WASHINGTON, D.C. June 4 (DPI) – Trump, declaring in a tweet he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself, is alienating Americans who actually respect the Constitution and want the rule of law – still, for now at least, a solid majority of the citizenry.
It’s a development that fairly well guarantees a continued erosion of support for the insurgent president, even among conservative voters who held their noses to vote for him.
Trump’s new personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, said on a Sunday talk show that Trump had the right to pardon himself, then backed off hours later. That prompted Trump himself to tweet his nonsensical claim this morning.
Trump’s tweet: “As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!”
The Wall Street Journal news site, often the province of support for policies out of the Trump White House, saw scores of anti-Trump comments this morning. The most popular comments confirmed that even conservatives have likely had enough of Trump and his rhetoric:
“Numerous legal scholars, ” apparently all graduates of trump university school of fraudulent laws. One thing is an absolute certainty–the framers of our Constitution did not intend for the President to be above the law, after just defeating a KING who was “above the law.” Why is trump and his minions even floating this idea? It sounds like there is some guilt to be worried about.
Whether Republican or Democrat we can’t let this opinion stand. We do not have a king no matter what his party affiliation. After Trump the entire presidency has got to be cut down to size and Congress reassert itself to the balance we had more like when Gerald Ford was President. The founders never wanted a President this big.
When did we turn our Republic into an Absolute Monarchy?? Does Trump think of himself as the Sun King?
Trump has no regard for US laws.