Trump Sullies Presidents' Day With Talk of Treason

On a day set aside to honor him and the 44 other men who held the office previously, President Trump casually claimed former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were "planning an illegal act" calling the potential invocation of the 25th Amendment to have Trump removed from office "an illegal and treasonous insurance policy".

All of this comes 24 hours after Trump, angry over a SNL skit in which Alec Baldwin lampooned his National Emergency declaration, tweeted:

Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC! Question is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution? Likewise for many other shows? Very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real Collusion!

Without retribution? Should be looked into? Evidently, Trump has been spending too much time with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.

Mind you, this is the man who less than a fortnight ago during the SOTU proclaimed "we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution." Of course, I didn't believe a word he said. As I wrote at the time, "This coming from the master of revenge, resistance and retribution. In truth, Trump only rejects the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution when it is directed against him."

Now it could be the case that Trump knows his Wall will never be erected and with the Ann Coulters of the world mad at him he needs to do something to rally his base. His most ardent supporters might call it seven dimensional chess, but any President who publicly demands "retribution" of those who lampoon him and invokes treason against those who are upholding the Constitution is neither fit nor worthy of his office and only reinforces the viability of the 25th Amendment. 

With that said, I don't think the 25th Amendment is such a hot idea. We are still a free people with free elections (however Russia might try to interfere). If we want to restore Presidents' Day to its former glory it would be far better to defeat Trump at the polls rather than pursue the 25th Amendment or impeachment. While there is still a chance of defeating Trump in 2020 those other options should be taken off the table. Better to elect than install a new President.