It's clear many here fail to grasp the enormity of the election of the Russian stooge, Donald Trump. All week we have witnessed the amazing spectacle of the president-elect deriding the credibility of the US intelligence establishment in the interest of defending Russia against the charge of influencing the election. James Woolsey abruptly quit the Trump transition team last night, explaining to CNN that he did not want to "fly under false colors." While Woolsey may have been referring simply to his discomfort at being presented as a senior advisor when in actuality he was being shut out of the process, his choice of words was suggestive.

If Trump released his tax returns it might end speculation of his financial entanglements with Russian oligarchs. This is the man who for years demanded President Obama's birth certificate to "prove" the president's legitimacy. The terrible irony of it all.