Tell me if any of this sounds familiar: Benedict Arnold, despite his original reputation for accomplishment, was an extremely quarrelsome person who took enormous offense at minor slights and trivial insults, and pursued them bitterly as vendettas.

He openly considered himself a hero, and was known to speak about himself in terms so grandiose and glowing that most people would be embarrassed to even have others speak of them so effusively. As a result, he often unnecessarily created the very contempt he paranoiacally perceived to be all around him among his peers - contempt he attributed to "jealousy" of his immaculate heroism and glory.

No matter what he got, all he could obsess about is what he didn't have; no matter how he was praised, all he could think about - and rant about at length to anyone who would listen - were the tiny or even imaginary social humiliations he perceived.

Ultimately, unsatisfied with his prospects as an American officer, he simply decided there was more to be gained on the other side - perhaps entertaining fantasies of some day being made ruler of the colonies by the Crown.

The plan was to hand over West Point to the redcoats once he assumed command. Think about the humor of that: West Point was a fort - he was sent to man a fort (get it?), and planned to use that posting to betray his country to an Eastern power. But then it all went awry when his treachery was exposed, and he had to flee into the arms of his foreign master - operating among new peers who considered him nothing more than a treacherous worm, and never trusted him.

Provided that the universe is not insanely cruel and Trump loses the election, everything the government knows about his actions but can't presently act on because he's an official candidate will be open to investigation if not prosecution. This will be especially true if and when his terrorist incitement leads to murders.

It is gratifying to imagine Trump, within hours of hearing of his defeat, boarding his private jet and heading to Moscow to avoid accountability, spending the rest of his days as a carnival side show for Russians - a failed puppet who would no doubt find even more things to complain about in his new circumstances. Especially if Putin decided that Russia was owed an "asylum tax" coincidentally equal to all of his money.

Just ensuring that he loses is enough, but sometimes - not always, and not frequently - but sometimes scum get the kind of justice perfectly tailored to the nature of their awfulness. We can hope.