Donald Trump’s “hush-money” trial involving the pornography actress Stormy Daniels concluded in New York this past week. For those chronicling the descent of American politics, it should be noted that this year marks the 25th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s trial in the United States Senate in the Paula Jones/Monica Lewinsky affair.

I am surprised that the Trump team did not call Clinton to testify on Trump’s behalf about how presidential candidates ought to handle what the Clinton campaign infelicitously called “bimbo eruptions.” If Trump is convicted he will regret using his wealth to stifle allegations instead of employing Clinton’s approach, which was to have his wife, Hillary, trash the reputations of the women who accused her husband.