Trump's little racket might have gone on indefinitely had he not exposed who he is on the world stage. Back in 2016, it was plain to me that, as President, Trump would fail spectacularly in front of everyone. What didn't occur to me was just how messy it would be.
I couldn't have predicted how many people Trump could hurt in four years, between COVID and January 6. I also would never have guessed that so many people would continue to believe in him after the mess he made of everything. But faith is a stubborn thing, and people will lie to themselves and others in order not to lose it. Perhaps there will be a Church of Trump after his death.
Now his life of fraud has caught up to him in New York, and he and his company may well be banned from ever doing business in New York again. His famed business acumen should, by now, be exposed as just as big a lie as his claim about the crowd size at his inauguration and his claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Letitia James's lawsuit against him has succeeded, and the legal walls are closing in on him in various criminal cases.
He never should have entered the bright light that shines on every politician.
