My view: a cynical photo op intended to attempt to peal wobbly Republicans away from Trump. I watched her monologue, where she spoke approvingly of “whistle-blowers” at a football game, with an obvious second reference.
Ellen and W belong together, just as, in important respects, Clinton, George H.W., W, and Obama belonged together. All of them are, or were, something different from Trump. They were tools, of people whose names we don’t know.
Trump, himself, has inserted a spotlight into this darkness, and while we still don’t know the names, I don’t think, the existence of the problem itself is very, very, very clear.