"Jim, the point is we should respect it. If push ever comes to shove whose side are you on… really?"
Obviously if the US were the victim of a Nuclear Strike then I'd be on their side, for what little good that would do. But that goes without saying. And anyway it is pretty unlikely really to happen (and I venture to suggest that Trump's "fire and fury" rhetoric only served to make it *more* likely anyway). But the President isn't somehow immune to criticism.
Which brings me back to the points I made in my last post, which I note went unaddressed. If we are expected to respect the office of President, should not the President also be expected to respect that office? After all, it matters rather a lot more that he does than that I do. And does Trump respect the office, really? What gives you the impression that he does, either now or in the past?
It's hard to escape the conclusion, anyway, that you are holding me to higher standards than you are the President.