The astonishing answer, if you really think it through, is: not all that different when it comes to policy.

Let’s face it: With the exception of the Supreme Court appointment and confirmation of Neil M. Gorsuch , Trump has astoundingly little in the accomplishments column — especially for a president whose party controls both houses of Congress. …

What would the Republicans have done in the Hillary era so far? They would have sought to stymie her, or challenge her. …

We would have been awash in a scandal narrative that would not be quite as breathless or bonkers as the Trump White House helps to generate but would have been disturbing and unpleasant.

Moreover, the questions raised about the unprecedented nature of the Trump presidency would have been raised by the dynastic Clinton White House, featuring a candidate who got elected despite her e-mail scandals and the spouse who was only the second president in history to have been impeached.