Trump’s Inaugural Address and the 25th Amendment
Trump’s inaugural should confront the Biden-era cover-up, highlight the dangers of concealed incompetence, and pledge safeguards to protect the presidency’s integrity and accountability.
Making liberals unhappy shouldn’t be Donald Trump’s only goal for his second inaugural address. But neither should he shy away from telling the truth because it will upset the reigning intelligentsia in the country.
The fact is that the Democrats and their allies in the media—which means almost all the media—engaged in a years-long coverup of perhaps the greatest scandal in American history: the incompetence of the president of the United States.
The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in order to deal with precisely the problem that Biden presented: becoming incompetent after being elected. It is possible, of course, that Biden was already incompetent before he was elected, but because he campaigned from his basement, with minimal exposure to the public, that is less obvious.
Biden’s “handlers” may have known of his senility from the beginning, but the public learned of it only later. But it became abundantly obvious—and long before the June 27 debate—which, finally, prompted some of the party leaders to remove him.
And yet, Democrat politicians and members of the press who knew of his incompetence told us again, and again, and again that he was not just competent but the sharpest guy in the room.
It was all a lie, and that scandal far exceeded Watergate. Trump should make that very clear when he takes office.
The only other president who became incompetent while in office was Woodrow Wilson. He was also a terrible president—though if you look at how the “experts” rate him, he scores high. That’s because most of the “experts” tend to be big-government types. For decades they have loved Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt, giving them high marks, only just recently demoting Wilson when his racism finally became too obvious to ignore. They don’t like Coolidge and Reagan, whom they rate near the bottom of presidents.
Even so, some historians have made caustic comments about Wilson. John Milton Cooper Jr. (in Woodrow Wilson: A Biography) wrote that Wilson’s incapacity created a leadership vacuum, especially during the critical debates on the Treaty of Versailles, and that his refusal to resign was seen as a breach of his duty to the country. Gene Smith (author of When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson) provides an in-depth analysis of Edith Wilson’s unprecedented role and the secrecy surrounding the president’s condition. Fred I. Greenstein (in The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Barack Obama) said the president’s incapacitation left the nation vulnerable during a time of postwar instability, with critics arguing that an ineffective executive branch could have led to domestic or international crises.
But the Biden situation was worse, much worse. President Wilson’s incapacitation following his severe stroke in October 1919 was not widely known to the public or even to most members of the government. Instead, the extent of his condition was carefully concealed, primarily by his wife, Edith, and his physician, Dr. Cary Grayson.
Not so Biden’s mental incapacity. Everyone close to him must have known: every cabinet member, every Democrat member of Congress who met with him, every member of the press—everyone. They were all complacent in the cover-up, deliberately deceiving the American public. What a scandal!
Americans now know they can’t trust any of those people. When there is that level of perfidy in the country, what should a citizen think about, say, the validity of the claims that Barack Obama was in fact a citizen of the U.S.? Oh, sure, all the “responsible” people told us he was: they had seen the proof; there could be no doubt. No possible doubt whatever.
Except, of course, we now know we can’t trust those people. Can’t trust any of them. Can’t trust any of them at all.
Trump should cover that territory in his inaugural address:
My fellow Americans: it would not be responsible of me to stand here and ignore the hoax that has been perpetrated on the American people for the last four years. I speak of the condition of my predecessor.
There is no shame in getting old. In a small family group, the effects of aging can even be denied, without serious cost, in order to protect the feelings of family members—even while, of course, taking away the keys to the family automobile.
That is not true on the national stage. Incompetence can lead to disaster—and we have seen several disasters in the previous administration.
The members of the previous administration engaged in a massive cover-up, as did their left-wing allies in the media. That was a dark period in American history. We must pray that it is never repeated.
I am now 78 years old. My doctor says I am extremely fit. Nevertheless, I am human and subject to the decline and disabilities that face all men and women on this earth. I have therefore instructed members of my cabinet that they are obligated to take seriously the responsibility placed on them by the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution if they conclude that, in the words of the Amendment, “the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
I trust them to discharge the duty imposed on them by the 25th Amendment.
And some of you may be happy to know (but should I worry?) that my vice president has also agreed to follow my instructions that that amendment be implemented if necessary.
Yes, Trump’s reference to the long cover-up will make liberals unhappy, but in a few short paragraphs, Trump can focus the nation’s attention on both the nightmare the liberals made us live while reassuring us that the nightmare is over and that it won’t happen again, at least not on his watch.
Thank you. And God bless America.
From amgreatness.com