re: #390 EPR-radar

I overstated my position in #381 — tr*mp and company should get the benefit of due process of law as they are (hopefully) tried for their crimes.

However, leaking the transcripts of tr*mp’s call with foreign leaders was a positive development. The hard core tr*mpists won’t care, but it does make it more difficult for the enablers and both-siderists to normalize tr*mp.

I can’t agree, because of the precedent it establishes. Whatever else Trump is, he IS the President, and will be until he resigns, is removed, completes his term, or dies. The President - whoever he might be - needs to be able to have private conversations with other heads of state. By accepting this, because it makes Trump look bad, means we are in no position to object if its OUR ox being gored.

This doesn’t just damage Trump. It damages the Presidency.

And yeah, I’ll admit - I glanced through the transcripts.