Although many seek to find something sinister in this idea, Trump is right. And it is good that he used the words “sovereign” and “sovereignty” 13 times.
The U.S. Constitution is an experiment in self-government, deriving from a longer tradition of social contract theory. It presupposes that the moral legitimacy of any government depends not upon its fulfillment of obligations to foreign powers or international standards or a world popularity contest, but upon its commitment to and protection of the natural rights of its own citizens.
If the federal government is taking actions that don’t directly or indirectly promote American citizens’ common interests and natural rights, then whose interests and whose rights is it promoting? Any such exercise of power is wrong.
When a government fails to fulfill this essential obligation to its citizens, it loses its legitimacy, and those subjected to it are justified in rebellion. This was the theory behind the Declaration of Independence. With each passing day, members of all three branches of the current federal government should be thinking of how to make sure America does not slide away from this principle.
The nation is nowhere near the point at which armed rebellion could be justified, but it has suffered a lot under rulers who failed to put America first. There is broad agreement today that officials of both political parties in Congress and in the administration of President George W. Bush chose the Iraq War. In hindsight, this was a war of choice that did not promote American interests in the region or secure the liberties of citizens at home.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/trumps-sovereignty-doctrine
The U.S. Constitution is an experiment in self-government, deriving from a longer tradition of social contract theory. It presupposes that the moral legitimacy of any government depends not upon its fulfillment of obligations to foreign powers or international standards or a world popularity contest, but upon its commitment to and protection of the natural rights of its own citizens.
If the federal government is taking actions that don’t directly or indirectly promote American citizens’ common interests and natural rights, then whose interests and whose rights is it promoting? Any such exercise of power is wrong.
When a government fails to fulfill this essential obligation to its citizens, it loses its legitimacy, and those subjected to it are justified in rebellion. This was the theory behind the Declaration of Independence. With each passing day, members of all three branches of the current federal government should be thinking of how to make sure America does not slide away from this principle.
The nation is nowhere near the point at which armed rebellion could be justified, but it has suffered a lot under rulers who failed to put America first. There is broad agreement today that officials of both political parties in Congress and in the administration of President George W. Bush chose the Iraq War. In hindsight, this was a war of choice that did not promote American interests in the region or secure the liberties of citizens at home.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/trumps-sovereignty-doctrine