and removed enough ambassadors to make leaders wonder who will be next. His depletion of the State Department and engagement of Secretary Mike Pompeo in the Ukraine scandal has diminished the credibility and gravitas of U.S. diplomacy.
Removing Trump is necessary to regain America’s ability to conduct foreign policy. But Senate Republicans resist because they need his base to get elected. Trump has held on to it by eroding the credibility of institutions that exist — in part — to check the presidency, including our intelligence and justice agencies, the Federal Reserve, the judiciary, and the press.
Trump-touting outlets are the dominant sources of information for his base. His tweets reach 19 percent of Twitter followers. His supporters overwhelmingly tune in to Fox News, Trump’s biggest promoter, which topped all other cable news in the third quarter of 2019. Trumpers were not educated by his impeachment hearings. Only 17 percent of American households watched them, compared to the 85 percent of households that tuned in to the Nixon Watergate hearings.
As a result, voters are woefully misinformed. They give Trump credit for our strong economy even though he’s riding 100 straight months of job growth and greater gross domestic product growth and productivity from the Obama years. His base doesn’t seem to grasp that his tax cuts didn’t generate enough economic growth to cover the lost revenues. That ballooned the federal deficit and the debt needed to cover it. Other than during wartime, when government spending skyrocketed, our deficits and debt always shrank during periods of low unemployment and growing GDP. But not under Trump. His profligacy threatens our economy.
It will be difficult to convince Trump supporters that the best thing for the country is to remove him, and Republicans will face retaliation in the voting booth if they try. It may be easier to convince Trump to resign voluntarily or not run again in exchange for immunity from all charges being investigated.
In leaving the Iran nuclear deal, Trump rejected national security officials' urging to stay in the agreement because it was in America’s best interests.
Trump launched steel and aluminum tariffs when he became “unglued” over other matters (such as Hope Hicks’s testimony on Russian interference). He acted on impulse and didn’t inform our trading partners, Congress, or the Treasury, State or Defense departments before making his announcement.
From Marie Yovanovitch to Jennifer Williams, Trump has disrespected and removed enough ambassadors to make leaders wonder who will be next. His depletion of the State Department and engagement of Secretary Mike Pompeo in the Ukraine scandal has diminished the credibility and gravitas of U.S. diplomacy.
Removing Trump is necessary to regain America’s ability to conduct foreign policy. But Senate Republicans resist because they need his base to get elected. Trump has held on to it by eroding the credibility of institutions that exist — in part — to check the presidency, including our intelligence and justice agencies, the Federal Reserve, the judiciary, and the press.
Trump-touting outlets are the dominant sources of information for his base. His tweets reach 19 percent of Twitter followers. His supporters overwhelmingly tune in to Fox News, Trump’s biggest promoter, which topped all other cable news in the third quarter of 2019. Trumpers were not educated by his impeachment hearings. Only 17 percent of American households watched them, compared to the 85 percent of households that tuned in to the Nixon Watergate hearings.
As a result, voters are woefully misinformed. They give Trump credit for our strong economy even though he’s riding 100 straight months of job growth and greater gross domestic product growth and productivity from the Obama years. His base doesn’t seem to grasp that his tax cuts didn’t generate enough economic growth to cover the lost revenues. That ballooned the federal deficit and the debt needed to cover it. Other than during wartime, when government spending skyrocketed, our deficits and debt always shrank during periods of low unemployment and growing GDP. But not under Trump. His profligacy threatens our economy.
It will be difficult to convince Trump supporters that the best thing for the country is to remove him, and Republicans will face retaliation in the voting booth if they try. It may be easier to convince Trump to resign voluntarily or not run again in exchange for immunity from all charges being investigated.
That way, Senate Republicans wouldn't have to vote to convict him and would likely keep their seats.
But no matter how it’s done, America must remove Trump to show the world that it won’t tolerate a destructive, shameful, lawless and dangerous president.
But no matter how it’s done, America must remove Trump to show the world that it won’t tolerate a destructive, shameful, lawless and dangerous president.
Otherwise, nations will always wonder, if we let one president go rogue with impunity, when will it happen again?
Opinion by Neil Baron - advised the Security and Exchange Commission and congressional staff on rating agency reform. He represented Standard & Poor’s from 1968 to 1989, was vice chairman and general counsel of Fitch Ratings from 1989 to 1998. He also served on the board of Assured Guaranty for a decade.
Opinion by Neil Baron - advised the Security and Exchange Commission and congressional staff on rating agency reform. He represented Standard & Poor’s from 1968 to 1989, was vice chairman and general counsel of Fitch Ratings from 1989 to 1998. He also served on the board of Assured Guaranty for a decade.
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