2016-10-05

Trump is uniquely unqualified



DONALD J. TRUMP is uniquely unqualified to serve as president, in experience and temperament. He displays no curiosity, reads no books and appears to believe he needs no advice. 
He lies and it is impossible to know whether he convinces himself of his own untruths or knows that he is wrong and does not care. It is also difficult to know which trait would be more frightening in a commander in chief.  
In a dangerous world, Mr. Trump speaks blithely of abandoning NATO, encouraging more nations to obtain nuclear weapons and cozying up to dictators who in fact wish the United States nothing but harm. 
Most alarming is Mr. Trump’s contempt for the Constitution and the unwritten democratic norms upon which our system depends. He doesn’t know what is in the nation’s founding document. When asked by a member of Congress about Article I, which enumerates congressional powers, the candidate responded: “I am going to abide by the Constitution whether it’s number 1, number 2, number 12, number 9.” The charter has seven articles.
Trump has threatened that those who criticize him will suffer when he is president. He has vowed to torture suspected terrorists and bomb their innocent relatives, no matter the illegality of either act. He has vowed to contrict the independent press. Mr. Trump has encouraged and celebrated violence at his rallies. 
Mr. Trump is a unique and present danger to american democracy.

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