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PJMcK

(22,035 posts)
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 05:16 PM Sep 2017

I just had a political fantasy. Let me share it.

Somehow, some way the United States of America survives Trump and we move forward as a nation. In the fantasy, let's not consider what happens to Trump and his band of treasonous traitors.

Remember that after President Roosevelt's four terms, a Republican Congress created a Constitutional Amendment limiting presidents to two terms. After Trump is gone and we have a Democratic Congress, I'd love to see Constitutional Amendments to protect our nation from the dastardly efforts taken by the Trump team.

1. Mandatory public release of the previous 7 years of tax returns
2. Mandatory severance of any involvement of personal business activities and control
3. Certification by recognized medical professionals about the physical and mental fitness of the president
4. Stricter regulation of anti-nepotism rules
5. Greater limitations on Executive Orders that circumvent Congress and existing laws
6. Removal of the president's ability to (nearly) unilaterally order nuclear attacks

There's probably some Constitutional impediments to these suggestions but we, as a nation, need to protect ourselves from ever having a repeat of this presidency.

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