“I believe that torture works.” These are your illegitimate president’s words. His choice to be ignorant is alarming. Every mental professional in the world has stated that any individual who is tortured will eventually admit to anything; truth or lie; to end the abuse. Trump is the least informed and most dangerous man to world peace because he chooses to be ignorant.

Trump denies the facts related to ‘climate change.’ He calls it a “Chinese hoax.” Although 99 percent of the world’s scientists agree that it is the greatest danger to the future of our planet, Trump withdrew from the ‘Paris Accord.’ He selected Scott Pruitt to lead the EPA, fully aware that Pruitt filed multiple lawsuits against the very agency he now leads when he held the office of attorney general in Oklahoma.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have what can only be called a ‘symbiotic’ relationship. Trump must thank Putin for gifting him the Electoral College. Putin is indebted to Trump for refusing to institute sanctions against his country which would cause actual difficulty. Trump maintains close contacts with Putin, and has virtually shunned our allies.

In a move which will isolate our nation from the rest of the world, Trump has proposed tariffs. Many nations have already turned to Russia and China and are making trade agreements for the future.

In just 15 months and 20 days Trump’s actions have resulted in a change in our nation’s status. The United States, and our illegitimate president, no longer lead the free world. Our allies no longer trust our nation’s government to support them.

Today French President, Emmanuel Macron, is the leader of the free world.

President Macron has convinced the leaders of the European Union that he is the man who will make decisions which will positively affect the future of their nations and their people. Trump has become the most hated man in the free world.

This week Mr. Macron received the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen “in recognition of his vision of a new Europe.” He praised all nations who are members of the union, and offered his view for its future.

“We need an ambitious European budget and a eurozone with its own budget allowing for investments and convergence between member states,” he said. “We have to fight for a new and stronger Europe … Now is the time.”

Meanwhile, here in the United States Trump’s multiple scandals dominate the news. Trump continues in his attempts to destroy the free press; a stipulation considered vital to freedom by our founding fathers. To quote a real president, John Kennedy said that a “very active press” is ‘invaluable to the presidency.’

Those were the days when freedom and democracy remained in our nation.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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