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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's presidency already the biggest scandal in US history -- even without Mueller's report: histor
President Donald Trumps administration has already earned the dubious distinction of being engulfed in the biggest scandal in American history, multiple historians tell Axios.
In fact, historian Jon Meacham tells Axios that Trumps administration is so scandal-plagued that it transcends scandal in a way that is without precedent in American history.
Its a national crisis in the sense of a period of elevated stakes, high passions, and possibly permanent consequences, he explains. Were in the midst of making history more than we are reflecting it.
Starting with Trumps hush money payoffs to adult film star Stormy Daniels, then moving to negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow while running for president, and then finally touching on Trump overruling national security officials to grant security clearance to his own daughter and son-in-law, Axios paints a portrait of a president who is completely unbound by any ethical or moral scandals.
Historians tell Axios that the only two scandals that come close to Trump-Russia are Watergate, which led to President Richard Nixons resignation in 1974, and the Teapot Dome scandal of the early 1920s, in which oil barons bribed a corrupt aide to President Warren Harding for petroleum leases, Axios writes. But historians say that both Watergate and Teapot Dome were more limited because a foreign power wasnt a central player, and a much narrower band of potential offenses was under investigation.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/trumps-presidency-already-biggest-scandal-us-history-even-without-muellers-report-historians/
https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-russia-mueller-investigation-scandal-c3023a26-b2b9-443b-aee5-ded4f0e6bc44.html
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)t-rump is the front in order to keep chaos afloat while RWer senate leader McTurtle rushes RWer judges into our courts therefore damaging democracy. Also, allowing him to de-regulate rules that protest our democracy and the rule of law. The Republican party wants complete power while sucking all the wealth.
This has begun to backfire but alas, the USA's citizens suffer.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)The Congressional Investigations are just starting.
Rising star, Vanity Fair's Emily Jane Fox, in one sentence, put it so well in just one sentence: 'One of the most stunning images yesterday, was Michael Cohen bringing three suitcases of information to his Congressional hearing!'
Ms. Fox got a strong welcome from Rachel last night, and strong endorsement from Morning Joe this morning.