During President Donald Trump’s summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin, both leaders made controversial statements leading to accusations of treason.
Few words are defined so narrowly in law and used so commonly in anger, from politics to the playground.
Every nation has an infamous traitor. In Norway, he’s Quisling, the Nazi collaborator. In Britain, he’s Kim Philby, the Soviet mole. In America, he’s always been Benedict Arnold, the Continental Army officer who plotted to turn West Point over to the Redcoats in the Revolutionary War.
And now, after a news conference Monday in Finland, the term is being used in relation to the 45th president of the United States. Donald Trump, master of the political insult, finds himself on the receiving end.
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