Dec 10, 2020
With the end of his time as president less than five weeks away, Donald Trump is rushing to get as much blood on his hands as he can before leaving office.
Apparently not willing to accept defeat without dipping his hands in a bit more blood, Trump has ordered five executions before Joe Bidenâs inauguration â one of which has likely taken place in the interim between this columnâs writing and your reading it.
A lame duck president scheduling executions between the election â which, to be clear, he lost â and inauguration breaks with a 130-year-old precedent, honored by both Democrat and Republican predecessors, of pausing executions amid a presidential transition, according to reporting by the BBC.
yet. the democrats are going to try to make the argument that the president, in trying to build his wall, president trump is compromising national security by taking money from so many important national defense projects. president trump s going to deny that, saying he pledged to build a wall, illegal immigration s a big problem. he thinks they re big issues for him, and i don t think we re really going to know who s got the better argument until election day itself. arthel: and the defense secretary s going to back the president all the way, right? very much so. i think mark edgar will be very much in his court, he s not going to go against the president. but you may hear some other pentagon officials who are concerned about it. arthel: will they speak out? good question. doubtful. maybe off the record, but i m not sure if they ll speak out. you never know. arthel: we ll be watching, david jackson. nice to talk to you. thank you. eric: several statetting involvt was filed by the