There is a good reason why Donald Trump is the only president in American history to be impeached twice; he had no respect for law or the norms of liberal democracy. The blue team kept thinking that would bring him down, but it didn’t; the reason, in a nutshell, is that his base wants him to blow up the system, and viewed allegations of corruption as evidence that Trump, unlike any of his predecessors, was keeping faith with them. They also argued that America knew perfectly well what Trump was when he was elected, so he was entitled to a free pass. But what about the other possible GOP nominees? Will they get similar treatment just because they also believe in owning the libs?
I’m not sure about this one, but my best guess is that Trump is sui generis when it comes to corruption. I think the other potential GOP contenders will be judged by the standards of conventional morality by the base and the general public, particularly when they are pitted against each other.