Is Trump America’s Biggest Crime Boss?

It’s now jut a few months short of 50 years since Richard Nixon resigned as President which was the final stroke in a two-year political drama which started with the June `17th, 1972 break-in of the headquarters of the Democrat(ic) National Committee at the Watergate Hotel.

I always thought that the two greatest Americans were Richard Nixon and Arnold Rothstein, the latter was a gambler who tried to fix a World Series, the former was a President who tried to fix his re-election campaign.

But for all the Sturm und Drang of the events surrounding Watergate, it has to be said that when it comes to being in the center of a multi-year media maelstrom which hasn’t yet even hit a full stride, both Nixon and Rothstein are rank amateurs when compared to Donald Trump.

Rothstein pulled off his caper by handing out some dough to eight members of the Chicago White Sox team, who although banned from playing in the big leagues for the rest of their professional careers were found innocent of all charges brought against them in 1921.

As for Nixon, even though nearly 50 people were ultimately convicted of criminal behavior connected in some way to the Watergate affair, including Nixon’s top staffers in the White House plus the former Attorney General, the entire episode never involved anyone beyond the Executive…