Will Trump Wind Up in Jail?

When I was a kid, my parents used to tell me all the time that I was lucky to be living in the United States because this was the only country in the world where ‘anyone could become President.’

I didn’t understand what they meant until I got older, and then I didn’t really believe that what they said was true.

What I did start to believe, however, was that the United States was the only country where anyone could wind up in jail, which is something I first realized when I was sitting in a rented car at a red light on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, D.C.

This was back in 1987, maybe in October or November, I’m no longer sure of the exact date. I flew down to D.C. for some business meeting, rented a car, and started driving up Wisconsin Avenue through Georgetown, stopping for a traffic light maybe at the corner of P Street, maybe a few blocks either way.

It was raining, and as I waited for the light to turn green, an elderly man stepped off the curb and began trudging across Wisconsin Avenue right in front of my car. He was wearing an old raincoat and a hat pulled over his ears. His head was bowed down and in one hand he was carrying a paper which looked like it contained a quart of milk. His other hand was holding the leash of some small, mangy-looking dog.

For a second the man registered as just another old guy who had gone out before breakfast to let the dog poop and get some milk for the coffee that was probably brewing back home.