The Most Consequential President of Our Time

David Scharfenberg: “When Donald Trump is gone — and someday, he will be gone — he’ll surely be remembered for all the ways he defiled American politics.”

“But if Trump’s ugliness will linger, it’s looking increasingly likely that another, more exalted legacy could surpass it. Look closely these past few weeks and you can see it taking shape.” ”

Donald Trump — the crass, cockeyed pirate of the Potomac — just might usher in the most meaningful epoch of American politics in a half-century.”