{"id":1584,"date":"2026-06-13T16:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2026-06-13T16:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:08:42","slug":"the-nation-is-already-building-antibodies-to-trumps-corruption-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1584","title":{"rendered":"The nation is already building ‘antibodies’ to Trump\u2019s corruption: opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the age of 80, President Donald Trump has been plodding around on American dirt for more than 30 percent of the nation\u2019s entire 250-year lifespan.<\/p>\n

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That is no small number, and critics say his advanced years have been bearing down on him as he prepares to celebrate his 80th<\/sup> birthday at taxpayer\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a great idea for Donald Trump to be reminding everyone that he\u2019s 80 years old at this moment, when he shows various signs of faltering or saying very odd things,\u201d said New York Times columnist E.J. Dionne on the paper\u2019s Saturday morning \u201cOpinions\u201d podcast, while decrying Trump\u2019s hijacking of the 250 celebration and imposing a UFC fighting ring upon the celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201c[But that\u2019s] the only sporting event that Donald Trump could go to these days, and not get booed at,\u201d said columnist Peter Wehner, referring to Trump\u2019s raspberry-filled greeting at the recent NBA finals game before falling asleep. \u201cIf you saw him at Madison Square Garden \u2026 earlier this week, it was just a cascade of boos, and that\u2019s happened elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contributor Robert Siegel also noted Trump\u2019s requirement for military persons invited to 250 Celebration \u201cto meet current waist-to-height ratio and physical fitness standards. So, the crowd should look good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, well, I guess there\u2019ll be an exception for the president,\u201d Wehner quipped.<\/p>\n

Beyond Trump\u2019s waning health, however, was the moral stain he will leave inevitably leave on the White House, which all agreed will require heavy elbow grease to remove, particularly since Trump \u201cmakes Bill Clinton look like a Boy Scout,\u201d according to Wehner.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s easily the most corrupt president in American history, and one of the most corrupt political figures in American history,\u201d Wehner said, while adding that the nation appears to be moving into a new era that values ethics \u2014 likely spurred by Trump\u2019s extreme absence of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes viruses create their own antibodies, and I think in the life of an individual, just like in the life of a country, you begin to take for granted certain virtues, certain qualities, and then, when they\u2019re stripped away from you, you realize why they mattered after all,\u201d Wehner said. \u201cAnd I do think that this sort of stripping of the public square \u2014 the immorality, the depravity, the cruelty, the antipathy, all of those things \u2014 that takes a toll. And I would say that this year, more than at any moment in the last 10 years, I\u2019m beginning to see something else. I think despondency is giving way to people who are energized, and it\u2019s focusing itself on the repair.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hopeful. I wouldn\u2019t predict it. Life is complicated, but I\u2019m hopeful that we\u2019re seeing these civic antibodies kick in, and that we\u2019re going to go into a better time having gone through a really hard time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Dionne said he believed emerging politicians representing this new grade of ethical antibody include Texas senatorial candidate James Talarico, as well as highly visible social figures like Pope Leo.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people in politics reflect this right now. Andy Beshear, the governor of Kentucky, is going to write a book inspired by \u2018The Parable of the Good Samaritan,\u201d said Dionne. \u201cThere\u2019s something going on out there that reflects a different kind of moral argument. I welcome it since I am broadly on that side of the argument, but I also think it\u2019s just a fact that we\u2019re going to have to grapple with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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