@Finn dAbuzz,
Quote: The voters are owed the president they elected and if he is truly and seriously unfit for office (and not because he's a crude and nasty s.o.b. who says mean things about people and won't advance the progressive political agenda) they are owed the proper working of the system to remove him from power.
Finn, Mr. Trump won't be removed from office without clear evidence of wrongdoing
and wide scale popular resentment of his presidency. He was elected, not
by all of us, but to
represent all of us. Despite narrowly winning a close election he has been a singular failure when it comes to reaching out to his opposition — which seems to be a key to his ineffectiveness so far. The opposing party is not required to rubber stamp the calculated (and seemingly spiteful) undoing of every piece of legislation passed by the previous administration. I think Mr. Trump has been particularly hamfisted with regard to this, egged on by the most reactionary of his supporters.
Suspicious behavior regarding contacts with Russian by his campaign staff while the country was being flooded with leaked material probably hacked by Russian operatives led to the current investigations. The investigations will determine the extent of Mr. Trump's culpability —
which may be nothing. He is known to have had pretty extensive contacts with figures referred to as the "Russian Mafia" but those contacts themselves are not illegal. But that is part of the reason for the suspicion. His tax records should serve him well if he has nothing to hide. Let the investigation proceed.
On another front there are ethical concerns raised in the suit by Maryland and the D.C. — here again, he's been particularly tin-eared when it comes possible conflicts of interest. Whether his actions are illegal or not will be settled in the courts.
Mr. Trump's most rabid supporters said they wanted someone who would shake up the establishment, no more "business as usual". Well, this is what that looks like. This is why we normally don't elect politically-inexperienced pop culture icons to high office. Really — what did you expect?
I'm not saying I expected a Clinton presidency to be running any more smoothly — the 2016 election was a disaster waiting to happen with either outcome. The only way out I can see is the emergence of a new centrist party and the implementation of ranked choice voting. Not very realistic, I know. May be there
is no solution. Maybe, thinking we could have it all and that the post-war economic boom would continue without consequences forever, we simply outsmarted ourselves. It's not as if the other western democracies are doing that much better.
