peter baker: “There could be large economic packages, mass deportations and even invasions of other countries. Oh, and there’s one more item. Last night, busy President-elect Donald Trump said he was ‘going to do my little thing tomorrow’.
“That little thing was the first criminal sentencing of a President of the United States. That little thing was confirmation that just 10 days later, President Trump would become the first president to enter the White House with a criminal record. That little thing is the latest change in the standards that once governed high office.”
“Mr. Trump, of course, doesn’t consider that a small thing, considering how hard he tried to avoid being sentenced Friday on 34 felonies in his hush-money case. But surprisingly, he has succeeded in making it a small thing in politics. For once. “What was a pretty much guaranteed disqualification from the presidency is now just another political incident that can be viewed through a partisan lens.”
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