That Was a Test, President Trump: Genius or Buffoonery? (Abridged)

Folks, within 6 months you will have asked yourself whether President Trump is your savior, your messiah, or behaving dangerously and irresponsibly.  Then, you’ll cast your vote.  You’ll also be asking yourself by extension whether the Senator leading the effort to re-elect President Trump, Senator Mike Lee, is the kind of leadership you want – maybe, maybe, you want better?   

It was just a few days ago President Trump publicly floated the notion that he was President and therefore he commanded the ultimate authority over all the States and all American citizens (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/some-republicans-join-backlash-over-trumps-claim-of-total-authority-over-coronavirus-response/ar-BB12Clfl?ocid=spartanntp).  That, my folks, was a test.  That, my folks, is dangerous.  It wasn’t until NYs Governor Cuomo, and other governors, pushed back, took him to the woodshed, and challenged his outrageous blatantly unconstitutional assertions resulting in him firmly tucking his tail between his legs and walking the statement back after a good spanking – see minutes at 7:24: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OSwLSFow6k).

Incidentally folks, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, now dictator, did the same thing and claimed complete authority of his nation a couple weeks ago.  He now effectively is their dictator: (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/4/15/21193960/coronavirus-covid-19-hungary-orban-trump-populism).  Prime Minister Orban seized the opportunity presented by the global pandemic, he pushed through legislation that suspended elections and permits him to now rule by decree indefinitely (Hmmm, wasn’t there a dude named Adolph who did something like that in the 1930s?).  Nice, right?!  Hmmm, why is President Trump so opposed to mail-in ballots.  Why does President Trump inspire civil unrest in democratic States by encouraging “Liberate… pick you state” slogans?!  Why does President Trump want to rush to reopening the economy before the science, statistics, and healthcare authorities advise?  You of course know why.     

I’ll say it again, folks, that was a test.

So I ask, was the President’s actions genius or buffoonery.  President Trump has said he is a genius (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/07/11/trump-again-calls-himself-stable-genius/1703154001/).  Is he?  I get it, anyone could weave a person’s words out of context to bend intent and meaning of a single statement at a moment in time – we all get that – and hate it! 

But that’s not the case here, is it.  Either way, for a president to make such a claim, if he is indeed either a genius or buffoon, you have to cringe, right?  You see, if he’s indeed a genius, then he knew exactly what he was saying and what waters he was testing when he floated his statement that the president has ultimate power over the states.  In which case, you should be very scared about a president that wants and sees himself as having total power over you – like Prime Minster Orban of Hungary.  On the other hand, if he’s just clueless and lost in his malaise of buffoonery, then you should be equally alarmed since your captain at the controls does not know what he’s doing.  Eh, slip of the tongue you say?  Folks, not at that level.

Worse, your professional legal clerk, Senator Mike Lee, supports this leadership and seeks to re-elect it.  But, you know you have a choice – a choice to hire a representative who takes Congress’s role of counter weight (Checks and Balances) to the Executive Branch seriously and keeps it from getting out of control.  That’s me, not Senator Lee.

Vote for leadership in Congress in 2022, not for cowards that will say and do ANYTHING to get re-elected.  Vote Utah Bull Moose Party for Senate by signing our petition before the end of 2021 and replace Senator Mike Lee with the leadership you demand.

COL Michael “Mike” Seguin (U.S. Army, Retd)

Utah Bull Moose Party – U.S. Senate 2022