High Crimes and Misdemeanors would be an easy play. Treason wouldn't be unreasonable either: A high school debate team could make the point that ignoring a foreign power paying to have our troops shot simply because you have business interests with them would be "Adhering to their enemies". I'm with am_Unition. If I were Congress I'd make a run at it for damn sure. Now is a time where Democrats could wrap themselves in the flag all day long.In Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, treason is specifically limited to levying war against the US, or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
The House could get it done pretty quick, they're practiced. I think it's a question of if this is egregious enough for folks to step forward, whether to testify, whistleblow, or leak. Then, the Senate GOP squirm. This seems pretty egregious, to me. The strongest case for actual treason yet.
I mean let's suppose it's September of 1971 and Woodward and Bernstein reveal that the People's Republic of China had been paying the Vietcong a bounty for shooting American soldiers, and that William Colby briefed Nixon in June. Nixon knew, but he didn't tell the public because it would interfere with his visit to China in July. FUCK the watergate breakin, yo. That shit would be sorted.
I think he'll do anything to get re-elected, and somehow thinks this is his path. He believes he requires help from Russia this dearly, or is worried of blackmail. It always sounded so conspiratorial to so many people. I don't know how else to explain dereliction of duty in protecting active American soldiers.
You're overthinking it. Trump wants praise. He does what gets him praise. There is a large proportion of the world that will never praise him, so he does what the praisers like. And he knows that owning the libs is what they like the best. At the end of the day, he's our first troll president, elected by trolls, to troll the country.
Maybe I do overthink it. The trolololol is certainly true, to a high degree. I still personally believe the "White House or jail house" narrative best explains his mindset. Maybe we'll even live to find out?