Lost Amidst The Garbage

​     So far Donald Trump has:

   Refused to divest himself of his business interests in foreign countries;

​...dangled in front of the president of Ukraine military aid and a visit to the White House in exchange for Ukraine digging up dirt,

...on political rival Joe Biden;

​...directed China to investigate Joe Biden, warning that country that the United States had "tremendous power" and "lots of options;"

...threatened the safety of and attempted to intimidate an anonymous Federal whistle blower by calling them a spy and intimating that they should be put to death; called for Adam Schiff, the United States Representative heading Trump's impeachment investigation, to be arrested for treason;

...withheld State Department documents requested by Congress; and blocked Gordon Sondland, American Ambassador to the United Kingdom and a key witness in the investigation, from testifying before Congress.

   And those are just some the impeachable offenses committed so far by Donald Trump. Tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that more offenses are likely to be added to the list, as Trump seems unable to stop himself from adding more manure day by day to the dung heap of wrong-doing that will eventually bury him and his presidency.
        But amidst the ever-expanding cyclone of Trump impeachment-related stories that sucks all the oxygen from the news cycles these days, appeared a news story last week that surfaced only briefly at the edge of the garbage swirl before it spiraled away.
        Does anybody still remember the October 1 New York Times article by Michael D. Shear and Julie Hirschfeld Davis in which anonymous White House officials leaked that Donald Trump wanted a moat filled with poisonous snakes or alligators around his southern border wall, which he wanted electrified and topped with sharp, flesh-tearing spikes? These officials also shared that Trump wanted U.S. soldiers stationed at the border to shoot migrants in the legs. He had to be convinced by aides that none of those approaches were options.
      Which brings me to my point: While Donald Trump attempting to use the power of President of the United States to extort other countries for his political gain certainly merits impeachment, should his directing soldiers to shoot migrants in the legs not also be grounds?
​    Is giving such a directive to shoot defenseless, desperate men, women and children in the legs,

...not even worse than trying to shake down the president of Ukraine?
     Should anyone possessed of such boundless cruelty even be allowed to rule our country?
       After the New York Times story broke Trump, while he did not deny that he had wanted immigrants shot in the legs, did deny that he had asked for the alligators, snakes, and spike-topped electric fence. Which, of course, means nothing, because if there's one thing this country has learned, it's that Donald Trump's word means nothing.
         And, as a matter of fact, shouldn't being a profligate liar be in and of itself grounds  enough for impeachment?

References:
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-inquiry-10-05-2019/index.html (Insulted Romney)

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/politics/romney-trump-china-ukraine-rebuke/index.html

https://nypost.com/2019/10/08/china-rejects-trumps-call-to-investigate-joe-biden-son-hunter/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/30/donald-trump-has-put-whistleblower-in-danger-lawyers-say-ukraine-impeachment

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-calls-rep-adam-schiff-arrested-for-treason-2019-9

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-adam-schiff-treason-impeachment_n_5d91f4f8e4b0e9e760500be1

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/schiff-hints-hell-push-house-to-impeach-trump-for-blocking-witnesses

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html