Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Trump has constitutional legitimacy but must acquire moral legitimacy

Trump has constitutional legitimacy but must acquire moral legitimacy: Distinctly Catholic: The question of Donald Trump's legitimacy to become president has been raised and deserves to be addressed.

MGB:_I suspect that Trump has the same 12th grade understanding of the Constitution that most citizens have.  Of course, the President should know more than the average citizen and have a staff that is equally aware.  I also have my doubts on that point.

The Russian hacks do not disqualify. They did not even fabricate e-mails, they just revealed them.  Trump was merely opportunistic and that is dangerous.  Does it harm his moral legitimacy? Maybe. More importantly, it shows how he might function in office in a way that is more reactive than proactive.  Some reactivity goes with the office, but he has the reactios of a school yard bully.  Of course, he does have an agenda, which is mostly incoherent or as incoherent as the average citizen has. We could have done better.


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