Trump Defends the Constitution

Not a day goes by without some article appearing to the effect that Trump is a dictator or a threat to democracy and the Constitution.  Actually, Trump has defended the Constitution in at least four important ways.

First, he defended the Presidency against baseless impeachment charges.  There was no Trump/Russia collusion, so the Democrats pivoted to the Ukraine phone call and obstruction of Congress. There was nothing of substance there, either, and the President’s defense team rightfully prevailed in the Senate trial.  Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats showed themselves to be the threat to the Constitution, not Trump, by lowering the standard for initiating impeachment to virtually nothing at all.

Second, Trump showed the national security and foreign service bureaucracy that it is the President, and not they, who controls national policy in foreign affairs and war.  Who could forget the underlings during the impeachment process criticizing the President’s foreign policy and saying they know better than he does.  Those bureaucrats are the threat to the Constitution, not Trump.  

Third, Trump has appointed scores of originalist judges to the federal bench.  He fought for Justice Kavanaugh and now he’s fighting for Amy Coney Barrett to be confirmed to the Supreme Court.  The Democrats who have obstructed the constitutional process for confirming judges are the threat to the Constitution, not Trump. 

Finally, Trump has firmly rejected globalism and reasserted American sovereignty at every turn.  He pledged to put “America First” in his inaugural address.  In a speech to the UN last year, Trump called on member states to embrace nationalism and reject globalism.  He said, “The free world must embrace its national foundations. It must not attempt to erase them or replace them. The future does not belong to globalists, the future belongs to patriots.”  That’s right.  The U.S. Constitution, which the President swore an oath to uphold, is all about We the American People forming a more perfect Union, not the Left’s wackadoodle dream of We the Global Citizens chasing after a perfect world and heaven on earth.   The globalists are the threat to the Constitution, not Trump. 

President Trump won’t be going on an ‘apology tour’ - or bowing down to foreign leaders like his predecessor did - any time soon, and we Americans are better off for his fidelity to the Constitution.