Cody
Fenwick, writing in Salon, says, “Donald Trump still doesn’t really
know how to be president.”
Sigh.
Are we just now figuring this out? I mean he really didn’t want to be
president back when he was running. He wanted $300 million from a
building project in Moscow, not having to deal with all the bullshit a
President has to do. He wants to play golf and screw porn stars.
Fenwick writes:
Trump just doesn’t understand his role as president. He thinks he
can bully those around him into getting his way by sheer force of will —
a strategy that, along with the con man’s toolbox, may have served him
well in Manhattan real estate. But as president, he actually has a
constitutional duty to enforce the law whether he likes it or
not.
He doesn’t care about his duties. He wants to play golf and screw
porn stars.
Fenwick ends his piece thusly:
Mostly, this is a sign of weakness. The courts and Congress can
stop him from going too far. But it’s also a real danger for the country
as it exposes Trump’s authoritarian streak, hinted at in his admiration
for dictators abroad who rule through violence. Right now, the
institutional guardrails seem strong enough to contain his most unlawful
acts. He’ll keep trying, though, and it’s impossible to predict where
this road will take us.
Come. On. I know where we are going. We will be talking ad nauseam
about how unfit, uncaring, unwell, unpopular, and unusual this
presidency is until he leaves the office. Hopefully, we will have a
country afterwards.
