Trump Threatens the Rule of Law

“In his stunning interview with three New York Times reporters, President Trump jumbled history, showed the attention span and self-absorption of a toddler, and made demonstrably false statements. None of that was surprising.

Perhaps most disturbingly, however, the interview revealed a distorted view of the relationship between the Department of Justice and the presidency. In doing so, the president foreshadowed the possibility of disturbing events that may be on the horizon. He undermined his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, by saying that he never would have selected him if he knew he would recuse himself from the Russia investigation. He disparaged his Deputy Attorney General as a guy from Baltimore, where, he said, there are very few Republicans. He returned to his firing of former FBI Director Jim Comey, accusing him of trying to exercise leverage over Trump by showing him the secret dossier purporting to reveal the basis for Russian influence over him. He appeared to issue a warning to Independent Counsel Robert Mueller that extending the Russia investigation to look into Trump’s business affairs would exceed his mandate and cross a red line.

As always, the central question in trying to make sense of Trump is whether there is any strategic thinking behind his words or he simply resembles an out of control Magic 8 ball, unthinkingly spouting whatever collection of words floats to the surface. Either way, the interview can be read as laying the groundwork for the departure – through firing or resignation – of Sessions and the firing of Mueller. Each would have profound consequences.”  

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