It is also evidence that for Trump, anything including our national security, is secondary to his political ambitions. This is particularly galling given that for decades the Republican Party has presented themselves to the American people as the party of national security. For Republican elected officials, particularly those who view themselves as foreign policy experts who have a hawkish concern for American national security, the choice should be easy-denounce Donald Trump as a threat to national security and unfit to lead their party. Doing that will lead to an unpleasant battle with Trump, primarily on Twitter, the medium Trump has mastered best, but it is also an opportunity for them to demonstrate that for them national security indeed transcends partisanship. Those Republicans who prefer to be silent hoping that Putin does not take Trump up on his invitation, may contribute to defeating Clinton, but they also will have forfeited their right to ever tell the American people anything about national security and will have demonstrated that despite their tough talk, it is partisanship not concerns about national security that is behind their bluster.

Source: Huffington Post July 28, 2016 16:18 UTC