WATCH: Author explains why Trump is betraying his position and the oath of office

During a segment of MSNBC's Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace Wednesday, visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace and author David Rothkopf called President Donald J. Trump a "traitor."

"Well, the thesis is that, you know, Donald Trump is a lot of things. HTraitor: A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump."

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