Donald J. Trump, currently the President of the United States, is a traitor to his country. For the first time in the short history of these United States, the chief executive refuses to execute the first and greatest charge to holding his office: that of protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States.
Yet, it is reasonable to assume that he will never stand in a court of law, let alone the well of the Senate, for treason. The very thought of a sitting President having to answer for such charges is absolutely more than the nation could stomach but that does not take away from the gravity of his crimes, two of which are easily proven. Trump’s crimes make Watergate seem like child’s play in comparison.
Charge No. 1
Though the new adminstration was made aware of possible Russian influence in the electoral process, Trump has actively and consistently attempted to quash a legitimate investigation into the interference by a foreign adversary with the American electoral process, including firing the Director of the FBI, who was investigating claims of Russian interference. At every turn Trump has claimed that the Russians had nothing to do with the 2016 election, sometimes explicitly and sometimes by failing to admit there is a problem. That is treason.
Though no indictments have come down from the Mueller Commission against members of the Trump Administration, including the President himself, it is a fair to good bet that some will come down. Already his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, his National Security Advisor and three smaller fish have admitted to having committed crimes relating to the campaign, including making false statements to law enforcement in their efforts to mislead the investigation.
Charge No. 2
Trump, who as the constitutional officer charged with enforcing the law has refused to apply more stringent sanctions on Moscow, sanctions overwhelmingly voted for in both houses of Congress. He has claimed that such sanctions are simply not needed and therefore refuses to implement them. He therefore is aiding and abetting an enemy of the United States. That is treason. It is also dereliction of his duty to enforce constitutionally enacted laws.
Since the revelation of the Mueller indictments against the Russian operatives who did, in fact, work against the United States, Trump has been absolutely quiet, other than to claim, however weakly, that the indictments in fact prove his innocence.
As time moves on, the Mueller Commission will likely expose more insidious actions that Trump & Co. committed in order to get elected. There is simply too much smoke—smoke coming from a variety of directions—to even conceive that, as Trump has consistently maintained, “there is no collusion; there is no obstruction of justice.”
At the very least, Trump has committed high crimes and should be unceremoniously tossed out of the oval office. By definition he does not deserve the office which he has consistently misused for his own ends.