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What agency, elected body or elected official will be brave enough to stop the president’s illegal actions? Donald Trump is the head of the executive branch, and there are checks and balances. James Madison wrote in support of separation of powers: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
Trump has fostered an atmosphere of fear, reprisals and, in his own words, revenge against his critics. He perceives people as for him or against him, and doesn’t see (or care) about dire and destructive consequences to our democracy. He wants to tear down the government and he is gathering minions to do it.
Constance Oliva
Kailua
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