I agreed with the premises of the blog. Yet another feature of fascism is not only to say one thing and do another, but to do a thing that violates the office while daring the rest of the .gov to "do something"--which the hapless Repubs won't.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a statement he reserves the right to ignore the defense authorization law’s ban on U.S. recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea, among 50 other provisions he says tread on his authority as president.
Trump issued a 15-page signing statement Monday to accompany the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that voiced his constitutional concerns with an array of language, including limits on U.S. support to the Saudi campaign in Yemen, limits on transfers of Guantanamo Bay detainees, limits on withdrawing U.S. forces from South Korea and enhanced reporting of civilian casualties.
Trump was also concerned with provisions limiting his ability to retire Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft and to retire intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Trump objected to four of eight provisions focused on Russia. For example, the law would limit the use of federal funds to recognize Russian control over Crimea, but Trump asserted his authority as commander in chief, saying the law would unduly “dictate the position of the United States in external military and foreign affairs.”
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/20 ... st-signed/
Obviously treasonous and fascist behavior while simultaneously daring the R's to act. Moreover, this is the president the founders feared, the one against whom they arrayed checks and balances. Unfortunately, those checks and balances require other politicians to act.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2018/ ... 49688.html
Vote.
CDFingers