No, Trump hasn't learned a lesson. He's got a record of misusing taxpayer funds.
By Sam Berger
As President Trumps Senate impeachment trial winds down, multiple GOP senators have tried to justify their plans to vote against removing him by suggesting that Trump has been chastened he may have done something wrong and inappropriate, as Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) described it, but hes learned a lesson, and thats good enough. Sunday on Meet the Press, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said, If a call like Trumps call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gets you an impeachment, I would think he would think twice before he did it again. On Sunday, when asked by CNNs Jake Tapper if she is confident that he wont do this again, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) replied, I think that he knows now that, if he is trying to do certain things
he needs to go through the proper channels.
But Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) had it right Monday when he argued before the Senate that Trump will not change and he will do it again. Why? Because Trumps misuse of taxpayer funds, at the heart of his impeachment, is part of a pattern.
The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan government agency charged with overseeing the use of taxpayer money, found that the Trump administrations hold on congressionally appropriated military aid to Ukraine was illegal, as it violated the Impoundment Control Act (ICA). And emails between the Office of Management and Budget and the Defense Departments acting comptroller show that the White House was on notice that it was acting outside the law. In fact, as GAO noted in its decision, Congress was concerned about exactly these types of withholdings when it enacted and later amended the ICA.
Its not the first time Trump has violated budgetary laws to further his aims. In 2018, Trump shut down the federal government, refusing to sign a government spending bill unless it included funding for his border wall. As the shutdown stretched on, however, he became increasingly concerned about the public response. So, ignoring the law, he began reopening parts of the government to try to reduce the political pain of his actions. Most notably, he recalled tens of thousands of IRS employees to ensure that processing of tax refunds would not be delayed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/03/no-trump-hasnt-learned-lesson-hes-got-record-misusing-taxpayer-funds/
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(6,096 posts)He's going to spend 50 million on little ones, then he has A WHOLE BUNCH MORE........trees for america, I guess,
I'm trying not to listen.
now he working on bridges, high speed internet....YEAH RIGHT....
keep AMERICA SAFE.......more money down the drain.
Who taught him how to speak.....GOD WE HAVE TO GET RID OF HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!