Benedict Arnold tried to sell West Point to the British...

[Wounded Bear]

At the time, West Point was a key fort on the Hudson River. The British at the time were occupying New York City, and West Point blocked the Hudson river north to what we now know as Upstate New York. Arnold's treason was in arranging to surrender the fort and it's garrison to Gen'l Clinton, the British commander for money and a commission in the King's army. The plot was foiled, but Arnold escaped to the British and served them later in the war, commanding troops in Virginia and the Carolinas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold

Is selling Nuclear secrets equivalent to that? You decide.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Much, much worse. Trump had access to a huge amount of US classified material.

Much more than nuclear secrets.

All CIA agents, covert networks, etc.

US military weapon capability, locations, etc.

Dossiers on top level US government officials and other world leaders.

The list goes on an on.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Yeah, some of this is coming out now...nt

[central scrutinizer]

3. Maybe Quisling?

When Germany invaded Norway in 1940, Quisling attempted a pro-German coup against the government. He headed a pro-German administration from 1942 to 1945. His betrayal of Norway to Germany has made his name into a label for all collaborators and traitors.

Replace Nazi Germany with Russia and there are many parallels.

[hedda_foil]

4. Let's not get too far out in front of ourselves, Br'er Bear.

Is the orange one capable of selling nuclear secrets to the highest bidder or biggest flatterer? You bet.

Would that be worse than Benedict Arnold's treason? Unquestionably.

Has that happened? Your conjecture is plausible, possible, even likely.

BUT.... It's just a conjecture. It's an unproven assumption, not a fact,

[brush]

5. Absolutely. He stole and smuggled classified documents...

he wasn't supposed to have out of DC to Florida, and who know what he did with them?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. Jared SCORED $2 Billion from the Saudis before the term ended.

Linked to Father-In-Law and Top Secret documents?

We shall see.

[anamnua]

7. Arnold and Quisling

There is only one other comparable historical figure left — the original of the traitorous species: Judas.