To the editor:
No matter what happens this November, it’s going to be a rough couple of years for the duration of Donald Trump’s presidency.
The spineless Republican leadership has shrewdly avoided direct criticism of President Trump, fearful of his retribution and instability. Democrats (along with the press) have criticized Trump at his every move, with futility and ineffectiveness.
It matters who runs Congress, as The Times Editorial Board says, but even a Democratically controlled Congress is no match for executive power in the wrong hands. Trump will likely respond to congressional resistance by viciously fighting back, as he always does. He will continue to exercise executive power to suit his whims and agenda.
Any attempt by lawmakers at reining in presidential powers will predictably meet presidential vetoes. Impeachment is unlikely to succeed, because a Senate supermajority is required to oust a president.
That leaves us with an inevitable curse: a dangerously dysfunctional administration, filled with strife, until the next presidential election. Let’s hope voters never again make this big a mistake.
William Goldman, Palos Verdes Estates
