Backstabbing the NationThrice

 ON THREE DISTINCT OCCASIONS Donald Trump clearly revealed himself to be a traitor, and each time his supporters and associates either denied teh facts, quietly acquiesced to the traitorous behavior, or actively celebrated and supported it, thus becoming accessories to treason. Because of this, they are no better than he. During the 2016 election campaign, Trump was fully aware of Russian assistance to him, and instead of trying to stop it, he welcomed it. Trump tried without success to blackmail to foreign government for damaging information about a political opponent,  and now, this. This is trump's refusal to acknowledge defeat in an election hr lost by a large and obvious margin, completely fairly.his defeat of Hillary in the twenty sixteen election by the same electoral margin he called a 'landslide". That election truly was corrupted, tainted, rigged, by Russian interference, according to the FBI and the CIA, and of course Trump and his supporters denied it completely. The twenty twenty election he says was stolen from him, when in fact he, his associates and his supporters are trying to steal it from Joe Biden. Trump and his supporters are nototious for smearing and slandering their political opponents with false accusations. Trump's opponents, and objective observers respond with truth and facts about Trump, and those truths make Trump look bad, and Trump and his supporters respond by denying the truthful messages and shooting the messenger with verbal slander. This is the most egregious behavior possible. This election is a prime example. trump and his supporters are at best very poor losers, failing to acknowledge defeat and congratulate the winner, and at worst they are traitors, seeking to steal the election by casting doubt on its results, betraying the country by disrupting and damaging the democratic process.The pity is that there are so many of these immoral people, and that they are in such deadly earnest in their pathetic, unpatriotic, delusional folly. When Trump was elected I pledged to give him a fair chance, while clearly indicating that I had no respect for him nor for those who voted for him. I had been aware of Trump's behavior for forty years, and had heard the Access Hollywood tape. that, plus his obvious racism and xenophobia were sufficient to turn me against him.  We owe everyone a fair chance. My attitude has not changed during his presidency, based on his behavior and his supporter's acceptance of it. My hatred of him has grown. I condemn him as a traitor and a criminal, and for his supporters I have only resentment and contempt, for their immorality, and their persistently despicable behavior. Their refusal to accept the election results is fitting, for it constitutes a final barrage of reprehensible behavior for a demagogue and his cult following, as they fade into the past, mercifully, for decent people everywhere.