Trump's deporting people.
Obama was the Deporter-in-Chief and deported 3.1 million people. He simply threw them out with no formalities. Adios. Gone. Thanks to activist federal judges Trump has to give every single one a hearing. As of now the number of people that have been deported are rookie numbers compared to Obama's record.
Trump's trying to buy Greenland.
About 5 previous presidents have tried to buy Greenland for strategic military purposes. It can control the entire North Atlantic and eventually China or Russia will probably take it by force of arms. Better we get it than them.
We've purchased land from Denmark before. In 1917 we bought the Danish west Indies that is now the US Virgin Islands.
Trumps using the National guard in our cities.
So did JFK, LBJ, Bush and Ike among others. Ike even beefed up the Guard with paratroopers from the active duty 101st Airborne Division at Little Rock. George Washington personally led troops to put down the whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania. (He is the only sitting president to personally lead troops in the field)
Trump has taken military action without notifying congress.
So has virtually every other president.
Obama dropped 26171 bombs against ISIS in 2016 alone without approval by Congress. JFK authorized sending 400 Green Berets into Vietnam in May of 1961, in effect creating the beginnings of the Vietnam war.
While we're at it, notifying Congress is the last thing a president should do before a surprise military action. Congress consists of 535 members all of who have political aspirations and an agenda. They are leakier than a sieve and historically cost the lives of many of our troops. Notably Andrew J. May that blabbed the Japanese were not setting their depth charges deep enough. There have been others including then VP Joe Biden who let the cat out of the bag on the Bin Laden raid that later cost us a bunch of our guys.
There is also an unsubstantiated rumor going around that Hakeem Jeffries got wind of the Venezuelan raid and tried to tip off Maduro. If there is a kernel of truth to this Jeffries should be tried and executed for outright treason.
While he can only keep troops engaged for 60 days without Congressional approval. There's a damned good reason POTUS doesn't keep Congress in the loop prior to bona fide lawful military actions.
Trump doesn't appear to have done anything that previous presidents have. He's not really too original. He's just had to deal with obstructionists.
Of course I'm sure someone will come along with something...
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Here's an interesting read.
To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this:
http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAY
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