Jeffrey Sachs: a president stood at the UN and claimed the right to annihilate a civilization. Congress said nothing. That is the constitutional order collapsing in public. “I shuddered then, and I shudder now that a president of the United States can stand at the podium of the UN General Assembly
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Donald Trump claimed the right to annihilate a civilization at the United Nations General Assembly.
Jeffrey Sachs: a president stood at the UN and claimed the right to annihilate a civilization.
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The United States Congress said nothing in response to the president's UN speech.
What did our Congress do on that occasion? I can tell you, as we know, that the majority party in both houses simply remained silent.
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Donald Trump said he alone will decide the survival of Iran.
Trump basically said, like a madman, which I think arguably he is, that he and he alone will decide the survival of Iran.
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Donald Trump said Iran might be a great country, might be annihilated, and might be sent to hell.
Maybe Iran will be a great country. Maybe Iran will be annihilated. Maybe Trump will send it to hell.
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Donald Trump does not care what the public thinks.
And Trump said yesterday he doesn’t care what the public thinks.
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Donald Trump said the only limit on his power is his morality and will.
He said, when asked, ... He thought about it. He said Yes, my morality, but it’s my will.
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The majority party in both houses of Congress remained silent.
the majority party in both houses simply remained silent
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The Speaker of the House said nothing.
What did our Speaker of the House say? Well, he said nothing, of course.
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The Senate majority leader said nothing.
What did our Senate majority leader say? He said, of course, nothing.
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All members of the president's party said nothing.
What did all of the party of the president of the United States say, the members of Congress? They said, of course, nothing.
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The United States Constitution assigns the power to declare war exclusively to Congress.
when the founding fathers wrote the US Constitution, they assigned specifically the power to declare war ... solely to the United States Congress.
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The United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year.
the founding fathers ... celebrated this year 250 years after its issuance.
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Donald Trump has wasted hundreds of billions of dollars of American income on a war of whim.
the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars that Trump has wasted of American income in this flagrant war of whim.
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The American people are aghast and overwhelmingly oppose the war of Netanyahu and Trump.
the American people are aghast at this. They oppose it overwhelmingly. They do not support this war of Netanyahu and Trump.
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The constitutional order is collapsing in public.
That is the constitutional order collapsing in public.
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Annihilation is not diplomacy.
Annihilation is not diplomacy.
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Congressional silence is not restraint.
Congressional silence is not restraint.
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