Donald Trump resignation articles
Revised 9 August 2020
Why even discuss urging Donald Trump to resign instead of using that energy to campaign for Joe Biden for the 3 November 2020 election?
The main reason, at least for me, is the 1000+ Americans who die every day due to Donald Trump's incompetence, indifference and impotence in handling what I call the Trump pandemic. A new president would likely consult with the experts and develop plans that would be at least moderately effective.
Second, a resignation makes moot any concern about whether Donald Trump would prevent a smooth transition to a new President.
Third, I am troubled by the passivity of so many Americans in the face of a crisis that is killing more Americans daily than World War I, World War II, Korea and Viet Nam combined, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war . I think it important that as many of us as possible protest his behavior and that of his enablers.
Who has asked Trump to resign?
Organizations / Media:
World Mental Health Coalition, 25 March 2020
Portland Press Herald, 5 June 2020
The Bulwark, 3 July 2020
Individuals:
Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 12 March 2020
Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate, 21 March 2020, 11 July 2020, 18 July 2020
Also: Five reasons to call for Donald Trump’s resignation, 22 July 2020,
Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen, 24 March 2020
Michael Cohen, Boston Globe, 25 April 2020
Chris Hayes, MSNBC, 26 June 2020
Mark Ruffalo, Actor, 1 July 2020
Letter to the Editor, Times Herald-Record (New York), 1 July 2020
Chuck D., Hip-hop artist, 1 July 2020
Letter to the Editor, Berkeley Daily Planet, 3 July 2020
Letter to the Editor, Wisconsin State Journal, 4 July 2020
Letter to the Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 6 July 2020
Ira Shapiro, USA Today, 8 July 2020
Letter to the Editor, Madison.com, 8 July 2020
Letter to the Editor (prediction), The State Journal (Kentucky), 10 July 2020
Mary Trump, PhD, ABC News, 14 July 2020
Letter to the Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 18 July 2020
Alec Baldwin, actor, 19 July 2020
Steven G. Calabresi, The New York Times, 30 July 2020
Letter to the Editor, Debois County Free Press, 30 July 2020
Timothy Egan, The New York Times, 31 July 2020
Letter to the Editor (scroll down), The Denver Post, 31 July 2020
Letter to the Editor, The Salem News, 3 August 2020
Why is this list so short?
Michael Steinberger, The Atlantic, 11 May 2020
Joe Lockhart, CNN, 11 May 2020
Nancy LeTourneau, Washington Monthly, 13 May 2020
Steve Benen, MSNBC, 5 June 2020
Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 5 June 2020
Other related articles:
Trump to Trump: You're Fired!, Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect, 30 June 2020
On a 'solution' to the Trump presidency, Lawrence Mosqueda, Anchorage Press, 30 June 2020
Biden’s 2020 Election Odds Improve, Sports Betting Dime, 1 July 2020
Carville repeats prediction that Trump will drop out of race, The Hill, 2 July 2020
If He Loses, Trump Must Resign Immediately and Make Biden President. No, Really., The Daily Beat, 12 July 2020
The Only Scenario in Which Trump Could Resign, Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect, 16 July 2020Are we approaching the end of the Trump presidency, or half-time? (Judge) Bill Blum, 18 July 20
Presidential biographer Vaughn Davis Bornet has written his 20th book, "That Trump!" and penned a resignation letter, Ashland Tidings, 21 July 2020
Will Trump Resign to Avoid Humiliating Defeat?, LA Progressive, 1 August 2020
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