Even still — after more than half a dozen years of jaw-dropping behavior — Donald Trump has the capacity to shock.
Accosting a Secret Service agent. Pitching a fit and heaving his lunch plate against the wall. Risking bloodshed in hopes of building a bigger crowd and feeding his insatiable ego.
The facts that surfaced in Tuesday's special edition of the Jan. 6 committee hearings weren't necessarily revelatory. Anyone who's lived through Trump's political rise, from the moment he launched his presidential bid with a racist rant to his final hours clinging to power, is well aware of the reckless self-regard, heedless irresponsibility and habitual mendacity at Trump's core.
