by Daniel Baranowski, America Outloud:

Okay! When was the last time someone asked you, “Who do you think the most dangerous person in America is?” Indeed, you have an opinion: this person crashes your brain’s electrical system every time you hear their name. It’s that one person who makes your hair hurt, your teeth clench, and your eyes roll back in your skull! Who is it?

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Depending on your politics, you might think it’s Donald Trump. For Conservatives, danger isn’t a word we usually associate with Mr. Trump. The former President doesn’t mean harm to any American. He wants to “Make America Great Again.”

Donald Trump tags his political opponents with goofy nicknames, and his blunt, sometimes brutal posts on his Truth Social account may make him appear like a modern-day looney tune. Still, I can’t think of an instance during his Presidency that made him dangerous to Americans.

On the other hand, if you’re a Progressive Leftist, a Neo-Socialist, or woke Democrat, Donald Trump is perhaps the most dangerous person in America, and you think you need to stop him from winning the Presidency at all costs. If you’ve selected Trump as your most dangerous person in America, I get it.

No, I don’t think Mr. Trump is even close to being the most dangerous person in America, but if he were, he wouldn’t be the first. No, you might be surprised that some people think it’s Daniel Ellsberg. But is it?

In June of 1971, after The New York Times started publishing “The Pentagon Papers, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger told his staff that Daniel Ellsberg was “the most dangerous man in America who must be stopped at all costs.” So, what made Daniel Ellsberg the most dangerous man in Henry Kissinger’s America?

Ellsberg was a former Marine and a leading Vietnam War strategist in the Pentagon. In the summer of 1971, he concluded that America’s leaders had based the country’s role in Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War on decades of highly classified lies. Ellsberg copied and leaked 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times (NYT) and then to The Washington Post. Collectively, these published secrets comprised what the press called the “Pentagon Papers.” If you’re thinking about Trump’s and Biden’s classified documents cases, Ellsberg’s 7,000 pages made these two Presidents’ secret documents cases look like kindergarten events.

Was what Ellsberg did a dangerous act of treason or a daring act of conscience? I still run into people today who think it was a treasonous act. The FBI eventually located and arrested Ellsberg, and indictments by the Justice Department followed. But a federal judge ultimately dismissed all charges, and Ellsberg lived the rest of his life as perhaps the most famous conscientious objector of modern times. His bravery led directly to Watergate, President Nixon’s resignation, and the end of the Vietnam War.

So much for the stroll down history lane. The question of who’s the most dangerous person in America still confronts us. I encourage you to Google this question. You’ll be surprised.

For instance, Randi Weingarten, the head of the second-largest teachers’ union, was listed as a lightning rod for danger. The reasons centered around the union-led school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to widespread learning loss among K-12 students.

Donald Trump’s name frequently comes up because of what media-led people believe was his role in what they call the “Trump Insurrection” of January 6, 2021.

Others who make the “Most Often” list included Liz Cheney, Jeff Bezos, Mitch McConnell, Clarence Thomas, Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and George Soros.

I cannot say that any of these individuals rise to the top of my list as the most dangerous person in America. First, to be a dangerous person, indeed the most dangerous, that person must have control over some aspect of your life.

Like you, celebrities, columnists, journalists, media personalities, and captains of industry or leaders of unions don’t have control over any critical aspect of my life. But elected officials do!

In America, Presidents, Governors, Representatives, Senators, Mayors, and the like exert considerable influence on our social and economic structures. As our elected representatives, their decisions determine the nature of our commerce and trade, our freedoms, liberties, laws, safety, security, mobility, wealth, military, and even our relationships.

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