Anyone who watched the GOP Presidential process knows that Donald J. Trump is, to be , charitable, issue challenged. But what he does not know can hurt you and the country.
Was he aware that the nuclear agreement with Iran is not a bilateral U.S. - Iran agreement but rather also has France, the UK, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union as signatories? He can rip it up on his first day but they will not follow him into new negotiations. The U.S. will be odd man out.
•Did he understand that Japan and Korea are adherents to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) of witch the U.S. and well over one hundred other nations have signed and have renounced such weapons before he suggested their acquiring them would be a good idea.?
•Could he also be ignorant of the fact that NATO is likewise a treaty signed by the president and ratified by Congress and cannot be changed without its members consent? Could he name half of NATO's members?
•Could he possibly not know that his suggestions that torture be used on terrorists and that their families be killed in retaliation are violations of international treaties and would make him punishable as a war criminal?
•Is he unaware that all duly signed and ratified treaties are, by Article VI of the Constitution, the "supreme law of the land" and cannot be changed by executive fiat? Is he further aware that the same Article VI prohibits any religious test for a public office in the U.S.?
•Is he so ignorant of the Constitution and the legislative process that he does not know the Affordable Care Act is a law and therefore believes he can unilaterally repeal ObamaCare on his first day in office"
•"full faith and credit" clause in the and start an international monetary crisis.
•Is he aware that Amendment XIV to the Constitution forbids the seizure of private property such as remittances from Mexicans working in the U.S. and U.S. citizens of Mexican origin to fund his wall?
•Is he likewise aware that loose talk about negotiating to lower the federal debt could violate the "full faith and Credit" clause of Article IV of the Constitution.
•Has he ever studied or even read the Constitution.
We need to know more about Donald John Trump from his hidden tax returns to his fraudulent business practices. But knowing what he clearly does not know is damning in itself.
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