the institutions supporting our democracy will suffer irreparable harm. This harm will be even greater than that prophesized by Trump

 America’s democracy and its foundational institutions of governance face a consequential dilemma. Unfortunately, this dilemma involves Trump’s personification of evil and his ability to corrupt others. The central tenet of this dilemma is whether Trump  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, he’s able to convince others to blindly do his corruptible biddings. […]