Trump resembles the segregationist Alabama governor who ran for president. But at least Wallace turned out to have a conscience
Several months that now feel like several years ago, when Donald Trump was facing impeachment, his standard comparison among the commentariat was to Richard Nixon. “Tricky Dick”, of course, resigned in 1974 rather than be evicted from office for his complicity in the Watergate scandal. Trump survived impeachment, and has even cited Nixon as a role model.
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