They've set up an intellectual context in which those who believe in Capitalism and freedom are (a) the reason for all the ills of humanity, and (b) going to destroy civilization, and the Earth itself. Naturally, since the United States is situated on the surface of the earth, Trump is a threat to the United States.
This is literally true. All you have to do is listen to what they say.
Steely, you are 100% correct. She is a college educated modern American. She is like the humorless Nazi officials who believed they were the masters of the universe. There’s no point in investigating and questioning them. They are engaged in an imaginary great Civil War. All we can do as a people is bring them up on charges such as Treason or Sedition and imprison them. Either America today finds the will to call what they did Treason or we are done.
Will this be true after all the gnashing of teeth in DC:
“None dare call it treason...”?