Book good too.

Or, some think Trump's goal was never to actually win the presidency, his goal was maybe 8 months plus of free publicity and just keeping it close, then back off to brand marketing and assorted grifting with a higher profile full time.  

Though, in history there have been instances of superficially charismatic demagogues defying the odds and rising to seats of power..

The Logan Act is named after Dr. George Logan of Philadelphia, a Pennsylvania physician, state legislator and -- this is important here -- pacifist of the Quaker faith. In 1798, during a period of active but undeclared naval hostilities with France known as the Quasi-War, Dr. Logan traveled to that country upon his own initiative and at his own expense, and proceeded to engage in private and unauthorized discussions with senior members of the French revolutionary government such as Foreign Minister Lord Charles Talleyrand, advising them on how to sway public opinion in the United States and preclude an all-out war.

As the American government was then formally engaged in direct negotiations with France in a similar effort to seek rapprochement and thus end the undeclared nQuasi-War between the two nations, Logan's presence and activities in Paris seemingly undercut the efforts of the U.S. diplomats who had been dispatched there by President John Adams for that expressed purpose.

It proved politically embarrassing to President Adams and his administration when Dr. Logan successfully persuaded the French government to undertake two key gestures of good will, by lifting their trade embargo then in place against the United States and releasing American sailors then being held prisoner in French jails as a direct result of the Quasi-War. That led to a subsequent breakthrough in the official negotiations, which ultimately brought an official end to the undeclared hostilities.

While Dr. Logan obviously acted with sincerity and likely short-circuited the drive to seek a formal declaration of war with France by the Federalist-controlled Congress, his unauthorized mission to Paris prompted the subsequent passage of the Logan Act in January 1799. Dr. Logan himself escaped prosecution because the U.S. Constitution prohibits retroactive punishment of individuals under a law which did not then exist at the time of the alleged offense.

Anyway, that's the genesis of the Logan Act, which has never been repealed and never been formally enforced, despite repeated threats by select presidents and / or public officials to do so at various times over the past 75 years.

Specifically:

The Logan Act would almost certainly violate today's understanding of the First Amendment. It's a direct prohibition on speech, so would have to satisfy strict scrutiny, the highest level of judicial review.

That means the law would have to serve a compelling government interest and adopt the least restrictive means to achieving that goal.

"Even with no convictions, the Logan Act has stuck around in American political discourse. But its real purpose has been as a weapon to brandish by accusing partisan opponents of violating it.

Flynn joins a list of Americans, including Herbert Hoover, Henry Wallace, Nixon [undercutting Johnson on possible talks to resolve Viet Nam], Jane Fonda, Jesse Jackson, Jim Wright and Ross Perot, whom adversaries have speculated may have broken the law. Wallace, a former vice president, was accused of violating the Logan Act after he toured Europe to stump against the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine in the early days of the Cold War. The Nixon White House considered charges against Fonda for her foray to North Vietnam in 1972."

Archie Bunker said it best.  But much ancient history.

I bet you leftie tree-huggers didn't know it's freezing cold in Antarctica, either.