Trump’s arrogance makes him believe that he is infallible, and cannot be defeated by any American entity. His lack of intellect, and weak temperament will be his demise. Trump’s hypocritical and immoral party will fall with him. The Party of the one-percent will implode and give America another chance to be a great country.

When Trump signed his ban on the entry of Muslims from seven countries, he opened a ‘can of worms.’ First of all, excluded was Saudi Arabia. This was significant because 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11, 2001, were citizens of the largest Muslim nation. This revealed a fact that Trump’s executive order had nothing to do with terrorism. This was merely a fulfillment of a vile campaign promise. Of more significance is the expose of other nations who were not on his list.

Countries excluded included Turkey. Trump is building two luxury hotels in Istanbul. The United Arab Emirates was also not on his list. Trump has received a license to build a Dubai golf resort, as well as a luxury home-development and spa.

In mid-January Trump lied to the American people, claiming that he turned down the very deal he had agreed to in Dubai.

“Over the weekend, I was offered $2 billion to do a deal in Dubai with a very, very, very amazing man, a great, great developer from the Middle East — Hussein, Damac, a friend of mine, great guy. And I was offered $2 billion to do a deal in Dubai — a number of deals and I turned it down,” Trump said then, referring to Sajwani’s development company.

Trump has failed to divest his interest in his foreign business interests; he is in violation all ethics requirements and should immediately be impeached.

“To be blunt, we really don’t know what to make of which motives are driving this president’s decisions,” said Kamal Essaheb, director of policy and advocacy for the National Immigration Law Center. “From what we could tell from his campaign and his actions since he became president, what seems to be first and foremost on his mind is his own self-interest and an obsession with his brand.”

Today a federal judge in New York halted Trump’s executive order which prohibits Muslims from seven nations; Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen, from entering our nation. Notably absent are nations in which Trump has substantial business interests, and Saudi Arabia. His nominee for Secretary of State has billions of dollars in investments with the Saudi royal family. More importantly, 15 of the 19 terrorists who hijacked aircraft on 9/11 were citizens of Saudi Arabia.

After a week and a day, Trump’s administration is already the most corrupt in American history. Those of you who voted for him must be very proud. We now have our first “criminal in chief.”

Op-Ed

By James Turnage

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