Editor,
It’s been quite the week for Donald Trump’s new administration. Their first counter-terrorism effort in Yemen resulted in the death of one serviceman and the wounding of six others and the deaths of 30 Yemeni children, women and men.
The chaos resulting from his latest poorly executed and unconstitutional Executive Order banning Muslims from various countries resulted in mass chaos and demonstrations at major international airports throughout the country. It should be noted none of the countries where his hotels are located were named in the ban.
But, the most troubling of Trump’s recent actions was the dismissal of Director of National Intelligence and Joint Chiefs of Staff from the National Security Council and his subsequent appointment of Stephen Bannon who is a self described Leninist. Bannon is quoted as saying, “Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.”
One of the main problems with the Bannon appointment is that it, too, is unconstitutional. Appointments to the NSC are by the advice and consent of Congress. Trump conveniently bypassed Congress by way of Executive Order and the ensuing chaos over the immigration ban has overshadowed this unprecedented action.
Good luck to us all.
Sheri Hanson