Here are the results of our “Trump Let Russia Murder Our Troops” Poll.  Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories.   Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population.  Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect the thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

And here are your comments.

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Posted by Lynn Squance  July 30, 2020 at 7:55 am. From:  (CA)    

 

This morning (30/07/20), Trump “floated” the idea of delaying the November election which he has no authority to do according to Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution, such authority belonging to the Congress. If he actually tries this, I would hope that even his supporters (I won’t hold my breath!) would see this as a desperate attempt to subvert the rule of law (the Constitution) and the will of the people. This is clearly a move for his own interests since other credible options for the election have been floated but met with resistance by Trump and some Republicans. In my non legal opinion, if Trump carried out his “suggestion”, the word treason comes to mind. After all, does not his oath of office include the words “all enemies, foreign and domestic” (or words to that effect)! Trump needs to go and the sooner, the better!

 

Posted by jl  July 3, 2020 at 3:20 am. From: (US)    

 

The assumption that the G7 effort was directly tied to the bounties effort probably has too little evidence–could well be continued effort for 2016 and/or 2020 election, for example…might need to include multiple instances of actions helping Russia vs. protecting/helping U.S. to support a charge of treason.

 

Posted by JL in reply to jl  20 hours ago.  From:  (US)    

 

I think now that the postponing election idea has been floated, with condemnation by so many GOP voices, including co-founder of The Federalist Society, that this one is now the impeachable issue that will garner sufficient GOP support to actually convict.

 

Posted by P Bowen  July 2, 2020 at 3:56 am. From: (US)    

 

As the President of the United States, this man has done everything and acts for the good of Russia. As President he has lied, deflected, and acted as a foreign agent (for Putin), and has hobnobbed with the dictators. He needs to be impeached.

 

Posted by Lynn Squance  July 1, 2020 at 4:39 pm. From:  (CA)    

 

I voted “treason and impeach” however I doubt that this meets the legal definition of treason. Having said that, his actions are completely against the US common good and I would think against his oath of office. I believe he should be impeached by the House but the Republican Senate will never convict, just like the last time. But WOW — a president impeached twice during his first and hopefully only term. That is another high point, or low point if you like, to Trump’s BS residency! I hope that the law can come after him once he is out of office in 01/2021. Benedict Arnold will come up a bit only to be replaced by Donald J Trump at the bottom of the American ash heap.

 

Posted by Lona Goudswaard  July 1, 2020 at 4:03 pm. From:  (AU)    

 

I understand that strictly legally speaking this isn’t treason. Hardly anything is. But as a President, he should be impeached for it. But then he should have been impeached for so many other things too but never was, right?

 

Posted by Colleen L  July 1, 2020 at 11:34 am. From:  (US)    

 

It has come down to where tRump has gotten away with so many criminal acts, that it surprises me that he’s still capable of sitting in the Oval Office.

Again he’s using his usual saying, that he wasn’t told, or knew anything about it. When we have others saying that it was brought up to his at a certain date meeting.

He has shown more respect for Russia than he has for the U.S. We’ve seen it when he was belittling the CIA when there checking the Russia involvement with his election.

I hope they actually something about this and that it’s not just something that gets ignored or forgotten.

 

Posted by Joanne D  July 1, 2020 at 7:50 am. From:  (US)    

 

I have to draw a distinction between what is actually in the Constitution and what our principles and beliefs, as well as the use of a word in the language, overwhelmingly tell us. With that distinction, it is not treason. I could put it differently and say, sure it’s treason – butit doesn’t fit the legal definition of treason, which is so narrow that no one could ever be convicted on it. But that doesn’t mean he cannot be impeached on it. While it is not as cut and dried legally as extortion, it carries a heck of a lot more emotion, and more people in both parties are more disturbed by it than they were by extortion – especially by extortion of foreign nation – “are those even people?”

I voted with the vast majority that it is treason, and Congress should impeach Trump*.  I called it treason, because, although undeclared, Afghanistan is a shooting war, and for Russia to finance killing our troops is an act of war against the US.  Trump* is aiding and abetting Russia in that act of war, and that’s treason.  Although the Republican bastards in the Senate will not do their job and convict Trump*, he should be impeached because we have a duty to do so, and because it’s the right thing to do.  Trump* should be Trump**. or even Trump********************.

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