The Death of Hypocrisy

We no longer condemn deceit — only its lack of choreography.

Perhaps the most exquisite paradox of our age is that the man most universally condemned for moral rot — the gilded orange gargoyle of Mar-a-Lago — is the one actually getting things done. Donald Trump, that ambulatory conflict of interest, achieved what generations of polished diplomats, earnest Nobel laureates, and speechmaking moralists could not: pe…