Tuesday’s debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was riveting and drew a worldwide audience. But one of Trump’s most disturbing threats got lost in the flood of post-debate analyses. It was a brief remark but a clear threat to the rule of law. Trump made a boast that would violate the Logan Act, which makes it a felony for private citizens, including presidents-elect, to interfere in foreign policy. Its non-enforcement over time may have emboldened Trump, but it remains the law and both he and the voters need to keep that in mind – for him, to invite yet another investigation, and for the voters, to consider what this, along with the other evidence, says about his fitness for the nation’s highest office.
Midway through the debate, ABC News host and co-moderator David Muir asked Trump “a very simple question” about the Russo-Ukrainian War: “Do you want Ukraine to win this war?” In response, Mr. Trump went on for over 400 words, without ever answering Muir’s question. Along the way, however, he offered the following:
