Voice of the People; Voting: Part 3

(Part 1 of this series established the theoretical foundation and definitions of this discussion. Refer to said post for additional context.)

For this post’s tweet, I’ll be looking at a tweet quoting Donald Trump on his stance against foreign influence in American laws and politics.

President Trump not surrendering American sovereignty to a foreign actor should be applauded and praised. The American government it's subject to The sovereign, ie the American people. Subjugating its authority or laws to any other influence then the members of that state would be unjust and unacceptable. Donald Trump's position here to not allow foreign bureaucrats to influence the Constitution, the founding and fundamental document which binds the American people to its government, is a stand that protects American society.

The caveat here is that the American people have decided to subjugate themselves to some degree of international laws than that should be respected. If it was decided by the American sovereign to cooperate with other sovereigns, then to some degree that should be respected. However, and that being said, I State sovereignty should always be uphill. The people should never be willing to give up all their authority or power to any power that is not themselves. The larger the government we're power gets, the farther it gets away from the individual person expressing their will, the worse the government will be, the less liberty there shall be, the freedom there will be. Indeed, it is part of the job of the government and thereby the president to maintain the integrity of the system. President Trump has done just that in this tweet.

Now, expanding a bit from the tweet, it's all a bit ironic coming from Trump. Considering the meddling by Russians in the 2016 elections and the breaking of laws by his campaign officers, it's hard to say that Trump stands for American democracy in the maintaining of The Sovereign's authority and independence. In fact, considering how much they have broken laws and in challenging norms and legal precedents, the Trump administration is a disgrace to the American people. It is tyrannical and dangerous as it consistently seeks to undermine laws and usurp power from the branches of government.