Suprun is right in calling George W. Bush imperfect:
foreign relations-wise he was perhaps the country's biggest diplomatic dimwit.
His "cowboy diplomacy" led people to fear what he would next. With
his reckless treatment of China, however, Trump is acting more the bull in the
china shop.
And some people love him for that quality. "He shakes things up" The
problem: the china shop is America's relationship with the rest of the world
and it's the only shop we have, delicate as it is.
Will anyone in the Electoral College take into account Trump's actions since
the election?
- Trump has settled his Trump University lawsuits, but while not admitting any guilt, the settlement of $25 million gives credence to the position that he ran a fraudulent operation.
- Trump has become wildly nepotistic in his placement of family members in closed meetings.
- Trump has blatantly reversed course on many of his campaign promises, allegedly lying his way through his campaign.
- Trump has refused to commit to daily security briefings.
- Trump may have lied about his ties to Russia and his involvement in the CIA's findings concerning Russia's role in the election. And while the FBI refutes the claims made by the CIA, there is no doubt that Trump's ties to Russia and the infamous dealings of his cabal (e.g. Paul Manofort and Roger Stone) are putting Trump's interests first and America's second.*
- Trump shows total ineptitude in foreign relations by contacting Taiwan, almost single-handedly throwing away 50 years of relationship building.
After viewing the ineptitude of the Trump (and his transition team) and the seeing the harm a Trump presidency could inflict on foreign relations, the environment, social issues, will an elector - knowing that his/her vote is not bound to the state's majority vote, be able to live with the fact that he/she was in part responsible for it all?
FAITHLESS ELECTORS
TIME:
In the 240 year history of the U.S., there have been 157 faithless electors, [people who have voted against their party's nominee] according to the nonprofit FairVote. Nearly half changed their votes because the candidate to whom they were pledged died before the Electoral College met, three chose to abstain and the other 82 broke their pledge for reasons of personal preference or conscience. But none has ever successfully changed the outcome of an election.
From Legal Insurrection:
With Democrats screaming about their winning the popular vote, a vote located almost exclusively on the coasts and in the nation's biggest cities, it's heartening to learn that Americans' support for the Electoral College has dramatically increased.
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