In the years between the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Donald Trump, America experienced a dramatic transformation in its political culture
For those born in the Precambrian period, these words may trigger a memory. Yes, that’s then-U.S. president Richard Nixon famously claiming, as a deflection strategy, that he’d never profited from public service. This was as the pressure cooker of Watergate was beginning to heat up. Watergate would prove that Mr. Nixon was indeed a crook.Over the past five months, former president Donald Trump has been indicted in four criminal cases.
Fast forward 50 years, and the scale of change in that political culture is unmistakable. Mr. Trump’s polling numbers against his Republican rivals, and in a potential contest with an aging President Joe Biden in 2024, were undamaged by the criminal charges. In fact, he seems to have gotten a bump out of it. The charges have also been good apparently for merchandise sales, with the Trump campaign itself peddling mugs and T-shirts with his mugshot.
But for all that, as we watch the carnival from north of the 49th, one can’t help but register that something more fundamental is now afoot. Well, I guess as a good Catholic I should recognize the doctrine of vicarious atonement when I see it, although I confess I hadn’t previously associated that doctrine with the former president.
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