They say “the gloves are off” now between former heads of our U.S. intelligence community and President Donald Trump. The president has been constantly bashing his own intelligence agencies all during his presidency, accusing them of lies and being a part of “deep state.” I think what little proof the president offers to support such allegations is very lame. I also think such allegations are an effort to obstruct justice by getting the Mueller investigation shut down. Such behavior makes it obvious that the president has something serious to hide from the American people because he is risking impeachment.
The gloves are off because, this week, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, made a strong accusation against President Trump that went well beyond anything Brennan has lodged so far. He made the remark because last week Trump fired deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe. Brennan directed his remark toward the president while saying of this firing, “When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. You may scapegoat Andy McCabe, but you will not destroy America…America will triumph over you.”
Soon after that, The New York Times published the following, “One nytimes.com commentator, who described himself as a ‘teacher who is used to dealing with temper tantrums from children,’ advised that they disengage.” I think that is dead wrong! Plus, it shows that a teacher of children is not that wise and thus qualified to run the world.
Children don’t wield economic and political power like Donald Trump does, power that can ruin a lot of peoples’ lives. Demagogues must be opposed, not disengaged. The saving grace of this country is that we can vote them out of office. That is the ultimate engagement. But it will not happen if people don’t demand ethical behavior from their elected representatives. Evil prevails when good people do nothing. Yes, character does matter. If it didn’t, the God of the Bible would not have had his prophets rebuking kings. I think we need more John Brennans, and it should start with the president’s own party–Republican members of Congress.
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In