Whither Goest The President ???

People are whining at President Trump for not taking the lead in the fight against COVID-19. Here's one example:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/letters/coronavirus-trump.html

And people are whining at President Trump for taking action against rioters in Portland, Oregon. Here is one such report:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/us/analysis-portland-protests-federal-agents/index.html

It appears the whiners will only be satisfied if the President does what THEY want.

Well, guess what? He's the office holder, so what he does and how he does it are HIS choices. The cabinet and the Congress are there to advise him, but not to tell him what to do. He has made a POLICY choice, and if you don't like it we've got an election coming up in a few months.

As for those of you who say his actions are "unconstitutional", I guess you didn't read these parts of the document:

Article I, Section 8
The Congress shall have Power
15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions ...

Article II, Section 2
1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States ...

I think one can argue whether calling up and deploying federal forces at this time was LEGAL, but since what is happening is CLEARLY an insurrection and NOT a peaceful protest, it's ridiculous to claim Trump's actions are unconstitutional. Even the Posse Comitatus Act (Section 1385 of Title 18 USC) appears to support Trump's actions:

Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Suppressing an insurrection is clearly "under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution". Anyone hindering the President's ability to carry out his duty to do so is giving aid and comfort to the insurrectionists, are they not? So what does that tell you?

Update 7/22/2020

According to this assessment, Trump has been using Homeland Security powers to fight the insurrection:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/facing-unrest-on-american-streets-trump-turns-homeland-security-powers-inward/2020/07/21/655e7822-cb71-11ea-89ce-ac7d5e4a5a38_story.html

Can you think of a more logical use for such powers? Terror is terror, and can anyone truthfully deny that US insurrectionists are in fact terrorists?

By the way, the US has been in a declared state of emergency continuously since 9/11. If Congress doesn't want federal forces to be used for such purposes, then why do they keep renewing the declaration every year?