Our later day Traitor and Psychopath

General George Washington appointed Benedict Arnold as military commander in Philadelphia. It was there that Arnold began his break from the patriots. The Continental Congress had failed to promote him on several occasions, and he came to believe that most representatives were petty, bickering, incompetents.

And then 12 score, give or take a week or two, stumbled in a man of sullied reputation,  with the tepid approval of those who decided to vote and the help and a fervor of those who pretended to remain loyal to the so called patriots.

Of course the traitor of the revolution while commanding in Philadelphia, Arnold met and married Peggy Shippen, 20 years his junior, the daughter of a Loyalist sympathizer. The marriage brought him the social status he craved, but not the wealth to match it. He lived lavishly in debt and his lifestyle attracted the Continental Congress’s attention. He was brought up on charges and court-martialed in May 1779. He was acquitted of most charges and received a mild reprimand from General Washington.

And that wherein lies the heart of a traitor and the psychopath and that Grandiose sense of self-worth.  While Arnold was manipulated by a powerful woman our later day Traitor uses woman as a prop and we barely notice the difference. Benny Arnold, if given later day bankruptcy rules arguably would have opted not to betray his fledgling country. His was a trek for mere survival.

The current day psychopath in charge defies explanation. Well not really, he is narcissistic psychopath, his followers do.

It is a weak analogy. Just leave Benedict Arnold alone.