Political observers wondered more about how her bungle squared with her presidential ambitions than about how his bogusness squared with the presidency itself. They fretted over her flaws because they — and more crucially, many American voters — long ago resigned themselves to his. He can do no wrong because he’s all wrong. When someone frolics at the nadir for as long as he has, there’s nowhere to go but sideways. It was clear that he had amassed his fortune through convenient bankruptcies, unsavory alliances and stiffed creditors.

Source: New York Times October 20, 2018 19:30 UTC