Why Trump’s Historic Conviction Is So Unsatisfying

Donald Trump, the human manifestation of the rotten core of American exceptionalism, has once again done something no other politician has done. Just as he became the first person with zero political or military experience to be elected president and then the first president to be impeached twice, he is now the first former president to be convicted of a crime—in this case, 34 felonies related to hush-money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.