He's a grifter!
Headline: New York Times, 10/21/2025
The situation has no parallel in American history, as Mr. Trump, a presidential candidate, was pursued by federal law enforcement and eventually won the election, taking over the very government that must now review his claims. It is also the starkest example yet of potential ethical conflicts created by installing the president’s former lawyers atop the Justice Department.
According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'king's ransom', as in a very large sum of money, occurred circa 1525.
Other coinages from the same year include;
- absurdity
- collude
- paralysis
- parrot
- stinging nettle
- unpardonable
- unrelieved
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