re: My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trump by Jeff Flake

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It is the greatest paradox of my political lifetime. A genuine clown, with the impulses of a jilted 12 year old spoiled girl and the vocabulary of a 5th grade farmboy, is in the office of POTUS - and executing an agenda that fits very well with my own political belief system.

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The greatest thing a Trump presidency has done for the country is to shrink the power of the Executive branch.

The President SHOULD NOT craft or assist in the writing or passing of legislation.

The President SHOULD NOT seek to supercede the power of Congress by getting his Cabinet departments to act unilaterally when Congress won't or refuse to act when Congress does.

The President SHOULD NOT enter into international agreements without the consent of Congress.

The President is the Head of State and represents the interests of the American people abroad. He is the Commander in Chief and confers with his generals the best strategy for military action, when we are engaged in a war. He heads the Executive Branch, meaning he and his Cabinet execute the laws, the burden being on Congress to write them and the Supreme Court to interpret them beyond their original scope.

Trump is acting antithetical to the modern interpretation of Presidents because modern Presidents have acted antithetical to their own position, and we have been far the worse off for it.