Ā Americaās democracy and its foundational institutions of governance face a consequential dilemma. Unfortunately, this dilemma involves Trumpās personification of evil and his ability to corrupt others. The central tenet of this dilemma is whether TrumpĀ can corrupt the Republican Party and its base against their will, or can he only feed and elicit their inherent corruption? Or does he possess a silver-tongue? Thereby, as a silver-tongued serial corruptor, heās able to convince others to blindly do his corruptible biddings.