The recent revelation that President Trump may have disregarded intelligence reports that Russia had offered a bounty on American soldiers has led the veterans’ group VoteVets to compare him to the notorious traitor Benedict Arnold. While Arnold is generally used as a generic caricature for treason, the comparison is actually apt in many ways, an insult to Arnold in others, and a cautionary tale for all of us. Like Trump, Arnold was extremely full of himself. While not so overtly narcissistic as Trump, Arno … (read more)