Many of us wonder why there is so much silence in Congress on this matter? Let most of them prove they still have backbones.
There is a difference between strength and bombast. Bullying, tooting one’s own horn, threats – whether idle or real – are all part of bombast, not real strength. Genuine strength includes understanding the situation, knowing when to act, when to wait, and when to keep one’s mouth shut. Real strength in the world of governance requires knowledge, understanding, patience and intelligence. Events in the last 48 hours in the dark world of Trump include threats against one of the three biggest television networks in the nation, a challenge to take and compare IQ tests to the Secretary of State, threats to de-certify a fully functioning global agreement that is contributing to world peace, mocking and taunting a U.S. Senator, threats to pull out of a trade agreement with our closest neighbors/allies, and threats against the NFL. If there are any who still support him, perhaps they see these moves as…
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