Trump Declares War On The Past

reason without evidence. Documents without proof. As Trump accuses Obama and rewrites history from the Oval Office, America stares down the barrel of authoritarian retribution.

Guest article by Michael Cohen

“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”

— Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan

That quote isn’t just a clever turn of phrase; it’s a lifeline in a country drowning in delusion. And right now, at this moment, we need to hold onto it for dear life. Because the President of the United States is standing behind the Resolute Desk, draped in ego and gold filigree, and accusing former President Barack Obama of treason. Not political malpractice. Not poor judgment. Treason—a crime punishable by death under U.S. law.

And the so-called evidence? A pile of regurgitated documents and mischaracterized intelligence assessments, handpicked and handed off by none other than Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s latest sycophant-turned-Director of National Intelligence. She calls it a bombshell. I call it what it is: recycled propaganda, wrapped in the American flag and weaponized as a tool of retribution.

Let me be very clear: I was affected by what Trump calls the “Russia Hoax.” I know it intimately. I lived it. I wrote about it in my second New York Times bestseller, Revenge. Eleven false claims from the discredited Steele Dossier were attributed to me; absurd, career-destroying fabrications, including that I secretly traveled to Prague to pay off Russian operatives with ten million dollars in a Samsonite. Lies. All of it. Lies that devastated my life—lies I’m still seeking accountability for through the courts, including a multi-year FOIA battle with the federal government to force the release of documents they continue to bury. If we want to talk about truth, let’s start there.

But treason? Let’s get serious.

Trump now accuses Obama and Biden—along with Hillary Clinton, James Comey, John Brennan, Susan Rice, and just about every other public servant who ever held him accountable—of committing treason during the 2016 election. He makes this declaration in the Oval Office, surrounded by velvet ropes, oil portraits, and a dusty copy of the Declaration of Independence he pretends to revere. He spits these accusations into the cameras with the casual cruelty of a man who’s never once paid the price for a single lie he’s told.

He’s not seeking justice. He’s seeking vengeance. And if you don’t see that, you’re not paying attention.

Let’s talk facts—remember those? The U.S. intelligence community did conclude that Russia ran a coordinated influence operation in 2016 to help Donald Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton. This was confirmed by a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigation led by—wait for it… wait for it—Republican Marco Rubio. Our current Secretary of State. And no, they didn’t find evidence that votes were changed or voting systems hacked. That’s never been the point. The point was that a hostile foreign power meddled in our democracy, and Trump passively welcomed it. He even asked for it publicly.

But now, in a stunning act of projection, Trump is using that same interference narrative as a cudgel to bludgeon his enemies and settle scores. Tulsi’s documents don’t prove treason. These documents don’t even prove misconduct. They do what Trump always does: blur fact and fiction until the lies ring louder than the truth.

And I’ll say this as someone who has stood inside that same building, next to that same man: Trump knows exactly what he’s doing.

This isn’t about national security. It’s about rewriting the narrative. It’s about laying the groundwork for political prosecutions. It’s about keeping the MAGA base angry, paranoid, and loyal. It’s about putting his enemies on trial in the court of public opinion before the facts ever catch up.

So before we start calling for stoning, nooses, or the electric chair, how about we release the 486,000-plus FOIA documents I’ve been fighting to uncover for more than five years—documents that will show you who lied, who fabricated, and who actually weaponized our government for personal gain. Let’s look at the real paper trail. Let’s look at the real abuse of power.

Then, and only then, can we have an honest conversation about accountability, about consequences, about who deserves punishment—and how.

But that’s not what Trump wants. He doesn’t want truth. He wants spectacle. He wants to resurrect every conspiracy theory, every piece of MAGA mythology, every enemy he can point to and say, “See? It was them all along.”

Let’s take a step back and look at the broader picture. This is the same individual who challenged the results of the 2020 election and continues to raise questions about its legitimacy. The same leader who faced impeachment over his conduct with a foreign government is now turning scrutiny toward former President Obama and others for their roles in 2016. This is the same individual who continues to question the motives of those who investigated Russian interference—an effort widely supported by bipartisan findings—and is now using extraordinarily charged language to frame his political rivals. These aren’t just political statements; they carry real consequences in a country already strained by division.

This is not normal. This is not politics. This is autocracy in action.

And if we let this administration continue to weaponize fantasy, to criminalize dissent, and to call it patriotism, we are not just sliding toward authoritarianism—we are already there.

The warning signs aren’t subtle anymore. They’re being shouted from the Oval Office.

So ask yourself: Are we still a nation of laws? Or are we now a nation of loyalty tests, where the truth is determined not by evidence, but by allegiance to the king?

Because once the facts are gone, all that’s left is fear.

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