Donald Trump heads for real-world reckoning

But now he is the first president in history to carry the stain of felony conviction. Will it matter in the November election?

Donald Trump gave a news conference at Trump Tower.

The bravado behind Donald Trump’ s boastful hypothesis in 2016 – “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters” – is heading for a real-world reckoning.

Until now, at least, he has been uncannily right.