Trump is hell-bent on overriding long-standing constitutional controls over the arbitrary exercise of executive powers. Regarding the media as a dangerous adversary, a cold and calculating Trump set out to bring it down in the public eye. Trump had already shown his hand, we now learn, in an interview with broadcast journalist Lesley Stahl conducted during the last presidential campaign. Unlike Nixon, if Trump — or his clan or campaign — is confronted with wrongdoing, this president will not go away quietly. Trump has made it clear that the law, evidence and the criminal-justice system mean little to him if they conflict with his interests.

Source: Washington Post June 08, 2018 22:07 UTC