Trump and the Nation's Secrets

I'm watching the news on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Which, to be honest, is like all the other days in the week. Anyhow... regarding Trump and his possession of top secret national security documents... Trump claims this is a witch hunt, and Biden is targeting him because he is a political opponent. Even Trump's Republican opponents for the presidency claim it is so.

Let's say, OK, that's true. Joe Biden targeted Trump on purpose. It was all politics. Spot on. Great observation Mr. Trump. You caught him.

So what?

There is no one disputing the fact that Trump had these documents. Boxes and boxes of them, many containing the most sensitive of national secrets, such as plans to invade Iran, and our nuclear capabilities. No one is saying that is not true.

When asked why he has them, Trump replies "It's a witch hunt!" and dodges the simple question. Trump has never said why he possesses information that, should it get in the wrong hands, would be extremely dangerous to our country. Only that he is being targeted.

The FBI says he also possessed them illegally. A grand jury of American citizens believes that he may have as well. Trump says he has not and points to the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

Let's say Trump is right. As a former president, he can have information in his possession that could destroy the United States. No laws broken. That brings us to why. Why does Trump feel a need to own this information?

There is one, and only one, answer. Having that information is valuable to Trump. He looks at them as an asset. A business asset. Certainly, they have no sentimental value. They are goods that have value to certain customers. They are worth money.

We all know that Trump has no morals. From cheating on his wives, to cheating his business associates, to lying to banks, to stealing from students of his phony university, to stealing from his fraudulent Trump Foundation. Trump finds value and capitalizes on it.

Witch hunt or not. Presidential Records Act not withstanding. There is one, and only one, reason that Trump had those documents. To sell. He stole them from the White House. When it was learned that he had them, he refused to surrender them to the FBI. He did everything he could to obstruct justice.

Trump is a businessman, his MAGA followers say. Yes, he most definitely is.