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Column: Donald Trump's presidency is collapsing

Donald Trump's presidency is collapsing Rex Huppke Contact Reporter We know President  Donald Trump  is a strong man, possibly the strongest and most fit president we’ve ever had. But even his broad shoulders — which many say are the broadest of all the presidential shoulders — can’t carry the weight of the scandals that are presently piling up. We’re only one year into Trump’s presidency, and we’re already witnessing its entirely predictable collapse. Consider the news swirling about on Thursday: The phrase “pee tape” was trending on Twitter, thanks to excerpts from former FBI Director James Comey’s upcoming book describing Trump’s obsession with one of the more lurid claims in the controversial dossier compiled by a British spy. We don’t know if there’s actually a video recording of Trump watching Russian prostitutes urinate on a bed in a Moscow hotel room. But we know it’s at least a possibility, and that’s not good for a president. Comey’s bo...