Crossing the Line

THE FACTS ARE IRREFUTABLE, proven and established to everyone's satisfaction, beyond any reasonable doubt. Congress approved a weapons sale to the Ukraine. The president approved it, then put it on hold. He then called the president of the Ukraine, and during the conversation urged, evidently repeatedly and earnestly, that the Ukrainian government investigate Joe Biden's son's activities in the Ukraine, and seek to uncover corruption, dirt against the Bidens, Trump's political opponents. That, of itself, is problematic, highly. As to the exact communication, the words spoken by Mr. trump, maybe we'll find out more, maybe we won't. the whistle blower, whoever he or she is, wants to testify to congress, so, presumably, he or she thinks he or she has something worth reporting. The problem with Trump handing over a copy of the actual conversation is that, of course, it might be doctored, with incriminating words omitted. we have now reached the point, and actually probably reached it long ago, when the president absolutely must be removed from office, just to save the country, if nothing else. His perfidy, in word and deed, is pervasive, overwhelming. No amount of spin doctoring, the kind such as Trump's millions of supporters seem intent on desperately upon us, will suffice. the time has come, and likely has long since, for all Trump supporters to withdraw their support, and admit that they made a dreadful mistake. We elected a criminal to the presidency, and are getting what we deserve, cows coming home to roost, and all that. Anyone supporting Trump at this point is supporting a traitor, a president who at least twice has sought assistance from foreign governments in gaining and keeping power, first from the Russians, now, this. Trump was elected in the first place by welcoming and accepting foreign assistance, and by not doing anything to stop it. That's traitorous. Surely all good Americans agree that we do not want other countries deciding who our president is, do we? Nightmarishly, there is a good argument to be made, based on statistical evidence, that Donald J. trump was elected in 2016 because of and only because of two things; American non voters, and Russian intervention. To support Donald Trump at this point, to favor any other of action than his immediate resignation, is simply un-American.