Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: Trump Should Resign

The first excerpt below was published by the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board:

If Mr. Trump wants to avoid a second impeachment, his best path would be to take personal responsibility and resign. This would be the cleanest solution since it would immediately turn presidential duties over to Mr. Pence. And it would give Mr. Trump agency, a la Richard Nixon, over his own fate.

This might also stem the flood of White House and Cabinet resignations that are understandable as acts of conscience but could leave the government dangerously unmanned. Robert O’Brien, the national security adviser, in particular should stay at his post.

We know an act of grace by Mr. Trump isn’t likely. In any case this week has probably finished him as a serious political figure. He has cost Republicans the House, the White House, and now the Senate. Worse, he has betrayed his loyal supporters by lying to them about the election and the ability of Congress and Mr. Pence to overturn it. He has refused to accept the basic bargain of democracy, which is to accept the result, win or lose.

It is best for everyone, himself included, if he goes away quietly.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-...nion_lead_pos1




Kimberley Strassel, a Wall Street Journal opinion writer, has been one of Trump's strongest defenders, and possibly the most erudite. The title of her column today:

Trump Erases His Legacy
He also destroyed any chance of a political future, all on a single Wednesday afternoon.


She recites the good things Trump did for America, and how he could have cemented his place in history if he'd accepted defeat after his legal challenges failed. Instead,

Following court losses, Mr. Trump, in his own words, devoted “125% of my energy” to his own grievances. He declared the Georgia Senate races “illegal and invalid,” discouraging voting. He actively undercut Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler with late-game demands for $2,000 stimulus checks and with his veto of a defense authorization bill that provided pay raises and support for Georgia’s military bases. His denial of the presidential results energized Democrats and depressed Republicans. Turnout in Trump counties lagged, while turnout in some Democratic areas nearly reached that of the November election.

Mr. Trump is leaving, and thanks to his final denial of reality, Mr. Schumer will now methodically erase his policy history. Democrats need only 51 votes to eliminate the Trump tax reform, 51 to use the Congressional Review Act to undo his final deregulations; 51 to wave through liberal judges to counter Mr. Trump’s picks. And this is before Mr. Biden gets busy reversing Trump policy by executive fiat, and assuming Democrats forbear from abolishing the legislative filibuster.

So that’s his legacy, largely gone. As for his future, Mr. Trump’s role in inflaming the Capitol mob has likely put paid to that, as well. Dedicated members of his administration are resigning. Longtime supporters in Congress are turning. Millions of Americans who for years were willing to tolerate, often even celebrate, Mr. Trump’s brash behavior in the pursuit of reform or good policy, are less amused by the wreckage he has visited on party and policy. And they’ll be unwilling to go there again in 2024.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-e...on_featst_pos1

Pelosi and Schumer should resign. They authorized and funded the steal just like they've funded and organized the BLM, Antifa and Women's march protests - among other events they manufactured.

Pelosi and Schumer should resign. They authorized and funded the steal just like they've funded and organized the BLM, Antifa and Women's march protests - among other events they manufactured. Originally Posted by gnadfly

libs wont hear it!

Here comes the hostility and rude posts. begin.........

libs wont hear it!

Here comes the hostility and rude posts. begin......... Originally Posted by winn dixie

You are one of the few that I ever see making rude and hostile posts

Pelosi and Schumer should resign. They authorized and funded the steal just like they've funded and organized the BLM, Antifa and Women's march protests - among other events they manufactured. Originally Posted by gnadfly

My gosh.

It’s impossible to debate a point with this type of hysterics, man.

Maybe you could write a letter to the editor or something.

This thread isn’t about the transference of blame or trying to create another false equivalency. It’s about the WSJ calling for Trump to resign.

That’s kinder than what many others are calling for.

But Twitler is too arrogant and stupid to leave on his own terms.

The next two weeks will be as chaotic as his first two and the last two.

He’s going to do hard time.

media been saying for 4 years sooooo

media been saying for 4 years sooooo Originally Posted by rexdutchman

Media been saying what for four years?

Soooooo?????

media been saying for 4 years sooooo Originally Posted by rexdutchman

They were right. Look how the Atlanta Falcons of Presidents ended his term.