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reOnald Trump was a constitutional challenge to his country from the first day of his presidency; shortly before the end of his term, it became a constitutional imposition.
It is obvious that the president is incapable of “exercising the powers and duties” of his office, as established in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. And now he’s being admitted to the Republican camp. William Barr, Trump’s attorney general a few days ago, accused him of having “betrayed the presidency.”
The demand by the leadership of the Democratic Congress that Vice President Mike Pence immediately convene the cabinet to remove the president a few days before his regular departure from the White House was not due, at least not primarily, to the party’s political logic. A president who incites his extremist supporters to intimidate another state power to overturn a democratic election and stay in power is breaking his oath.
Trump is perverting cause and effect
The momentum of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer has increased the pressure. They both linked their lawsuit to the advice that a second impeachment would otherwise be launched. The president only reacted when White House staff indicated that without a clear condemnation of the assault on Capitol Hill he could face criminal consequences.
Of course, not a word of his video speech is to be believed in which he was outraged by the violence of those people to whom he had expressed his love 24 hours before. It is pure mockery when he claims that all the time he tried to guarantee the integrity of the presidential elections. He also reverses cause and effect when he realizes that minds now have to calm down again.
The president, who read the words that had been written to him on the teleprompter like a hostage begging for the hijackers’ demands to be met, is said to have regretted his admission again. Although he did not explicitly admit defeat, he promised an appropriate transfer of power. What he really thinks made clear his reaction to the permanent blocking of his propaganda channel on Twitter: He will not be silenced, he said.
Trump supporters occupy the Capitol on January 6, 2021
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Image: Reuters
The official indictment Democrats want to bring Monday is not an act of revenge. Pelosi’s phone call with the Pentagon about nuclear missile launch codes made it clear that Trump can potentially cause great damage in his final days in office.
The president is de facto removed
The situation is difficult for Joe Biden: he, too, would prefer Trump to leave today rather than tomorrow. An impeachment or conviction of Trump by the Senate would have high political costs even after he resigned: It would prevent Trump from running again in 2024. But the upheaval that the uprising he instigated caused in his own field was waning. Then many Republicans would be tempted to return to sympathize with him, those who now come to their senses and recognize his seduction, and also those who admit to themselves that they have deceived themselves when they believed the president. to be able to use their own purposes.
One thing is now for sure: Trump no longer has the power to urge his administration to violate the constitution and the law. In fact, he is deposed. His former chief of staff, John Kelly, made it clear: He would defy his orders. This is not constitutionally clean. But bearable compared to the alternatives. It’s like a week and a half.
Of course, there is a lot of lying involved on the Republican side. Many abandon the sinking ship at the last minute. Some actually believe that they can keep the slate clean. Even people like Ted Cruz, who recently hoped to rally the Trump base behind him and his presidential bid in 2024, are now keeping their distance: The president’s rhetoric often goes too far, he now says. January was his accomplice.
If you want to get something out of the dark day, this is it: The idea that Trump might in the future control Republicans in Congress from Mar-a-Lago after all this is wishful thinking. This is an opportunity for Biden, who moves to the center despite the fact that Democrats now control the Senate as well. The wing’s struggles in his party seem like fights in a sandbox compared to what Republicans face.
