LETTER TO THE EDITOR / RESIGNATION

Roger C. Kostmayer

 Followingthe 2018 election, which broke the one party power monopoly, andafter the Mueller investigation report is made public in 2019, the U.S. will face an ugly, dangerous and chaotic period that could last for years.

The walls are closing in, and there will be investigations, hearings,subpoenas and impeachment proceedings that will probably result in more criminal indictments, both federal and state, up to and including the President, his family and members of his administration. These looming pressures will increase the President’s instability and disdain for the rule of law, what’s best for the nation, and for the truth.

 The Watergate scandal and resignation of President Nixon under threat of impeachment are instructive in the Trump case. The Republican Party backed their Republican President – until the facts were undeniable -and then it was over when they told Nixon he must resign the presidency. Then, as now, there was tremendous pressure to find away to move the country forward, to heal and reunite the American people, to return to the norms, precedents, law and to have the White House function effectively and ethically both domestically and internationally.

Today,such a negotiated transition strategy as resignation would be difficult even when the dangers are clear and present. But watching an American president run amok in the White House raises so many terrifying possibilities, it just may cause enough politicians to grow some spine and do what’s best for their country.

As President Trump often says: we’ll see.

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