He has hijacked the Party through what they lacked – unscrupulousness, amorality- and now barricades himself in place by refusing to do what he once termed the decent thing for Hoyte to do - resign.
Trump’s return to the nation’s pinnacle comes with bolder and brasher attacks on American Exceptionalism borne by his character that has a flaw for every ill.
By just holding the office, this spotted character eclipses the collective decency of preceding Presidents, even if marked on a curve. He totes his own tarnish in such volume that it renders exceptionalism bad.