Connecting some big dots

By Bob Williams, Stevensville

Chances are, from time to time you, like me, could do a better job of looking beyond current news, towards a bigger picture, a more informed picture.

Here are some subjects for study and conversations about what our President has been doing. 

Things like letting special interest lobby groups determine many members of the Trump cabinet.

You might recall how by fiat, he reduced enforcement and cut regulations at DOT, FDA, EPA, and USFS.

As reported, he grossly neglected expert advice, then started a losing trade war with China. China will develop soybean trade with other countries. For years, taxpayers will continue paying for MPF farm trade losses. Maybe 16 billion dollars this year. USA farm bankruptcies and farmer suicides are increasing.

You might look into how he:

• expropriates $3.6 billion of USA tax revenue supported military projects, to build a not popular wall.

• vetoed the Congressional vote to end US involvement in the war in poor Yemen, with over: 15,000 dead combatants; 5,000 dead civilians, and 50,000 deaths from famine.

• consistently alienates our international allies, while treating autocrats as an ally

• has agents making deals with agents of the Putin-Oligarch-Crime network.

• acting against our National interest, acting also against our National debt, he favors wealth care, not health care.

• avoids work and spends way too much time golfing and sniping on Twitter.

• brazenly receives brazen emoluments aplenty.

• systematically abuses rights of immigrants from the south.

• wrongfully terminated Comey. Wrongfully purged McCabe. Wrongfully muzzled Coats.

Attorney General William Barr is building a bar between President Trump and Congressional oversight.

Which of the above subjects should, or should not, receive timely Constitution required Congressional oversight? 

It’s OK to study, and have conversations about, examples where our President Donald Trump, may, or may not, have abused Presidential power.

Media will not connect the big dots. 

Time to connect your big dots of importance.