Tweet by tweet, President Trump keeps proving that he's not fit for the office (LATimes)
By Scott Martelle
We’ve known — well, most of us have — since the 2016 presidential campaign began that Donald J. Trump lacked the personal characteristics to step in as a reliable leader of the free world. He’s impetuous, unthinking, and the sway his emotions hold over his mouth — or his Twitter fingers — belies a frightening immaturity for a man in his 70s.
And he keeps proving his unsuitability, most recently in a series of Tweets late Wednesday in which he called for the speedy trial and execution of Sayfullo Saipov, accused in the New York City truck terror attack, and publicly mused about whether Saipov should be sent to Guantanamo Bay for military trial or remain in New York to face charges in the civilian courts. These aren’t the actions of a president; they are the inane chatter from the loudmouth at the end of the bar. Or the leader of a mob.
Trump has so tarnished the image of the United States abroad that his successor — whoever and whenever that might be — will have a challenge in restoring it. Europe has determined it can no longer rely on U.S. leadership (Note: Trump’s big in Russia, though). The president’s policies have removed the United States as a leader in the fight for global human rights. His playing games with the Iranian nuclear deal tells other regimes that the word of the United States can’t be trusted, and that a deal is not necessarily a deal. That’s dangerous.
For all his bluster, Trump has been abjectly ineffectual on domestic issues, failing (fortunately) in his prime goal of repealing Obamacare, failing to put forth a detailed infrastructure plan, and (fortunately, again) running into legal barriers with his atrocious executive orders on refugees and immigration enforcement. Trump’s response: Angry recriminations as he attacks congressional leaders, the courts, the media and citizens who criticize him.
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