Prosecuting Political Opponents—The Stuff Of Dictators

Trump Doesn’t Understand that Presidents Don’t Turn Whims Into Criminal Prosecutions

The import of what Trump had in mind when he expressed wanting to prosecute his political opponents criminally is still sinking in.

Such an action certainly would have been a deep abuse of power and probably grounds for impeachment. Yet, in the current run of acts and words from the Oval Office, it is passing as just another hyperbolic bombshell from a president bent on breaking all rules, traditions and limitations.

As such, it is as sad a commentary on current affairs as it is an outrage. We ought to be fitting Trump with a tin hat to match his dictator ambitions.

View the complete November 23 article by Terry H. Schwadron on the DCReport.org website here.