Donald Trump puts loyalty before the Constitution but his oath of office requires allegience to the nation

Donald Trump's incompetant and unqualified Cabinet picks: Echo opinion letter published in the Houston Chronicle. 

Regarding “As he fills his new administration, Trump values loyalty above all else,” (Nov. 14): Donald Trump’s picks for Cabinet posts aren’t prepared to run their various departments anywhere but into the ground. It’s hard to believe they were appointed to manage their departments or to make them work better. Many seem to be there only to destroy them.

We elected a president, not a dictator god-king. The U.S. government is based on the rule of law, not the rule of men. The rule of law itself is the target, and the Republican Party, it seems, has been putting shots on the bullseye for decades.

They are now in a position to kill the rule of law entirely. They love democracy when they win, and call opposition to their power treason. They don’t call opposition to the Democrats treason when Democrats are in power. They call enforcing the law “lawfare” under a Democratic president, and breaking any laws they feel like “democracy” under a Republican president.

The stacked, partisan Supreme Court ruled that presidents can break the law with impunity if, in their opinion, the president does so as an “official act,” yet would not let President Joe Biden forgive student loans. They argued it was a “vast new program” that exceeded congressional authorization.

Under the Republicans, the law is something to be ignored and laughed at as they trample it underfoot. Power is a drug, and they are on a crack binge.

From Bruce Ellis, in Houston Texas