Writing in her column for the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, conservative Peggy Noonan described one of her New York parties in which a Republican voter implored her to see reason and support former President Donald Trump.
"A former officeholder quickly made his way to me to speak of his hero," she wrote. "He referred to the Abraham Accords and the economy and said: 'Surely you can admit he was a good president.'"
She mocked him by speaking "slowly" since he "was all wound up."
"I will tell you what he is: He is a bad man," she said. "I know it, and if I were a less courteous person, I would say that you know it, too."
She noted that he was startled and didn't reply, stepping back. She assumed it was because he did know it and never expected it to be said.
She implied that Trump was close to reaching his "Waterloo" moment, comparing him to the former French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who came up against the first Duke of Wellington and lost. Napoleon abdicated the throne four days after.
