Hello, Mr. President. It’s me, again.

You may remember that I wrote to you about single-payer healthcare. I never heard back from you, so I assume you’re still working on it. But this time I’m not writing about what you can do for me. I’m writing to give you some advice that may be helpful to you. I know you’re going through some troubling times, and I think you should do the one thing that nobody is expecting you to do. You should resign. But you won’t be resigning in disgrace; you’ve done nothing wrong! You are resigning in protest of the very, very unfair way you’ve been treated. That would show everyone. That would show them all!

The Democrats would be horrified by this very smart move. They were counting on a long drawn-out impeachment process that would drag your name through the mud between now and the election. You can rob them of that. Instead, they get President Mike Pence, who would be his own nightmare for them, injecting religion into politics in a way they never had to worry about from you. The Republicans love you, and rightfully so, because you give them the tax cuts and judges they so badly desire. So where are they now? Instead of keeping silent, they should be out vigorously defending you. No, they will not truly appreciate you until you’re gone. They will beg you to come back, and then you can remind them of their disloyalty.

Let’s face it: there’s a recession coming. Your decision to start an unprovoked trade war with China was absolutely brilliant, sir. Unfortunately, a lack of domestic support gave the Chinese too much confidence in their position because our threats weren’t credible. The Dems may never fully appreciate how much damage they caused. So why should you get the blame for the subsequent recession? If you resign now, the burden will fall on Mike Pence who, let’s be honest, was never really a team player. All of the charts will show a healthy economy under President Trump, with the dip coming later. What’s more, your resignation will trigger a market crash (your leadership was the only thing keeping it afloat) and your legacy will be even more secured. Then, they’ll all be sorry. Believe me.

Resignation will also make all of your legal troubles go away. It was all fake news anyway, driven by the partisan political agenda of the Dems. So once you’re out of power, there won’t be any reason for anyone to prosecute you for their made-up accusations of tax fraud, treason, or crimes against humanity. You can go back to your old wonderful life, maybe even retire to upstate New York. I hear Ossining is nice.

This country never appreciated you and never deserved you. You did them a favor by running and how did they repay you? You have a chance to set the terms of your departure. Sure, you’d have won in 2020, and now nobody will ever be able to say otherwise. It’s time to go, sir. And once you do, they won’t have Donald Trump to kick around anymore.

I invert any trig function back where it came;
I am Joan La Pucelle by her better-known name;
How a plot will develop as writers would frame;
And a slice of circumference with angle the same.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Bronx Richie. See comments for answer.

I was planning a rant about the Ukraine scandal this morning, but the Atlantic article “If This Isn’t Impeachable, Nothing Is” says everything I was going to say and more. I can’t even pull a quote; just please go read it and then come back and enjoy the anagram.

So basically, the timeline is this:

1. The Mueller Report was released. It detailed how the Russians interfered in the 2016 election, how the Trump campaign was aware of and welcomed that help, and how President Trump attempted to obstruct the investigation into his involvement no fewer than ten times.
2. The Republicans chose to put party over country and the Democrats decided to cower in the corner, and the President was not held accountable in any way for his actions.
3. The President, having been emboldened by his perceived invincibility, explicitly tried to strong-arm a foreign power to interfere in the 2020 election on his behalf by manufacturing fake evidence of wrongdoing by his political opposition.

It is now incumbent upon Congress to impeach. Failing to do so at this point is a dereliction of duty. It is no longer enough to say that we can’t do it because the Senate won’t convict. I think Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put it best (regarding calls for impeachment made before this particular scandal broke):

I want to see every Republican go on the record and knowingly vote against impeachment of this president, knowing his corruption, having it on the record so that they can have that stain on their careers for the rest of their lives, because this is outrageous to protect the amount of lawlessness and corruption coming out of this presidency.

On the other hand, if this President is still not held accountable, even for something as outrageous as this, what else will he then feel entitled to do? At some point, we have to stop blaming him for all of this, if the rest of us are willing to just sit back and allow it all to happen.

From Timon of Athens:

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Shift around the letters, and it becomes:

Congress must hold him in, as conmen.

Bye.

To the Romans, I’m D (yes, we’ve been here before);
I’m the miles the Proclaimers would walk (and then more);
I’m an Indy car race; I am Fortune’s top drawer;
And this riddle, by number, for those keeping score.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Trish White. See comments for answer.

I’m a state of good health; I’m a hole people sink;
A performance of excellence; storage for ink;
Gravitational field; the bar’s cheaper-brand drink;
And a word used before what you actually think.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

In many long sentences, I’m at the end;
I’m a third of a hockey game; her monthly friend;
An emphatic pronouncement you cannot amend;
And the time in each class that a student must spend.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.