A true presidential rant

Trump’s rant

I was going to write on Trump’s thinking that he can take over the electoral process in the states when I read a much better explanation by Jeffrey Belhar, who is turning out to be one of my favorite reads has an article in National Review with the longest Trump rant of all time. Here is some of the article but it is available at

https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/donald-trump-cannot-federalize-election-law-via-executive-order/

Here is the presidential rant:

I’m going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly “Inaccurate,” Very Expensive and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES, which cost ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election. We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting. All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED. WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections. Remember, the States are merely an “agent” for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do. With their HORRIBLE Radical Left policies, like Open Borders, Men Playing in Women’s Sports, Transgender and “WOKE” for everyone, and so much more, Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-in SCAM. ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and everybody, IN PARTICULAR THE DEMOCRATS, KNOWS THIS. I, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS. THE MAIL-IN BALLOT HOAX, USING VOTING MACHINES THAT ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, MUST END, NOW!!! REMEMBER, WITHOUT FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS, AND STRONG AND POWERFUL BORDERS, YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE A SEMBLANCE OF A COUNTRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Belhar continues: “I feel utterly exhausted by all of the shouting. Trump’s punctuation has begun to resemble that of a cut-and-paste ransom note.” (I wish I had said that).

Trump announced that an executive order would indeed be forthcoming, promising “an executive order that’s being written by the best lawyers right now to end mail-in ballots.”

Fools are now arguing about whether mail-in ballots are a good thing or a bad thing. (My position: They are a thing, you cannot wish them away, so deal with them properly) But since I am not a fool, and can read Article I Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution as well as you can, I know that none of these changes can be commanded via executive order. The Constitution spells it out quite clearly: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the place of chusing Senators.” Under the Constitution, Congress may play a role in setting federal election laws, but the states usually take the lead. The executive branch plays no role in this whatsoever.

(By the way, “chusing” is an actual spelling in the Constitution and is the equivalent of “choosing”.)