With the U.S. Congress almost unanimous in their support for sanctions against Russia, perhaps President Trump considered it a hopeless cause to fight back, but Paul Craig Roberts disagrees and even identified a game plan Trump could have followed. Of course, it’s too late now because he already signed the bill, but here are some things he could have done.
“Trump could take his case to the American people in a major speech and point out that Congress is violating the separation of powers, hamstringing the power of the presidency, and making it illegal for him to reduce the dangerous tensions that previous administrations have created with a major nuclear power.
Trump could also tell Congress that their law is unconstitutional and that he won’t sign or veto the bill, and if Congress persists he will take it to the Supreme Court.
Trump could also get on the telephone with the German politicians and corporate CEOs who have denounced the sanctions as illegal and intended to serve US business interests at the expense of Germany. He should tell them to force Merkel to announce that Germany will not accept the sanctions. The EU leadership also denounces the sanctions. Trump, with a little effort, can organize so much European opposition that he can tell Congress that as the President of the United States he cannot permit a collection of mindless morons, which is what Congress is, to destroy Washington’s empire by driving Europeans out of it. If Trump can get the Europeans to act, he can defeat the bill, which is really nothing but Congress’ service to its political campaign contributors in the military/security complex and the US energy industry.
Trump is a fighter. And this is Trump’s fight. He has everything to gain by rising to the challenge, and so do the rest of us. The entire world should get behind Trump as there is no one else to defuse the tensions that are leading to nuclear war.” (see the complete post)
Paul Craig Roberts is an economist and author who served in the Reagan administration as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy.
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From Rachel Baxter
Check out this USA Today article. Trump manipulated a loop hole and a sizable one, IMHO, no one is mentioning. He denounced Russias annexation of Crimea in a signing statement and basically money is pledge to Eastern Europe for ‘Energy Security’ which benefits Russia again IMHO. He is no idiot and neither is Putin. Read the article and see what you think.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/02/trump-russia-sanctions-signing-statement-raises-constitutional-issues/534099001/
The bill would have become law whether Trump vetoed or didn’t sign it. It is a lose-lose situation. The only way to get it reversed is when the truth comes out about SETH Rich and the Awan brothers.
Eventually the Clintons will run out of bodies to go through. And Wikileaks will expose Seth Rich as the leaker, and at the same time release many of America’s darkest secrets.
Yes, you’re exactly right. Only FIVE Congressmen or Senators out of 535 opposed this insanity based on CIA disinformation. So many of these Congresswhores are bribed or blackmailed fools who would welcome WW3 to preserve their political futures at the expense of the lives of their constituencies and relatives, which begs the questions: 1) What is their survival Plan B for a nuclear holocaust??? – and 2) What sort of conscience do these Congress Criminals even possess, or did they ever have one at all??? and 3) What are these insane warmongering Neocon psycho Military Industrial Complex Generals saying to him about Russia???
No president should make their decisions based on what Congress does or doesn’t do. Someone must take a stand based on righteousness rather than seeking to gain a political advantage for themselves, like all the harlots in Congress have done. Trump had many options available to him, as Paul Craig Roberts identified, but he caved in and now the blood is on his hands too.
Sorry this is off-topic, but I wanted to share this (which I received from SUSAN DAVIS of Indiana):
Dear Followers of CHRIST:
Below is a letter from the LORD received on July 29, 2017. I also want to announce a new Facebook page: 50 Reasons Why We Are Living in the End Times:
This Amazing List of Signs was compiled by Dr. David R. Reagan straight out of scripture and predicted literally hundreds of years ago and now you can share it with others as an “end times evangelism tool.” If you scroll down on this Facebook page you will find the same powerful list in many languages to share around the world–GOD bless and pursue the LORD with all your heart…
50 SIGNS WE ARE IN THE END TIMES:
1) Increasing instability of nature. (Matthew 24:7 & Luke 21:11)
2) Increasing lawlessness and violence. (Matthew 24:12)
3) Increasing immorality. (Matthew 24:37)
4) Increasing materialism. (2 Timothy 3:2)
5) Increasing Hedonism. (2 Timothy 3:4)
6) Increasing influence of Humanism. (2 Timothy 3:2)
7) Depraved entertainment. (2 Timothy 3:4)
8) Calling evil good and good evil. (2 Timothy 3:3 & Isaiah 5:20)
9) Increasing use of drugs. (2 Timothy 3:3)
10) Increasing blasphemy. (2 Timothy 3:2)
11) Increasing paganism. (2 Timothy 3:1-4)
12) Increasing despair. (2 Timothy 3:1)
13) Signs in the heavens. (Luke 21:11,25)
14) Increasing knowledge. (Daniel 12:4)
15) Increasing travel. (Daniel 12:4)
16) The explosion of cults. (Matthew 24:11)
17) The proliferation of false christs. (Matthew 24:5)
18) Increasing apostasy in the Church. (2 Timothy 4:3-5)
19) Increasing attacks on Jesus. (Romans 1:18-19)
20) Increasing attacks on the Bible. (Romans 1:18-19)
21) Increasing persecution of Christians. (Matthew 24:9)
22) Increasing occultism. (1 Timothy 4:1)
23) Wars and rumors of wars. (Matthew 24:6)
24) Weapons of mass destruction. (Luke 21:26)
25) Increasing famine. (Luke 21:11)
26) Increasing pestilence. (Luke 21:11)
27) Computer technology. (Revelation 13:7)
28) Television. (Revelation 11:8-9)
29) Satellite technology. (Revelation 11:8-9)
30) Virtual reality. (Revelation 13:14-15)
31) Unification of Europe. (Daniel 2 & 7)
32) Far Eastern military powers. (Revelation 9:16 & 16:12)
33) Government toward world government. (Daniel 7:23-26)
34) Regathering of the Jews. (Isaiah 11:10-12)
35) Re-establishment of Israel. (Isaiah 66:7-8)
36) Reclamation of the land of Israel. (Ezekiel 36:34-35)
37) Revival of Biblical Hebrew. (Zephaniah 3:9; Jeremiah 31:23)
38) Re-occupation of Jerusalem. (Luke 21:24)
39) Resurgence of the Israeli military. (Zechariah 12:6)
40) Re-focusing of world politics on Israel. (Zechariah 12:3)
41) Russian threat to Israel. (Ezekiel 38 and 39)
42) Arab threat to Israel. (Ezekiel 35 and 36)
43) Denial of the Second Coming. (2 Peter 3:3-4)
44) Denial of creation by God. (Romans 1:18-22)
45) Outpouring of the Holy Spirit. (Joel 2:28-29)
46) Translation of the Bible into many languages. (Matthew 24:14)
47) Preaching of the Gospel worldwide. (Matthew 24:14)
48) The revival of Messianic Judaism. (Romans 9:27)
49) The revival of Davidic praise worship. (Amos 9:11)
50) The understanding of Bible prophecy. (Daniel 12:8-9)
This list could be greatly expanded, but the 50 examples above should be sufficient to show that we are living in the season of the Lord’s return. The Bible clearly teaches that God never pours out His wrath without warning for He is a just and loving God who does not wish that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9). That’s why He has provided so many signs to alert us to the fact that we are living on the threshold of the Tribulation.
Source: Dr. David R. Reagan
Here is the FB link with many different languages: https://www.facebook.com/50reasonswhywearelivingintheendtimes/
This is our online catalog filled with FREE Ebooks and materials for the End Times: http://marriagesupper.wixsite.com/endtimescatalog
Thanks Peggy Ann. This is a great list.