CNN Political Analyst Carl Bernstein

Appearing on "Reliable Sources" Sunday, CNN Political Analyst Carl Bernstein suggested that military leaders and their “collaborators” in the White House need to “protect us from the president” by prompting him to resign.

Bernstein said President Donald Trump presents an “unprecedented” danger to Americans and, as such, it’s up to U.S. military leaders who disagree with him to join forces with other “collaborators” to take action:

"We keep hearing about these military leaders keeping the president from doing dangerous things. And I would say as somebody who spent 50 years as a reporter around Washington that this is an unprecedented situation, a dangerous situation such as we’ve never seen for an extended period of time; we had Nixon in the last days in the White House — yes, he was a bit unstable perhaps then, but understandably given the circumstances of him having to leave office. This is different. It’s ongoing. And I would say that if we are dependent on the military leaders in this country, four or five of them, to protect us from the president of the United States, then that too is a story.

"And part of that story is: Is it time then for the president to be urged to leave the office by those in his party and perhaps those same military leaders who understand the dynamic at work here.