Subject: Re: Trump's Latest Russian Connection
Washington, of course, was not the only framer who viewed our Constitution largely as a bulwark against demagogues.

I might have missed a Washington quote above, in this or another thread, but here's one, from:

https://www.politico.com/magaz...

But the greatest danger could spring from the chaos of a dysfunctional democracy, compounded by relentless party warfare, which, Washington warned, would erode faith in the effectiveness of self-governance and open the door to a demagogue with authoritarian ambitions. “The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”(*)

That last bit describes Trump to a "T": self-salvation via the sacrifice of democracy. 😟

(*) The quote is from Washington's farewell address:

https://constitutioncenter.org...