Here’s the Clinton promise to deal with this profound sense of American anger: “We will reform our politics, so that in this land the voice of the people will always sound louder than that of narrow interests … deserving the trust of all Americans.”

Fine. But that’s not Hillary. It’s Bill at his Second Inauguration. Way back in 1997, he used words that Donald Trump uses now, railing against the distrusted “narrow interests,” including Wall Street — the interests which for Trump supporters a President Hillary will herself represent.

Things have accelerated since I worked in the United States during the Reagan, Bush, Clinton and “Dubya” Bush presidencies. In the good old days, presidents often ended their term fighting a scandal. This year, whoever wins, the presidency will begin in scandal. Clinton will try to take a tough line with Russia and Assad, and seek to strengthen Nato. Trump may try to cut taxes and crack down on migration. But both face a Congress in which at least one House will likely be implacably hostile to their policies. Many there will loathe them personally.