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You've heard the news.
Here's what to make of it.
I remember when Donald Trump was not normal.
When Trump was a fever that would break, when he was running as a joke, when he was best covered in the entertainment section.
I remember when Trump would never become the Republican nominee, when he couldn't win the general election, when his attacks on John McCain were disqualifying, when his axis Hollywood tape would force him out.
I remember when the office of the presidency would temper Trump, when the adults in the room would contain him, when his Ukraine phone call went too far, and when he learned his lesson after that first impeachment.
I remember when January 6th would be the end of Trump's political career.
When the 2022 midterms meant the country was moving on.
When Trump's indictments would give voters pause, when his felony convictions would give voters pause.
I remember when Kamala Harri Joy would overpower Trump's fear mongering.
I remember when Trump was just weird.
I remember when Trump was not who we are.
I'm Carlos Lozada, an opinion columnist for the New York Times and co host of the Matter of Opinion podcast.
I've always been fascinated by the many attempts to explain away Trump's hold on the nation's politics and cultural imagination, to reinterpret him as aberrant and temporary Normalizing Trump became an affront to good taste, to norms, to the American experiment.