from the New York Times, T. Friedman:
"Our democracy is in serious danger.
President Trump is either totally compromised by the Russians or is a towering fool, or both, but either way he has shown himself unwilling or unable to defend America against a Russian campaign to divide and undermine our democracy. That is, either Trump’s real estate empire has taken such large amounts of money from shady oligarchs linked to the Kremlin — so much that they literally own him; or Trump actually believes Russian President Vladimir Putin when he says he is innocent of intervening in our elections — over the explicit findings of Trump’s own C.I.A., N.S.A. and F.B.I. chiefs."
President Trump is either totally compromised by the Russians or is a towering fool, or both, but either way he has shown himself unwilling or unable to defend America against a Russian campaign to divide and undermine our democracy. That is, either Trump’s real estate empire has taken such large amounts of money from shady oligarchs linked to the Kremlin — so much that they literally own him; or Trump actually believes Russian President Vladimir Putin when he says he is innocent of intervening in our elections — over the explicit findings of Trump’s own C.I.A., N.S.A. and F.B.I. chiefs."
There's more in the article, including discussion of "Trump’s behavior continues to amount to a refusal to carry out his oath of office — to protect and defend the Constitution." That a newspaper of note would essentially openly accuse a sitting president of treason shows how far our nation has fallen in just over one year.
The article goes on to state: "In sum, Trump is either hiding something so threatening to himself, or he’s criminally incompetent to be commander in chief. Whatever it is, Trump is either trying so hard to hide it or is so naïve about Russia that he is ready to not only resist mounting a proper defense of our democracy, he’s actually undermining some of our most important institutions, the F.B.I. and Justice Department, to keep his compromised status hidden.
That must not be tolerated. This is code red. The biggest threat to the integrity of our democracy today is in the Oval Office." - NYT, Friedman
That must not be tolerated. This is code red. The biggest threat to the integrity of our democracy today is in the Oval Office." - NYT, Friedman
Remember, you didn't hear any of this from me. It's all somebody else's fault, anyway.
Donald J. Trump is anti-democracy. Definitely Un-American. Those of you continuing to justify support of this trainwreck? The same.
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