Bolton

There's been a lot of agita on Left Twitter about accepting John Bolton as an ally in the fight against Trump. For some reason, there are those who think we need only allies who are pure in their past and their motives. That is ridiculous.

There are a few Never Trumpers who mean it.  And there were some Never Trumpers who moved back into his orbit but have since spun out again in the wake of the Ukraine scandal and the Syrian debacle. Yes, Bolton is not your friend.  Neither is Kristol or Walsh or Kasich. 

But the disagreements with those guys are primarily about what policies to enact.  They are inherently ideological and political.  Trump's rank corruption threatens the fabric of our constitutional democracy. Simply beating him in the next election is insufficient.  He must be destroyed and his political brand with him.  It's not enough to purge Trump from the Oval Office, we need to purge Trumpism from our politics. 

And sometimes that means working with odious war criminals like John Bolton.