Illinois Times
We have an unusual President. He tweets, talks, and acts impulsively, incessantly. He has a public record of abusing truth, personal relationships, and wealth. He now stands impeached for corrupting US foreign policy and obstructing Congress.
His 3 years in office involve non-stop revolving doors at the National Security Council, the Departments of Defense and State, the White House, and many other Federal agencies.
He mocks historical allies, while expressing comfort with leaders of historical adversaries Russia and N. Korea.
Last week, President Trump ordered the killing of Iran’s top General, equivalent to killing our Secretary of Defense. Also killed were an Iraqi host nation general and 4 others. He took this act of war without informing most Congressional leaders.
This President will claim his 3 years of pressure point policies against Iran (without Allied support) are working. The opposite is true.
Predictably, as a result of the President’s unilateral killings in Iraq, the Iraq Parliament voted to expel our troops. We may now leave 17 years of blood, treasure, and effort behind in Iraq, with Iran the dominant influence there. A bad outcome.
Because our president is corrupt, impulsively reckless, and for many other reasons, we must remove him from office, if not by Senate action, then in November.
Joe McMenamin
Springfield
Joe McMenamin for Ward 7 