Donald Trump, a man who could possibly become our next president, has now committed treason on live television, but apparently being on the campaign trail suddenly excludes candidates from having to deal with the law.

Like we needed any more reason to hate Trump after everything he's said and done to discriminate against women, races, genders, and sexualities. He's now gone on to say, and I quote, "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press." Then later went on to say that, "Putin has better leadership qualities than Obama."

So when does it become a problem that Donald Trump is saying these things? When do authorities get involved? Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton's chief foreign policy adviser said that, "This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue."

Whether we agree with the political values of Hillary Clinton or the political values of Donald Trump, a line has now been crossed by someone who could be the next leader of the United States of America. We all know that Mr. Trump is subject to being rather guiltless in his remarks, and it seems that he continues to feel this same way. Extremists and Republicans will flock to his side even though he has committed treason against his country with these remarks that he, most likely, believes are just jokes.

Perhaps, though, we should look at the definition of treason which is as follows: "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States." We can note, then, the term, 'Aid and Comfort'. The definition of this is, "To render assistance or counsel. Any act that deliberately strengthens or tends to strengthen enemies of the United States, or that weakens or tends to weaken the power of the United States to resist and attack such enemies is characterized as aid and comfort."

Mr. Trump has encouraged Russia to commit an act of hacking against the United States of America, specifically email servers that are now controlled by the FBI. He is strengthening their will to attack us with his comments. Whether these comments are meant to be jokes or not, they are not jokes to be made by the Republican nominee for president who is supposed to "Make America Great Again".

How do you plan to do that, Mr. Trump? By building a wall? By offering your presidential seat to Vladimir Putin, a man who once hosted a call in show and literally took questions from children and crushed their little dreams one answer at a time? (See a video of that here.)

Mrs. Clinton's emails are not the things to focus on here, but rather the fact that Mr. Trump has offered an in for the Russian government to hack into the United States. He has committed treason, and nothing is going to be done about it. Why? Because Mr. Trump is a rich man with a following and is running for president.