Will Commander-in-cheat get away with it again?
IN Barack and Michelle Obama, America had the marital role models the White House demands. They were the poster couple for marriage.
But in Donald and Melania Trump, there are few, if any, signs of harmony in what some now call the Fight House.
The sexual misconduct accusations against the President by more than 22 women would see any other elected world leader in an untenable position.
But, even as the allegations of a sexual affair with Stormy Daniels are played out in court, many in America believe Teflon Don will not become unstuck.
The biggest worry is that America, in large part, seems entirely at ease with Trump’s behaviour.
His chief enablers seem fine with the tawdry reports, including those you would expect it to most deeply offend, such as leading evangelical Christians.
The right-wing Family Research Council says Trump gets “a mulligan” – or second chance – on reports of cheating and other misbehaviour as evangelicals “were tired of being kicked around by Obama and his leftists”. Melania could, of course, leave him and take half his assets but she knows who she married and you can’t imagine him sleeping with a porn star comes as a huge surprise to her. It’s just the kind of guy he is.
When Trump boasted about grabbing women by the p **** , he also said, “You can do anything”. When it comes to the Commander-in-cheat, he may just be right.