Rather than a politician trying to muddy the waters, Trump seems more like a strongman probing the limits of democracy. And Trump’s charge of political motivation is absurd on its face, since the FBI investigation of Trump advisers was not made public before the 2016 election. Opinion writers David Ignatius and Eugene Robinson discuss what they perceive to be President Trump's overreach of authority. If Trump were a typical politician, other Republicans could keep their heads down and wait for the storm to pass. Trump’s enablers in politics and the media are reducing the political cost of undemocratic rhetoric and behavior.

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2018 21:15 UTC