Bully Caves, Commits Treason on the Way Out the Door

So like bullies everywhere, he is a coward inside, and when someone stands up to him, he caves.  We've seen this behavior throughout his time in the White House, and also in his life before that.  And now, at the end (hopefully) of his ability to wreck all of our lives, he goes out the way he came in.  

First, he tried every dirty, mean trick that he could think of to get what he wanted, regardless of any notion of right or wrong.  And as that has failed-imagine his surprise to run into State Republican officials who were not as corrupt as he and his associates are- he is acting today like he will just slink away and hide in the shadows.

Of course, we know he never thinks more than a day into the future, so he may be back tomorrow or next week or next month with a new scheme to steal our country from us, but at least for the moment, he seems to be taking the coward's way out.  And hooray for that, if it is true.

Anyway, look at what he is pulling on the way out the door.  Today, he announced that he is pulling the United States out of the Clear Skies treaty.  This is probably illegal, as the law requires four months notification of Congress before abrogating this treaty, but since when has illegality ever stopped Trump?

And let us be clear what this means.  There are 34 nations that signed on to this treaty, which allows signatories to conduct air flights over the territories of other signatories, to examine military activity.  Many of these countries are our (former?) European allies.  Trump is leaving them blind to any Russian military activity behind its borders, such as the massing of troops in preparation for an invasion.  Furthermore, Trump has ordered the special planes that are allowed to do these flyovers scrapped immediately, to prevent the incoming Biden administration from even trying to resurrect the treaty.  The planes, dating from the 1960's, were due to be replaced shortly, but last summer Trump cancelled the money appropriated for that purpose, making sure that we would not be able to continue enforcing this treaty.

And let us be clear:  this is a danger not only to our security, but to the security of our allies, and benefits absolutely nobody but Vladimir Putin.  This is hardly the first time that Trump has betrayed our country in aid of Putin, but it is one of the most treacherous.  And let me be clear here: this is Constitutional treason; i.e. adhering to the enemy, giving them aid and comfort.  The Republicans love to throw around the word treason for everything Democrats try to do, in a deliberate effort to devalue the act in the eyes of the American people, but this is the real thing, as serious as anything Benedict Arnold or Jefferson Davis ever did.  And the Democrats will just let him get away with it, guaranteeing that any future Republican feels perfectly free to betray our county again.