Donald Trump's 2024 campaign is often described as his third presidential run, but in fact, it's his fourth. Trump briefly ran for president in 2000 via the Reform Party, suspending his campaign in February of that year. Trump's first presidential run as a Republican got underway in 2015. And he wen...

I used to think of Trump as a dangerous but recognizable demagogue. Now I see him as a genuine aberration in our history — and a unique threat to the nation.