What’s at Stake in Trump’s Impeachment and Conviction

If the impeachment and Conviction of President Trump fails, he may occupy the White House until January 2025. I am taking this opportunity to put a stake in the ground. I may be wrong on the specifics, but the theme is what I am calling here. This is a brief historical summary of our future if we fail to remove this disastrous individual from office:

Among many other harmful outcomes for Americans and the World, Trump and Putin will have (if they don’t already) a meeting of the minds, allowing Russia to carve out a sphere of influence in the former Soviet Union, and beyond. This will be akin to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in which millions of people were traded between authoritarians, forced to live under tyranny for more than fifty years. Trump wants to have a grand bargain with Russia. His second term, when there are no checks on his power, would be his chance to achieve this outcome.

As part of that bargain, Ukraine will be the absorbed into a political entity greater than the current Russian Federation, which will be led by Vladimir Putin. It will not be alone, as Belarus will likely already be inside. Putin is term-limited by the Constitution of The Russian Federation, but he is not yet done being in charge as bad things happen to those who are no longer holding the reigns of power in Russia. Thus, he is working to create something greater than Russia, which he can lead. Belarus is the first state which will willingly help form this entity. Ukraine will be its first unwilling target for absorption.

After Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, will be targeted. If left to their own devices, despite NATO membership, they will also be absorbed. Other targets for absorption will be Georgia, Moldova Kazakhstan, etc through the list to the likely last holdouts of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.

This will recreate an Empire led by Russia. Still weak as compared to China, this imperial Russia will seek to dominate Finland, Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, and its other near neighbors.

Does this all sound familiar? It should. Nothing here is out of historical context. Nothing here is unforeseeable. Nothing here must happen if we remove Trump from office and elect a President willing to stand up for democratic values both at home and around the world. We must protect the world so many gave their lives to save in The 20th Century’s War. The first step is removing this friend of a resurgent Russia who currently inhabits the White House.