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Few things are more inherent to the federal government than wasted time, he once thought while testifying before Congress.
Progressives in America complain about our inequality, he thought. What a joke! This is inequality: an iron-fisted king hoarding his nation’s scarce resources to decorate his palaces while his people starve in the streets.
And what do we have now? A president who wants to be king.
the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
History has proven time and again that weakness in international affairs is provocative.
Then he recited a Rumsfeld Rule: “No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
he has taken it upon himself to expand the powers of the presidency beyond recognition and to plunge our military into a needless and damaging conflict with a nation that did not and does not pose a substantial threat to US interests.
Again, this sounds like current events.
brilliant. But he has a blind spot. It’s the same blind spot most geniuses have: he thinks he’s even smarter than he is. He’s overconfident.
“And what would this say to our enemies, if some court overruled my judgment to initiate hostilities? What would that tell the world about American power? What would that tell the world about American weakness? Can you think of a more effective way to embolden our enemies than to allow five lawyers to overrule the commander in chief at a time of war?”
Absolutely terrifying that a president would ignore the rule of law.
