Border Control

Donald Trump just pulled the United States out of yet another international agreement - specifically, the United Nations Migrant and Refugee Compact, which sets international guidelines for how people fleeing persecution and pestilence are treated and advocates for their protection and their safety.

Why?  Because the compact does not comport with Trump's policy toward immigration.  Though he made it clear as a candidate for President that he was fine with accepting immigrants so long as they come to the U.S. legally, what Trump didn't say was that he plans to dramatically reduce the number of immigrants allowed to come into this country - including refugees.  Victims of war need our help?  Not our problem. 

By the time Trump gets through, every treaty and pact we've ever entered into will be invalidated. The United States will be working in concert with no one on anything.  That's pretty scary when you realize that Trump might decide to go it alone on attacking North Korea if he feels the situation calls for it - and H.R. McMaster, Trump's national security adviser, says that the situation increasingly calls for it.

And that could produce a lot of refugees.

This policy change is far more damning than Voyage Of the Damned.  It doesn't just show that Trump is indifferent to the rest of the world and is ready to isolate the United States from the rest of the world to score political points at home.  But it also signifies that, as a President eager to pursue a policy that keeps people out, he can just as easily employ his border-security policies to keep people . . . in.

Congressional Republicans are likely to continue backing Trump even if and after the tax reform bill becomes law to satisfy his base.  They must be voted out of power.  Hurry, November 2018. :-O