Donald Trump presidency imploding: America is becoming a sinister place

THE Trump presidency is imploding. 

It seems reasonable to suggest that he may, sooner or later, be impeached. If he is not, the world, especially America, will have to accept that the dominant superpower, the dominant economy, the democracy that imagines itself exceptional and uniquely “free” is in the grip of a president who is contemptuous of the principles that made America what it is — or, more sharply, what it imagines itself to be.

Comparisons are being made with Richard Nixon, pointing out that after barely four months in the White House Mr Trump has achieved the notoriety it took Nixon four years to realise. A more pertinent comparison might be to match the scandals generated by Trump since January to the fact that Enda Kenny — and Michael Noonan — leaves politics after more than four decades without a hint of corruption or dangerously inappropriate behaviour.