“...longtime friends and allies are pushing Trump to fight back, citing concerns that his lawyers are naive to the existential threat facing the president.”

There’s a big part of the problem. Longtime “friends and allies” are ignorant sycophants who’ve been going along with Trump’s delusions, enabling his egotism and helping to make this country not great again.

Step back and see the whole picture. What are smart, educated people saying Trump should do?  And what are the undereducated, reading-challenged people saying?  Which side should he listen to?

Correct, he should pay attention to the side he’s not listening to now, dump his base and entourage. But if he did that, he wouldn’t be Trump anymore. So maybe America should just dump Trump.