Our constitutional democracy is now in extreme danger. When Donald Trump first took office, we began to realize that he was a serial liar, a gross manipulator and emotionally unstable. We also learned he was an inept businessman whose father had to bail him out of at least six bankruptcies, and therefore his business acumen and fiscal judgment were already suspect. Then as time went on, much to our chagrin, we realized that his lies and gross exaggerations were an intrinsic part of his nature and not merely situational occurrences. But most importantly, we learned that his pathological lies and emotional instability indicated a serious sociopathic condition that could allow him to inflict long-term damage to our democracy.

So now that he has lost his re-election, he is beginning to remove responsible people from the Pentagon and other security agencies, and replace them with sycophants who will do his bidding. The worst thing that Donald Trump can hear is that he is a loser. That’s why he will lash out indiscriminately and recklessly at anyone or anything he considers his enemy. Unfortunately, that enemy happens to be our constitutional democracy.