So if Trump is now asking Russia to commit espionage against the US for personal political gain...

[gohuskies]

My interpretation is that this is treasonous action and that he is now out in the open as a Russian mole. Unbelievable, and couple that with the lie-everuy-minute shows he is totally not a credible person to occupy the Oval Office.

[liberal N proud]

1. He should be charged with Treason

[kimbutgar]

2. What's scary is he is going to get national security briefings!

Will he be passing them on to Putin. I wish someone in the media would ask that question.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. The security agencies will determine what information he gets.

My hope is that they give him some disinformation that purports to affect Russian interests, and if that material turns up in Russia (and the NSA will know this because Trump is too stupid to be a really effective spy), he's busted.

[kimbutgar]

6. We can only hope if he gets busted

That con man needs to go down.

[kestrel91316]

8. This is exactly what I've been saying.

Either him or that Russian handler of his (Manafort) or maybe both will go down for espionage.

[obamanut2012]

4. Could also be slapped with RICO charges

They can be enforced internationally.

[niyad]

5. he is not even a credible human being

(note to whichever alien race planted him here--you really need to do a better job with these pod types. they simply do not pass muster)

[Johnny2X2X]

7. double standard

If Trump were a Dem the Republicans would have demanded he drop out of the election and they would have sent law enforcement to wherever he is to arrest him immediately.

This is absolutely insane. There was already a lot of smoke, but the Trump flat out asks Russia publicly to commit crimes against the US so he can gain politically. The FBI was already investigating.

This is not political, this guy cannot have classified info, period, he will give it directly to Putin and Putin will use it to harm or kill Americans. And can you imagine him getting the nuclear codes? My word, he'd text them to Putin the minute he got them.

[auntpurl]

10. He'll TWEET them to Putin as soon as he gets them!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. LOCK HIM UP!

LOCK HIM UP!

LOCK HIM UP!

LOCK HIM UP!

[peggysue2]

11. This is what happens

when you need to raise the outrageous meter to get attention, day-in, day-out. Trump is a sociopathic narcissist and can't stand being out of the limelight for 60 seconds, let alone a week. The Democratic Convention is getting 24/7 coverage, so The Donald comes out with a 'look at me' presser and appeals to a foreign entity to hack the United States.

Remember, this unhinged man child believes all publicity is good publicity, treasonous or not.

Just another episode in Donny's reality TV campaign. Just another reason he must be trounced in November.