The Ongoing Constitutional Crisis

And now we have the spectacle of the president of the United States - in flagrant violation of the Constitution - is ordering that members of his administration (current or former) ignore congressional subpoenas requiring them to testify about what they may or may not know regarding this administration's behavior since taking office. This would seem to me to be an impeachable offence in itself. After all, on January 20, 2017 Donald Trump took an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States". This is all fairly straightforward as far as I'm concerned. What part of that oath are some people unable to comprehend?
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The national train-wreck is still in motion. The untenable situation that the United States currently finds its poor self in is only going to get much worse before it gets half-a-molecule better. I often try to speculate how long-lasting the damage done by Donald Trump to this country will be. Coming as relatively soon as he did following the disastrous era of George W. Bush, between the two of these psycho-clowns, one would have to concede that the bitter fruits of their incompetence will still be felt generations from now. This is as it should be, I guess. The voters who sent these corrupt jackasses to the Executive Mansion will get what they deserve. It's their children that I feel bad for.
It's always the children. Have you ever noticed that?
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
SUGGESTED READING:
The Man Who Sold the World:
Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America
by William Kleinknecht
This excellent critique of the fiasco of the Reagan Revolution was first published ten years ago. How it possibly evaded my attention then is anybody's guess. As good a book on the subject as I've ever read. Here's a link to order it off of Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Sold-World-Kleinknecht/dp/B00CAYM6H4/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=The+Man+Who+Sold+the+World%3A+Ronald+Reagan+and+the+Betrayal+of+Main+Street+America&qid=1556298015&s=books&sr=1-2-fkmrnull
Happy reading!