NationofChange
The imperial presidency comes home to roost.
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Joe Biden’s got a problem and so do I. And so, in fact, do we.
At 76 years old, you’d think I’d experienced it all when it comes to
this country and its presidencies. Or most of it, anyway. I’ve been
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everything. By “everything,
” I mean events that so dramatically altered the course of history in one 24-hour period that the “day after” ushered in a new era.
I would argue the following three dates/events fall into that horrific category:
Nov. 22, 1963: The assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Sept. 11, 2001: The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
Jan. 6, 2021: The U.S. Capitol attack.
The latter is still raw and smoldering. There is much footage and evidence waiting to be reviewed. Many facts, villains, perpetrators, and collaborators are to be determined, with more arrests sure to come. Figuratively, tidal waves continue to crash on the shores of the Potomac from this political tsunami an insurrection incited by former President Trump against a co-equal branch of government and his loyal vice president. Have we met the enemy, and he is “us,” chanting “USA, USA”?
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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9 in Washington, D.C. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been terminated, President Trump wrote in a tweet, and will be replaced by Christopher C. Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Chris will do a GREAT job, Trump tweeted shortly after noon. Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.
Sources say Esper already had a resignation letter ready to go because Trump threatened to fire him in June over a disagreement about using active duty troops to quell street protests and had recently updated it.
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