The
forthcoming visit of USA Secretary Mike Pompeo to Pakistan has already become
the victim of mishandling on both sides. The dispute erupted when the Foreign
Minister of Pakistan refuted that Secretary Pompeo ever mentioned the
terrorists’ presence in Pakistan, calling it “factually incorrect” and that his
statement regarding “do more” policy of USA towards Pakistan is already an old
brand of harassment tool for Pakistan.
First of all the call should have been made from Donald Trump himself to our PM but he has undermined Pakistan by making the Secretary call our Prime Minister instead whereas on the other hand, Mr. Trump keeps on calling PM Modi himself every now and then.USA has decided to deal our PM at the level of his Foreign Secretary without acknowledging our sacrifices in waging war on terror with them, again choosing to ignore Pakistan.
I
do not attach much importance to the visit of USA Secretary of State to
Pakistan, as it will be a replica of visit of his past colleagues with same old
unreasonable demands in a new folder. There is no doubt that USA is an
important country and we should be having good diplomatic terms with them but
this is what USA does not realize much.
Mr.
Shah Mahmood being the Foreign minister has played good innings as he very well
knows the mindset of the Americans. We have been a part of Pak - USA diplomacy
and he knows that USA would continue to press for non-ending syndrome of “do
more “. Let us see how differently Mr. Shah Mehmood Qureshi performs this time
vis-a-vis USA leadership.
The
situation within USA administration is quite gloomy now-a-days because of the
ongoing internal tug of war. The Muller investigation is mulling the government
especially who are close aides of Donald Trump .
Let us review below as to why this wave of confusion and panic is going in Washington.Here I would give a soft reminder that earlier i had expressed in my articles “Hasty Sackings by Donald Trump” and “Ball game between Putin and Trump” about Donald Trump’s imprudent attitude and hasty decisions including travel ban on Muslims, numerous dismissals of his close aids from their offices and election meddling etc., and how it all led to the FBI investigations against him under former director FBI Robert Mueller’s supervision.
Knowing
USA criminal justice system one cannot expect any relaxation in the due
processes. The meeting between Donald Trump and Putin did not go well and its
after effects brought Donald Trump under further cloud and public pressure.
It
looks that move initiative against Donald Trump is not going to die so easily
and Donald Trump will be coming under more pressure in coming weeks, which
further make the authorities nervous.
Donald
Trump is now facing additional charges against him as his own Ex-attorney
Michael Cohen has ditched him by making confessional statements before the
court in New York. The allegations include tax fraud, excessive campaign
contributions, making false statements to a financial institution, and unlawful
corporate contributions.
Cohen
admitted that he paid “hush money” to Playboy playmate Karen McDougal and
Stephanie Clifford (professionally known as Stormy Daniels), the adult film
actress who allege an affair with Mr. Trump to keep quiet about it. Cohen said
that Trump himself directed him to violate the law to influence the outcome of
elections.
Cohen
has further indicated that he is willing to tell special counsel Robert Mueller
that Mr. Trump was aware of the 2016 Trump Tower meeting long before it took
place between his son and Russian delegation, although he has shown no evidence
to support this claim.
Donald
Trump had two more judges in Supreme Court with the hope to get relief from
Supreme Court whereas if he gets convicted then he can even pardon himself as
president which is within his powers.
In USA, the Constitution defines impeachment, which is limited to “The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States” for offences like for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours” who may be impeached and removed from the office for committing any of these.
Impeachment
is only a formal statement of charges and is thus only the first step towards
removal. Once an individual is impeached, he or she must then face the trial
for conviction via legislative vote, which then determines the removal of that
individual from office. Impeachment generally involves high office achievers
that are why it requires super majority to vote.
Formerly,
two U.S. Presidents have been impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives;
Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1999, but both were later acquitted
by the U.S. Senate. No US President till date has been removed from the office
on impeachment or conviction.
Cohen
is another Trump ally to be charged as a result of Mr. Mueller’s investigation,
as former national security chief Michael Flynn and aide George Papadopoulos
also admitted lying to the FBI over the Trump camp’s associations with Russia.
Trump has hit back to the claims questioning the legality of both the raids and the tape, writing in his tweet: “Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the morning) - almost unheard of.
Donald
Trump has stated that if he is impeached then USA economy would be finished and
everyone will be poor. He also accused Cohen for making up stories against him
and getting a great deal from prosecutors.
The
world is going through number of natural changes where the game is played by
intel like what has been played by KGB to CIA?
The
USA administration is coming under continued pressure because of the daily changes
in politics because of legal battle on allegations against Donald Trump , which
can lead to impeachment of the President Donald Trump . These pressures on
President Trump certainly have disturbed him badly
The
ongoing investigations against the President are indirectly affecting the USA
International policies and its effects can be seen on South Asia especially
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The
present USA internal political row coupled with FBI is certainly not allowing
President Donald Trump to pay more attention to the International issues
related to USA.
The Article has been Published in
‘’The Nation’’ on September 05th, 2018
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