Such behavior by an American president is so perverse, so contrary to American interests and values, that it leads to only one conclusion: Donald Trump is either an asset of Russian intelligence or really enjoys playing one on TV.
Everything that happened in Helsinki today only reinforces that conclusion. My fellow Americans, we are in trouble and we have some big decisions to make today. This was a historic moment in the entire history of the United States.
There is overwhelming evidence that our president, for the first time in our history, is deliberately or through gross negligence or because of his own twisted personality engaged in treasonous behavior — behavior that violates his oath of office to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Trump vacated that oath today, and Republicans can no longer run and hide from that fact.
Trump’s bad character, inferior management skills, abusive temperament and demagogic style were all in plain sight before the election. I don’t know that anybody could have predicted there would be a strong prima facie case for treason a mere 18-months into his administration, but I have a difficult time accepting that anybody, anywhere, actually believed that Trump would lead America to the sunlit uplands of the City on the Hill.
More realistically, I believe a lot of Americans were so eager to stick a finger in the eye of the accomplished people they despise, the people comfortable with modernity, that they didn’t stop to ask themselves what would happen once The Donald had broken everything. Now we know and, Yes, we are in trouble.