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December 14, 2016
Trump must divest or put every business asset he owns in a blind trust or the Republic is doomed
By Jerry Lobdill
The most critical issue is not getting the attention it deserves. A head of state who keeps his businesses when he is inaugurated is a man who is for sale to the highest bidder. This cannot be allowed. Now is the time to stop his attempts to avoid a clean brak.
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I am sick and tired of Trump's foot dragging with respect to putting all his assets in a blind trust or total divestment.
It''s time for the Supreme Court and every Senator and US Rep to rise up and deliver the ultimatum: If you don't do this, Mr. Trump, you forfeit your election. This is absolutely required, and you knew it when you ran for President. Trump is behaving as if he can do what he wants in this matter. He cannot, and he must be told so in no uncertain terms.
The damned MSM is acting as if he has the power to refuse. If he is allowed to do this it is the end of this democratic republic. Every decision he makes is up for sale if he is allowed to keep his businesses. THIS MUST BE A HARD LINE.
Let's all demand that our congresscritters stand fast on this.
I am a retired physicist and hold a B.S. in Ch. E. as well. I have been an environmental activist since the early 1970s. I was a founding member of the Save Barton Creek Association in Austin, TX. In 2006 I was a member of a select committee of the Philmont Staff Association to advise Philmont Scout Ranch about opposing El Paso Natutal Gas's plan to drill and frack in the Valle Vidal in Carson National Forest. I studied the technology of horizontal gas drilling and the environmental effects associated with it. We defeated the plan proposed by El Paso Natural Gas. have been an active opponent of urban gas drilling in Fort Worth, TX since 2006. My present focus is global warming and the ominous effect of increasing atmospheric CO2.
I have been a writer of opinion pieces and other essays since about 1995 and am a published author of history of the old west. My book, Last Train To El Paso--the Mysterious Unsolved Murder of a Cattle Baron was published in 2014. I have had two articles published in Wild West magazine,. The most recent one, titled "How Jim Miller Killed Pat Garrett" was the lead article in the August 2018 issue.
I have studied monetary systems since 1968.
I am an owner of a home with mineral rights in Fort Worth, Texas. I am politically a progressive.