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Commentary: 2019 will be the worst year of Trump's life

Some presidents have really bad years.

For Nixon, it was 1974 - the Watergate year, which ended with his resignation. For Clinton, it was 1998 - the Monica year, which culminated with an impeachment trial in the Senate in 1999. He won that vote easily and came out more popular than before.

It's a good guess that Donald Trump's really bad year will be 2019. And it's not yet clear whether he'll survive, like Clinton, or be forced out of office, like Nixon.

Nixon's worst year resulted from crimes in his 1972

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