Here are some samples of the 27 grievances that inspired our Founding Fathers to draft the Declaration and free our people from the rule of a corrupt king.
#1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
#2. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained
#3. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature
#4 He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, and also uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.”
#5 He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.“
#6 He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose, obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners.
#8 He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.”
#9 He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.”
#10 He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.”
#11 He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.”
#12 He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.”
#13 He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:”
#14 For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:”
#15 For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:”
#16 For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world”.
#17 For imposing taxes on us without our consent:”
#18 For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:”
#19 For transporting us beyond the seas to be tried for pretended offenses:
( The seven additional grievances are available online)
No person who can read, has comprehension skills, and is patriotic can argue that Trump has governed in the tradition of King George III. By Trump expressing pride in being compared to heinous historical dictators and tyrants like Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Mao Tse Tung, Hitler, Attila The Hun, Ghengis Khan, and Joseph Stalin, he must be seen as extremely dangerous for America, it’s citizens, and democracy. ( Regime Change by Haberman and Swan, 2026).
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