I am Alarmed

Donald J. Trump‏

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At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is "no reason to be alarmed!"

Khan said in a statement that there was no cause for alarm, he was referring specifically to a visible increase in police activity on the streets of London in the wake of the attack. "Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. There's no reason to be alarmed," he said.

Mayor Khan was referring to an increased police presence. Apparently, according to POTUS, an increased police presence is something about which one should be alarmed.   Assuming that what POTUS said is what he meant, I am alarmed.

 January 25, 2017  Executive Order Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States

Sec. 7.  Additional Enforcement and Removal Officers.  The Secretary, through the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations, take all appropriate action to hire 10,000 additional immigration officers, who shall complete relevant training and be authorized to perform the law enforcement functions described in section 287 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1357).

January 25, 2017 Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements

Sec. 8.  Additional Border Patrol Agents.  Subject to available appropriations, the Secretary, through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall take all appropriate action to hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents, and all appropriate action to ensure that such agents enter on duty and are assigned to duty stations as soon as is practicable.

January 23, 2017 Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees to be applied across the board in the executive branch. As part of this freeze, no vacant positions existing at noon on January 22, 2017, may be filled and no new positions may be created, except in limited circumstances. This order does not include or apply to military personnel. The head of any executive department or agency may exempt from the hiring freeze any positions that it deems necessary to meet national security or public safety responsibilities.

If an increased police presence is a basis for alarm then we have been beguiled into a false sense of security.  As you can see, one of the first acts of President Trump was to execute a hiring freeze within the Executive branch of government for anything other than military and police. 

Following that Executive Order by 2 days were President Trump's orders to hire an additional 15,000 personnel to discharge police duties within U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs enforcement. 

This post is not tongue in cheek.  As an U.S. citizen I know Donald Trump is my President according to the process by which we elect the President of the United States of America.  He either meant what he said in his tweet that an increased police presence is cause for alarm or he has chosen to deliberately mock the Mayor of London. 

If he is sincere in his statement regarding an increased police presence then how alarmed should we be with regard to POTUS' actions in increasing our own police forces?  If he has chosen to intentionally impugn an elected office holder of our closest ally how does that reflect upon him as President and us as those he represents on the international stage?

Whaduyathink?