We are in a very precarious place

B. Jay Cooper
5 min readApr 25, 2019

Our government and society lie in a very precarious place right now.

The system of government our founders put in place, which has worked just fine for nearly 250 years, is being tested like never before.

President Trump’s decision to thwart the Congress at every step of the way is the act of an imperial leader, just the type of person our founders drafted a Constitution to avoid.

The political debate has moved from discussion of the Mueller investigation to a debate over our system of government. Congress has requested…

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B. Jay Cooper

Former deputy White House press secretary (Reagan and Bush 41) and former head of communications at Republican Natl Committee. My blog: bjaycooper.com.