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Saturday, July 22, 2017

The Buck Stops Anywhere But Here

From the Washington Post -

‘The Buck Stops Here’ must be a phrase foreign to Trump
By Colbert I. King, Opinion Writer

“I’m not going to own it,” President Trump said about the Affordable Care Act that he and Republicans, following years of bombastic promises, have thus far failed to either repeal or replace. “Let Obamacare fail.”

That declaration provoked an angry editorial response from The Post, which asked: “Has there ever been a more cynical abdication of presidential responsibility?”

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Bottom line: Not a strand of President Harry S. Truman’s famous dictum, “The Buck Stops Here,” can be found in Trump.

Personal responsibility is strange fruit to him. And it is a character failing that should haunt members of Congress, regardless of party, and the country. A leader without honor and credibility is a leader not worth having.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-buck-stops-here-must-be-a-phrase-foreign-to-trump/2017/07/21/255e2cd4-6d9d-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.c0a7f2a6173b

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