Sunday, June 17, 2018

Trump Is Probing the Constitution for Weaknesses, and Finding Them

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/trump-tariffs-pardons-probing-constitution-for-weaknesses.html
"Trump has imposed tariffs on America’s allies, not its enemies. Indeed, Canada, one of the tariff targets, is part of the Department of Defense’s industrial base. Meanwhile, Trump has unilaterally relaxed trade sanctions on ZTE, a Chinese telecommunications firm that poses a wide array of serious national security risks. Why is Trump bailing out a dangerous Chinese firm that has violated American law? Well, he made his strange decision shortly after China announced a $500 investment in a theme park right next to a Trump-owned property in Indonesia, which will put money directly in Trump’s pocket."