In addition to it being naked cowardice, it's also a public admission of defeat.

The Coward in Chief has one path left: destroy his critics.

We'll see it happening right before our eyes, and the whole world will suffer.

Will Congress stop it? Maybe, but I'm not counting on any of those petty Sarumans fawning over the Lord of Cowardice to do anything but try to ride the storm to power and wealth.