(Al Drago | The New York Times) Former Vice President Dick Cheney accompanies Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for a remembrance of the assault on the Capitol, in Washington, Jan 6, 2022. Donald Trump is such an egomaniacal thug that Dick Cheney, christened "a self-aggrandizing criminal" by The Atlantic in 2011, seems saintly by comparison, Maureen Dowd writes.