Donald Trump consolidated his record in demagoguery when he became the first former U.S. president ever to be criminally indicted and arraigned in a Manhattan court on April 4.
He was the first U.S. president to complain about an election he won and also the first to openly express support for the body-slamming of a reporter. He has the distinction of introducing “shithole countries” into the presidential lexicon. And on top of this improbable political career, Trump is also the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.
With 34 counts of criminal conduct hanging around his neck, mostly charges of fraudulent bookkeeping, it appears that the days of Trump’s improbable political infamy are far from over.
Others have come close. According to a report by TIME, President Ulysses S. Grant was technically the first U.S. president to be arrested for speeding on a horse and buggy in 1872.
Richard Nixon came very close too. He was forced to resign after the outbreak of Watergate…
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