Opinion writerFor all the abundant controversies and screw-ups that have characterized President Trump’s time in office, it is the Russia scandal that will define this presidency more than anything else. All of that, and whatever else is on the way, affects Trump’s ability to withstand the Russia scandal. Now consider that the Russia scandal is going to accelerate in the next couple of months. But everything else that's going wrong reduces Trump's ability to dismiss the Russia scandal. But all this suggests that as we march toward November 2020, Trump could get weaker and weaker, rendering him increasingly unable to avoid being defined by the Russia scandal.

Source: Washington Post December 21, 2018 17:19 UTC