Trump’s China Scandal Is Way Worse Than What Biden Is Getting Impeached Over

House Democrats have produced a report showing that, during his presidency, Donald Trump accepted $7.8 million from foreign countries, most of which were from China. This serves as another illustration of what I have come to see as the iron law of Trump scandals: Anything a Trump opponent may do, Trump will do worse.

The classic example of the phenomenon is, of course, the Hillary Clinton email scandal. This was a massive political liability for Clinton because it was deemed, not unreasonably, the worst thing she had done as a public servant. But even by the narrow standard of upholding executive branch communications protocols, Trump’s behavior was vastly more irresponsible. He routinely communicated on unsecured cell phones, conducted foreign policy in a social club anyone could join and was a magnet for spies, mishandled classified documents, and, yes, allowed his advisers to conduct business by personal email.

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