Trump proves once again that criminals don't obey the rules

I have learned something important about the United States since Donald Trump took office for the second time. I have learned that most people most of the time will choose to believe in the existence of certain eternal rules that powerful figures must obey, even as those same powerful figures break those same rules over and over again.

Consider the rule about Social Security. It used to be seen as the “third rail” of American politics. If anyone touched it, they got zapped. The last time was in 2005, after George W.