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Across his decades in public life, Donald Trump has proved so resistant to damaging scandals that he earned the nickname “The Teflon Don.”
As Trump runs for the White House a third time—facing more scandals, more setbacks, and more misfortunes than ever before—that nickname may not fully capture the entire extent of his resilience.
The ex-president’s unprecedented legal woes are such an afterthought with key constituencies that some Republicans are starting to think Trump’s scandals—and his ability to swat them down in a day’s news cycle—are actually a strength.