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Marilyn Goldfarb
Boalsburg
President Trump betrayed his oath of office by pretending not to understand his job.
In January 2025 (and January 2017), Trump took the Presidential oath, pledging allegiance to the Constitution:
"I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God."
Less than four months later, Trump either forgot his solemn obligation--or never meant it.
When asked by journalist Kristen Welker whether he agrees with Secretary of State Rubio that everyone -- citizens and noncitizens -- deserves due process, he replied, "I don't know. I'm not, I'm not a lawyer. I don't know."
Welker reminded him that the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution ensures due process. He repeated that he doesn't know.
Finally, when given a chance to correct himself and speak directly about his obligation, he again showed his failure to do his job, formalized in his public oath of office.
Asked, "Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?" he replied "I don't know. I have to respond by saying, again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me …"
Democracy cannot survive when the president openly dismisses the Constitution, the foundation of our great nation -- and when Republican sycophants, who took similar oaths, allow such violations to go unchecked.
We must act before our Constitution is meaningless.