From using the White House's South Lawn to shill cars for his biggest campaign donor to demanding taxpayer-funded ads that claim he victoriously closed the southern border, President Donald Trump is demonstrating that, as he stated in his first term, he has "the right to do whatever I want." That's his twisted interpretation of Article 2 of the Constitution, which describes the power of the president. Yet the president of the United States is not a king. He's not a monarch ordained by a god. As former President Barack Obama said in a "60 Minutes" interview in November 2020, the "president is a public servant." The person elected to that office should represent and serve the public's best interest — not his own. The president is supposed to serve us, the American people. Not just the people who voted for him or who donated to his campaign or inauguration — but all the people. Toward that end and in keeping with America's long-standing policies, Trump should be working to preserve and strengthen our democratic society and democracies around the world — not undermining them by playing nice with dictators. This is a preview of Marcie Bianco's latest article. Read the full column here. |
