peter baker: “There will be massive economic stimulus, mass deportations, and even invasions of other countries. Oh, and one more thing. Tomorrow, we’ll do something small,” said busy President-elect Donald Trump. I mentioned it the other day. ”
“That little thing was the first criminal conviction against a president of the United States. That little thing confirmed that just 10 days later, Trump would become the first president to enter the White House with a rap sheet. That little thing is the latest change in the standards that once governed high officials.”
“Mr. Trump, of course, doesn’t think that’s trivial, given how hard he tried to avoid Friday’s sentencing on 34 felonies in the hush money case. But to a surprising degree. In , he succeeded in making a petty thing political, an event that once almost certainly disqualified the president, is now a political event seen through a partisan lens. It’s just one of them.
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